The USD is stronger

Looking at other markets as the North American session begins:
- Spot gold is trading down $4.81 -0.27% at $1774.49 as it reacts modestly to the US dollars rise
- Spot silver is down $0.19 or -0.85% at $23.50
- WTI crude oil futures are down $-0.89 or -1.31% at $67.06
- Bitcoin rose to $47,591.79 currently
In the premarket for US stocks, the futures are implying a lower levels. On Friday the Dow and S&P closed at record levels:
- S&P -15.2 points
- Dow industrial average -126.38 points
- NASDAQ -56.68 points
In the European equity markets, the major indices are lower across the board. The euro stock indexes lower today after 10 consecutive days higher. German DAX closed at record on Friday. France’s CAC got closer to its September 2000 all-time high level:
- German DAX, -0.4%
- France’s CAC, -0.85%
- UK’s FTSE 100 -1.1%
- Spain’s Ibex -0.65%
- Italy’s FTSE MIB, -0.4%
In the US debt market, yields are lower as growth and flight to safety flows after developments Afghanistan move yields lower.

In the European, the benchmark 10 year yields are marginally lower across the board:
