Market sentiment remained tethered to anxiety surrounding the monetary policy guidance to be unveiled by Fed Chair Jerome Powell in his speech on Wednesday. Inflation updates due from China later in the day also added to the market’s nervousness. <\/p>\n
Wall Street Futures are trading flat. European benchmarks are trading lower amidst a lower-than-expected retail sales reading for the bloc. Asian stocks mostly declined.<\/p>\n
Dollar continued to climb ahead of a speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Bond yields moved mixed amidst an uncertain monetary policy outlook. Crude oil prices traded flat amidst a huge inventory build in the U.S. Gold futures edged down. Cryptocurrencies are trading mixed. <\/p>\n
Here is a glimpse of the major world markets<\/span> at this hour. <\/p>\n Stock Indexes:<\/p>\n DJIA (US30) at 34,152.00, down 0.00% Currencies:<\/p>\n EUR\/USD at 1.0665, down 0.32% Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:<\/p>\n U.S. at 4.577%, up 0.13% Commodities:<\/p>\n Brent Oil Futures (Jan) at $81.69, up 0.10%. Cryptocurrencies: <\/p>\n Bitcoin at $35,318.03, up 1.45%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,377.50, down 0.02%
Germany’s DAX at 15,099.45, down 0.35%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,402.72, down 0.10%
France’s CAC 40 at 6,973.62, down 0.18%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,140.55, down 0.31%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 32,166.48, down 0.26%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 6,995.40, up 0.26%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,052.37, down 0.16%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 17,575.00, down 0.48% <\/p>\n
GBP\/USD at 1.2245, down 0.44%
USD\/JPY at 150.75, up 0.27%
AUD\/USD at 0.6422, down 0.20%
USD\/CAD at 1.3790, up 0.17%
Dollar Index at 105.86, up 0.31% <\/p>\n
Germany at 2.6415%, down 0.96%
France at 3.235%, down 0.86%
U.K. at 4.2920%, up 0.42%
Japan at 0.848%, down 0.06% <\/p>\n
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Dec) at $77.31, down 0.08%.
Gold Futures (Dec) at $1,972.45, down 0.05%. <\/p>\n
Ethereum at $1,882.06, up 0.07%
BNB at $246.15, down 1.21%
XRP at $0.6796, down 0.66%
Solana (SOL) at $43.31, up 6.09%. <\/p>\n