Hawkish comments from Fed officials continued to drain the euphoria surrounding the drop in inflation readings in the U.S. Strong retail sales numbers from the U.K., a spike in inflation in Japan, mixed earnings updates and hawkish comments from the ECB also swayed market sentiment. <\/p>\n
Asian stocks finished trading mostly on a negative note. European benchmarks are however trading higher. Wall Street futures too have edged up. <\/p>\n
Dollar Index hovered near the flatline. Bond yields mostly hardened. Crude oil prices gained amidst fears concerning the impact of the E.U. ban on Russian crude oil. Gold edged up. Cryptocurrencies remained firm. <\/p>\n
Here is a snapshot of the world markets<\/span> at this hour across stocks, currencies, bonds, commodities and cryptocurrencies. <\/p>\n Stock Indexes:<\/p>\n DJIA (US30) at 33,613.80, up 0.20% Currencies:<\/p>\n EURUSD at 1.0356, down 0.04% Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:<\/p>\n U.S. at 3.793%, up 0.54% Commodities:<\/p>\n Crude Oil WTI Futures (Dec) at $82.05, up 0.50% Cryptocurrencies: <\/p>\n Bitcoin at $16,717.90, up 0.77%
S&P 500 (US500) at 3,959.60, up 0.33%
Germany’s DAX at 14,388.34, up 0.85%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,385.89, up 0.54%
France’s CAC 40 at 6,634.03, up 0.88%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 3,915.65, up 0.96%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 27,899.77, down 0.11%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 7,151.80, up 0.23%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,097.24, down 0.58%
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 17,992.54, down 0.29% <\/p>\n
GBPUSD at 1.1905, up 0.36%
USDJPY at 140.25, up 0.05%
AUDUSD at 0.6703, up 0.33%
USDCAD at 1.3343, up 0.13%
Dollar Index at 106.71, up 0.02%<\/p>\n
Germany at 2.0685%, up 2.25%
France at 2.548%, up 1.72%
U.K. at 3.2905%, up 2.86%
Japan at 0.241%, down 1.63% <\/p>\n
Brent Oil Futures (Jan) at $89.92, up 0.16%
Gold Futures (Dec) at $1,766.25, up 0.18%<\/p>\n
Ethereum at $1,210.77, up 0.58%
BNB at $271.01, up 0.83%
XRP at $0.3827, up 0.62%
Dogecoin (DOGE) at $0.08511, down 0.39% <\/p>\n