With the end of the trading week near us Asian market is looking much better than at any given day of the past week. How is that possible? well, positive outlook on the markets is here again although there are still fears of the escalating Turkish crisis. European stocks are urging to leave Turkey behind and are going higher as well.
Topix went higher by 0.6 percent.
Hang Seng rose by 0.5 percent.
MSCI Asia Pacific gained 0.5 percent.
S&P 500 futures lost 0.1 percent.
Stoxx Europe 600 grew by 0.1 percent.
MSCI Emerging Market gained 0.4 percent.
Equities are also going a little bit stronger with the greenback extending yesterday’s losses.
Dollar lost 0.1 percent against the basket of six major currencies.
Euro added 0.3 percent - $1.1413.
Yen grew by 0.2 percent – 110.71 yen per dollar.
Commodities are pretty positive as well, although oil is struggling with the supply question.
WTI oil added 0.27 percent - $65.64 per barrel.
Brent increased 0.39 percent - $71.71 per barrel.
Natural gas went higher by 0.46 percent - $2.92 per MMBtu.
Heating oil added 0.46 percent - $210.60 per gallon.
Gold adds 0.04 percent - $1.184.50 per ounce.
Silver is in the 0.39 percent loss - $14.66.
Copper declined 0.35 percent - $261.20 per pound.
Bushel of corn decreased by 0.46 percent - $378.00.
Bushel of wheat lost 1.07 percent - $556.00.
Metric ton of cocoa declined 0.37 percent - $2.150.00.