As the midterm elections approach it is no wonder that the markets cannot find a certain direction for further movements. Asian and Europe are both mixed as American stocks are going down today. Although trades prefer to stick to Europe as there is no trade tension in the region and Asian is probably going to go lower at some point soon.

Shanghai Composite decreased 0.5 percent.

Topix added 1.2 percent.

Hang Seng was flat.

S&P 500 futures lost 0.05 percent.

MSCI Asia Pacific advanced 0.5 percent.

Nikkei Stock Average 225 increased 1 percent.

Stoxx Europe 600 advanced 0.1 percent.

MSCI All-Country world grew 0.2 percent.

MSCI Emerging Market gained 0.05 percent.

Greenback is calm and the other currencies use the opportunity in order to gain weight and grow. As the greenback sinks to the lowest point in a week, pound grows towards the highest point in three weeks.

Dollar lost 0.05 percent against the basket of six major currencies, sinking to the lowest level in a week.

Euro grew 0.1 percent - $1.1418.

Pound surged 0.3 percent - $1.308 – the highest point for the currency in almost a week.

Oil is still losing with no recovery in sight for the crude as gold and platinum are trying to win some of the previous prices back.

WTO oil lost 0.41 percent - $62.84 per barrel.

Brent declined 0.74 percent - $72.63 per barrel.

Natural gas lost 1.23 percent - $3.52 per MMBtu.

Heating oil decreased 0.61 percent - $218.3 per gallon.

Gold grew 0.17 percent - $1234.1 per ounce.

Ounce of silver advanced 0.16 percent - $14.67.

Platinum grew 0.51 percent - $869.1 per ounce.