It’s been quite a while since geopolitics, or in this case an outright war, in the Middle East stole the spotlight in markets. But that is the case today as the world is honed in on the Hamas attacks on Israel on Saturday. That is seeing markets adopt a more risk-off approach today with the
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The changes among major currencies are mostly relatively light so far on the day, outside of the antipodeans. EUR/USD is flattish around 1.0480 now and seen holding within a 34 pips range only today. There are large option expiries at 1.0495 that are in play to keep price action pinned just below 1.0500. Meanwhile, USD/JPY
The month ended with some equity buying in Europe but it wasn’t a pretty picture for the week or September (aside from the UK). I do love when a month ends on a Friday though, so it’s a clean slate for October. On the day: Stoxx 600 +0.5% German DAX +0.5% France CAC +0.4% UK’s
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The major European indices are ending mostly lower. The one exception is the UK FTSE 100 which eked out a small gain. A snapshot of the closing levels shows: German DAX fell -5.06 points or -0.03% at 15566.81 Frances CAC fell -23.49 points or -0.33% at 7190.42 UK’s FTSE 100 rose 13.43 points or 0.17%
The major US stock indices are trading at session lows as European traders start to look for the exits for the week. The NASDAQ index is now down around 1.3%. The S&P index is down -0.89%. All the major indices are back below its 50 day moving averages after closing above those moving averages yesterday.
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Closing changes: Stoxx 600 +0.3% German DAX +0.6% UK FTSE 100 +0.7% French CAC +0.9% Italy MIB flat Spain IBEX flat Weekly: Stoxx 600 +1.7% German DAX +1.0% UK FTSE 100 +3.4% French CAC +1.9% Italy MIB +2.3% Spain IBEX 1.9% It’s tough to get excited about grocery stores and banks but it looks like
Headlines: Markets: AUD leads, GBP lags on the day European equities slightly higher; S&P 500 futures up 0.4% US 10-year yields up 1.4 bps to 4.262% Gold up 0.1% to $1,907.80 WTI crude up 1.3% to $89.67 Bitcoin up 0.5% to $26,362 Major currencies didn’t do a whole lot today, as traders are waiting on
