Asian and Europe stocks and indices are moving into two totally different directions with growth primarily residing in European segment of the market. Asian markets are in their turn very unstable with mixed performance all over the assets today.
Hang Seng declined by 1.6 percent.
Topix rose 0.5 percent.
Shanghai Composite lost 0.8 percent.
Nikkei 225 advanced 0.3 percent.
MSCI Asia Pacific surged by 0.1 percent.
S&P 500 futures were almost unchanged.
Stoxx Europe 600increased 0.3 percent.
FTSE rose 0.1 percent.
MSCI Emerging Market lost 0.4 percent.
Even though greenback gains some of the lost positions today, other currencies seem to feel confident enough in order to grow right beside their green counterpart.
Dollar rose by 0.1 percent against the six major peers.
Euro was barely moved from the cozy spot of $1.1748 per euro price.
Pound grew 0.1 percent - $1.3133
The only commodity in the red zone today is silver. Other assets, especially oil are growing with crude reaching the highest point in almost 4 years with OPEC shrugging off Trump’s desire to cut output numbers.
WTI extended yesterday’s gains with 0.54 percent - $72.47 per barrel.
Brent grew 0.79 percent more - $81.84 per barrel.
Natural gas wen up 0.63 percent - $3.06 per MMBtu.
Heating oil added 0.65 percent - $230.08.
Gold is still at $1204 per ounce point.
Silver lost 0.36 percent - $14.29 per ounce.
Platinum is up by 0.49 percent - $831.24.