German DAX, up modestly. UK’s FTSE down 1%
The major European indices are closing the day with mixed results. The provisional closes are showing:
- German DAX, up 0.1%
- France’s CAC, up 0.2%
- UK’s FTSE 100, -1.0%
- Spain’s Ibex, -0.5%
- Italy’s FTSE MIB, +0.1%
a snapshot of other markets as London/European traders look to exit shows:
- Spot gold trading up to dollars and $0.28 or 0.13% at 1791.58
- Spot silver is up $0.10 or 0.41% $24.04.
- WTI crude oil futures are trading near unchanged at $69.35
- Bitcoin is trading up $815 at $46,907.35
in the US stock market, the major indices are higher but off their highest levels:
- Dow is up 33.18 points or 0.09% at 35063
- S&P index is up 2.18 points or 0.05% of 4516.20
- NASDAQ is up 28 points or 0.18% at 15314.24
The GBPUSD is the strongest of the majors, and the USD is the weakest.
In the US debt market, yields are lower with the 10 year trading at 1.324%. Later at 1 PM, the U.S. Treasury will auction off 30 year bonds. The current issue is trading at 1.936%
