World Market Trends

Sentiment remained mixed across world markets as concerns about China’s Covid caseloads and anxieties of an economic recession dampened the momentum in the earlier session.

Asian stocks finished mostly higher. European benchmarks are trading mixed. Wall Street Futures indicate a weak opening.

The Dollar Index declined amidst rising bets of a Fed pivot. Bond yields declined in the U.S. but gained in Europe. Crude oil prices gained amidst government data that showed a higher-than-expected depletion in crude oil inventories in the U.S. Gold remained flat. Cryptocurrencies stayed close to the previous day’s levels.

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

Stock Indexes:

DJIA (US30) at 33,345.60, down 0.09%
S&P 500 (US500) at 3,875.70, down 0.07%
Germany’s DAX at 14,085.45, down 0.09%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,523.10, up 0.34%
France’s CAC 40 at 6,579.80, down 0.01%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,867.25, down 0.13%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 26,507.87, up 0.46%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 7,152.50, up 0.53%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,054.43, down 0.46%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 19,679.22, up 2.71%

Currencies:

EURUSD at 1.0650, up 0.45%
GBPUSD at 1.2108, up 0.21%
USDJPY at 132.03, down 0.34%
AUDUSD at 0.6744, up 0.57%
USDCAD at 1.3590, down 0.14%
Dollar Index at 103.86, down 0.29%

Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:

U.S. at 3.645%, down 1.05%
Germany at 2.3055%, up 0.37%
France at 2.838%, up 0.23%
U.K. at 3.6065%, up 0.88%
Japan at 0.382%, down 4.86%

Commodities:

Brent Oil Futures (Feb) at $83.39, up 1.45%
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Feb) at $79.53, up 1.58%
Gold Futures (Feb) at $1,825.35, down 0.00%

Cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin at $16,862.32, down 0.00%
Ethereum at $1,218.43, up 0.30%
BNB at $246.67, down 0.79%
XRP at $0.3467, up 0.84%
Dogecoin (DOGE) at $0.07442, up 1.68%

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