With American 10-year Treasury yields still growing and reports of the future growth coming in we can say that it is only logical that Asian markets are finishing a turbulent week on a red note. European markets are also quite turbulent. Although the performance of stocks and indices there is more mixed than in Asia.
Topix lost 0.1 percent.
Hang Seng decreased 0.4 percent.
S&P 500 declined 0.1 percent.
Nikkei Stock Average 225 lost 0.75 percent.
Stoxx Europe 600 lost 0.7 percent.
MSCI Emerging Market Index lost 0.7 percent.
MSCI All-Country World declined 0.2 percent.
Although the week resembled a rollercoaster for the greenback, it is ending with a pleasant uprising by the greenback and a slight pressure from that growth is felt by euro, although pound is only gaining.
Dollar grew 0.1 percent against the basket of six major peers.
Euro lost 0.05 percent - $1.151.
Pound grew 0.2 percent - $1.3047.
Oil is extending the gains with so many speculations rotating around the asset and all of the commodities.
WTI oil grows with 0.32 percent - $74.57.
Brent lost 0.09 percent - $84.5.
Natural gas is up 1.2 percent - $3.2 per MMBtu.
Heating oil id still at $239.96 per gallon point.
Gold is up by 0.57 percent - $1208.5 per ounce.
Ounce of silver rose 0.99 percent - $14.74.
Platinum increased 0.27 percent - $827.14.