World Market Trends

World markets rallied in a relief sentiment as the banking crisis subsided amidst regulatory and institutional support. Markets shrugged off the 50-basis points rate hike by the ECB.

Asian stocks finished with gains. European benchmarks too rebounded. Wall Street Futures are trading in mildly positive territory.

Dollar and the Dollar Index retreated. Bond yields moved mixed. Crude oil prices recovered on hopes of a demand revival as well as support from OPEC. Gold gained amidst safe haven demand. Cryptocurrencies rallied.

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

Stock Indexes:

DJIA (US30) at 32,252.00, up 0.02%
S&P 500 (US500) at 3,964.50, up 0.11%
Germany’s DAX at 15,058.25, up 0.61%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,480.64, up 0.95%
France’s CAC 40 at 7,060.73, up 0.50%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,151.45, up 0.84%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 27,333.79, up 1.20%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 6.994.80, up 0.42%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,250.55, up 0.73%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 19,518.59, up 1.64%

Currencies:

EUR/USD at 1.0657, up 0.49%
GBP/USD at 1.2144, up 0.31%
USD/JPY at 133.21, down 0.38%
AUD/USD at 0.6703, up 0.74%
USD/CAD at 1.3699, down 0.14%
Dollar Index at 104.04, down 0.36%

Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:

U.S. at 3.547%, down 1.01%
Germany at 2.2485%, up 0.25%
France at 2.785%, down 0.41%
U.K. at 3.4020%, down 0.70%
Japan at 0.284%, up 1.43%

Commodities:

Brent Oil Futures (May) at $75.34, up 0.86%
Crude Oil WTI Futures (April) at $68.98, up 0.92%
Gold Futures (Apr) at $1,933.95, up 0.57%

Cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin at $26,153.57, up 5.88%
Ethereum at $1,719.32, up 3.71%
BNB at $331.52, up 3.54%
XRP at $0.3699, up 1.56%
Cardano (ADA) at $0.3347, up 2.35%

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