World Market Trends At 5 A.M. ET

Here is a snapshot of the global markets across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies.

Eastern European political situation continued to impact global market sentiment. Asian stocks mostly finished in positive territory. European stocks are in deep losses. American stock futures too are in negative zone. The Dollar Index surged. The USD/Russian Ruble rate ranged between 94.9340 and 117.8170 in Monday’s trade, versus the previous close of 82.9824. Bond yields dropped on safe-haven demand. Crude prices increased more than 5 percent. Safe-haven Gold is also up almost a percent. Cryptocurrencies are in negative territory.

Stock Indexes:

DJIA (US30) at 33,681.50, down 1.11%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,328.70, down 1.28%
Germany’s DAX at 14,248.28, down 2.19%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,420.70, down 0.92%
France’s CAC 40 at 6,562.08, down 2.82%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,859.15, down 2.81%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 26,526.82, up 0.19%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 7049.10, up 0.73%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,462.31, up 0.32%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 22,713.02, down 0.24%

Currencies:

EURUSD at 1.1183, down 0.75%
GBPUSD at 1.3384 down 0.16%
USDJPY at 115.58, up 0.02%
AUDUSD at 0.7206, down 0.36%
USDCAD at 1.2763, up 0.46%
Dollar Index at 97.06, up 0.46%

Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:

U.S. at 1.916%, down 3.40%
Germany at 0.1935%, down 13.62%
France at 0.679%, down 4.30%
U.K. at 1.4630%, down 1.94%
Japan at 0.176%, down 4.35%

Commodities:

Crude Oil WTI Futures (April) at $96.23, up 5.07%
Brent Oil Futures (May) at $98.84, up 5.01%
Gold Futures (April) at $1,905.60, up 0.95%

Cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin at $38,300.74, down 1.85%
Ethereum at $2,632.73, down 4.64%
BNB at $367.23, down 2.10%
XRP at $0.7239, down 3.05%
Cardano at $0.8817, down 0.54%

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