Here is a snapshot of the global markets across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.
Markets remain strong ahead of the interest rate review decision by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday and the Bank of England on Thursday. Asian stocks have recovered after massive losses on Tuesday. European stocks are trading in positive territory. American stock futures indicate positive opening. The Dollar Index has retreated further. Bond yields increased as the interest rate decision by the Fed neared. Crude prices gained as the ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine appeared to take more time. Gold slipped to trade in the range of $1,913 to $1,927 as investors stayed away from making big bets ahead of the crucial FOMC announcement. Cryptocurrencies rallied more than 4 percent.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA (US30) at 33,829.00, up 0.85%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,307.40 up 1.05%
Germany’s DAX at 14,278.10, up 2.59%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,261.37, up 1.19%
France’s CAC 40 at 6,532.64, up 2.80%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,850.65, up 3.01%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 25,762.01, up 1.64%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 7,175.20, up 1.10%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,170.71, up 3.48%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 20,087.50, up 9.08%
Currencies:
EURUSD at 1.0998, up 0.42%
GBPUSD at 1.3062 up 0.19%
USDJPY at 118.32, up 0.04%
AUDUSD at 0.7232, up 0.50%
USDCAD at 1.2721, down 0.33%
Dollar Index at 98.69, down 0.41%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 2.167%, up 0.32%
Germany at 0.3765%, up 14.44%
France at 0.837%, up 3.33%
U.K. at 1.6210%, up 2.86%
Japan at 0.205%, up 1.24%
Commodities:
Crude Oil WTI Futures (April) at $98.04, up 1.66%
Brent Oil Futures (May) at $102.31, up 2.40%
Gold Futures (April) at $1,921.15, down 0.44%
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $40,300.36, up 4.93%
Ethereum at $2,677.01, up 6.18%
BNB at $377.25, up 3.74%
XRP at $0.7717, up 2.92%
Terra at $89.56, down 1.56%
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