Today’s Market News |
Key developments on Thursday: |
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Fixed income
Ten-year Treasury yields have climbed nearly eight basis points from a day earlier to 3.719%,
Equities
MSCI’s broadest of APAC ex japan was down 0.4% in early trade, pressured as South Korean markets (.KS11), opens new tab returned from holidays with heavy falls in the chipmaking sector following a downbeat Morgan Stanley note.
Hang Seng rose slightly while China CSI300 fell 0.4%.
Forex
USD immediately hit a two-and-a-half-year low on sterling, but then recoiled sharply, was up nearly 1% to 143.55 yen early on Thursday and well off lows on the euro at $1.1081.
Commodities
gold shot to a record high just shy of $2,600 an ounce, before easing back to steady at $2,559.
Oil prices fell and benchmark Brent crude futures were last down 0.3% at $73.42 a barrel.
| Index | Last | Change | % Change |
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trading lower
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41,606.18 | -15.90 | 0.04%Negative |
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trading higher
Nasdaq Composite Index
.IXIC |
17,628.06 | +35.93 | 0.20%Positive |
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trading higher
S&P 500 Index
.SPX |
5,634.58 | +1.49 | 0.03%Positive |
| Index | Last | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
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trading higher
Nikkei Index
.N225 |
37,279.76 | +899.59 | 2.47%Positive |
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trading lower
Hang Seng Index
.HSI |
17,659.57 | -0.45 | 0.00%Negative |
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trading lower
S&P BSE SENSEX Index
.BSESN |
82,948.23 | -131.43 | 0.16%Negative |
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