Key Events This Week
- Bank of England rate decision, Thursday
- U.S. factory orders, durable goods, trade, initial jobless claims, ISM services index, Thursday
- ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks, Thursday
- U.S. nonfarm payrolls, unemployment, Friday
Some of the main moves in markets:
Stocks
- The S&P 500 fell 2.5% as of 4 p.m. New York time
- The Nasdaq 100 fell 3.4%
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.6%
- The MSCI World index fell 1.7%
Currencies
- The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.3%
- The euro fell 0.5% to $0.9830
- The British pound fell 0.8% to $1.1395
- The Japanese yen rose 0.3% to 147.77 per dollar
Cryptocurrencies
- Bitcoin fell 1.1% to $20,245.42
- Ether fell 2.5% to $1,536.43
Bonds
- The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced four basis points to 4.08%
- Germany’s 10-year yield advanced one basis point to 2.14%
- Britain’s 10-year yield declined seven basis points to 3.40%
Commodities
- West Texas Intermediate crude rose 1% to $89.23 a barrel
- Gold futures fell 0.6% to $1,640 an ounce
--With assistance from Lu Wang, Vildana Hajric and Emily Graffeo.
This article was provided by Bloomberg News.