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Indexes steady, oil rises with Middle East hostilities, JPY rattled – Oct 3

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Fixed Income

US Treasury yields rose after the data pointed to a stable labor market while investors monitored Middle East hostilities. 10-year notes rose 4 basis points to 3.783%, from 3.743% late on Tuesday.

30-year bond yield rose 4.9 basis points to 4.1299%. 2-year yield, rose 1.4 basis points to 3.6352%.

Equities

MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe (.MIWD00000PUS), opens new tab fell 0.38 point, or 0.04%, to 845.49. Earlier the STOXX Europe 600 index (.STOXX), opens new tab closed up 0.05% at 521.14.

Forex

DXY rose 0.34% to 101.60.
The euro was down 0.16% at $1.1049 while the dollar strengthened 2% against the Japanese yen to 146.43.

Commodities

XAU, spot gold fell 0.14% to $2,659.22 an ounce. U.S. gold futures fell 1.02% to $2,640.00 an ounce.
WTI settled up 0.39% at $70.10, Brent ended at $73.90 per barrel, up 0.46% on the day.
Index Last Change % Change
trading higher

42,196.52 +39.55 0.09%Positive
trading higher

17,925.12 +14.76 0.08%Positive
trading higher

5,709.54 +0.79 0.01%Positive
Index Last Change % Change
trading higher

38,624.23 +815.47 2.16%Positive
trading lower

22,045.94 -397.79 1.77%Negative
trading lower

84,266.29 -33.49 0.04%Negative

Source: LSEG, opens new tab – data delayed by at least 15 minutes