Markets Brace For FOMC Minutes

Market sentiment remains largely swayed by monetary policy anxiety, ahead of the release of the FOMC minutes. Growing assessment that the Fed and major central banks are done with hiking rates supported sentiment.

Wall Street Futures reflect cautious sentiment. European benchmarks are mostly trading lower. Asian stocks finished trading on a mostly negative note.

Dollar extended decline. Bond yields mostly declined. Crude oil prices slipped amidst anxiety ahead of the OPEC+ meeting. Gold gained as the Dollar dithered.
Cryptocurrencies are trading in a mixed pattern.

Here is a glimpse of the major world markets at this hour.

Stock Indexes:

DJIA (US30) at 35,118.70, down 0.09%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,545.40, down 0.04%
Germany’s DAX at 15,927.72, up 0.17%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,463.04, down 0.44%
France’s CAC 40 at 7,234.24, down 0.18%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,340.05 down 0.05%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 33,354.14, down 0.10%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 7,078.20, up 0.28%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,067.93, down 0.01%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 17,729.50, down 0.18%

Currencies:

EUR/USD at 1.0949, up 0.11%
GBP/USD at 1.2540, up 0.29%
USD/JPY at 147.63, down 0.49%
AUD/USD at 0.6568, up 0.18%
USD/CAD at 1.3715, down 0.07%
Dollar Index at 103.35, down 0.09%

Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:

U.S. at 4.412%, down 0.27%
Germany at 2.5955%, down 0.82%
France at 3.152%, down 0.79%
U.K. at 4.1480%, up 0.48%
Japan at 0.697%, up 0.00%

Commodities:

Brent Oil Futures (Jan) at $81.58, down 0.90%.
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Jan) at $77.09, down 0.95%.
Gold Futures (Dec) at $1,988.95, up 0.44%.

Cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin at $37,336.34, up 0.34%
Ethereum at $2,008.71, down 1.42%
BNB at $258.98, up 4.35%
XRP at $0.6136, down 2.03%
Solana (SOL) at $56.77, down 6.14%.

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