World Markets At This Hour

Mid-term elections in the U.S, corporate earnings updates, waning hopes of a reversal in China’s Covid strategy and the anxious wait for the U.S. CPI readings shaped market sentiment on Tuesday.

Asian stocks finished on a mixed note. European benchmarks too displayed mixed pattens. Wall Street futures indicate likely gains on opening.

Dollar strengthened, lifting the Dollar Index mildly higher. Bond yields moved mixed. Crude oil prices dropped as demand concerns increased amidst China sticking to its aggressive Covid strategy. Gold weakened with the Dollar’s strength. Cryptocurrencies declined.

Here is a snapshot of the world markets at this hour across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.

Stock Indexes:

DJIA (US30) at 32,892.00, up 0.20%
S&P 500 (US500) at 3,815.50, up 0.23%
Germany’s DAX at 13,574.50, up 0.30%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,289.20, down 0.15%
France’s CAC 40 at 6,409.10, down 0.12%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,716.55, up 0.21%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 27,872.11, up 1.25%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 6,958.90, up 0.36%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,064.49, down 0.43%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 16,557.31, down 0.23%

Currencies:

EURUSD at 1.0000, down 0.19%
GBPUSD at 1.1491, down 0.18%
USDJPY at 146.26, down 0.25%
AUDUSD at 0.6478, up 0.00%
USDCAD at 1.3498, up 0.01%
Dollar Index at 110.29, up 0.16%

Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:

U.S. at 4.210%, down 0.10%
Germany at 2.327%, up 0.22%
France at 2.845%, down 0.12%
U.K. at 3.6555%, up 0.56%
Japan at 0.246%, down 1.60%

Commodities:

Crude Oil WTI Futures (Dec) at $90.69, down 1.20%
Brent Oil Futures (Jan) at $96.96, down 0.98%
Gold Futures (Dec) at $1,673.25, down 0.43%

Cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin at $19,783.09, down 4.65%
Ethereum at $1,491.76, down 5.00%
BNB at $332.72, up 0.40%
XRP at $0.4407, down 5.83%
Dogecoin at $0.1034, down 10.11%

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