Asia Markets Mixed, Europe Slides While Crude Oil Trades Above $90 - Global Markets Today While US Was Sleeping

On Friday, September 22, the U.S. stock markets closed in the red following a turbulent week highlighted by 16-year highs in benchmark Treasury yields and a hawkish outlook from the Federal Reserve.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq experienced their steepest week-to-week declines since March. Most sectors in the S&P 500 finished with losses.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.31% to 33,963.84. The S&P 500 declined by 0.23%, settling at 4,320.06, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.09% to close at 13,211.81.

 

Asian Markets at 06.00 AM ET

 

Eurozone at 06.00 AM ET

  • Europe was predominantly bearish: the STOXX 600 index decreased by 0.53%.
  • Germany's DAX fell by 0.65%.
  • France's CAC 40 by 0.56%.
  • The U.K.'s FTSE 100 also registered a decline, down by 0.51%.

 

Commodities at 06.00 AM ET

  • In the commodities space, Crude Oil WTI traded up by 0.39% at $90.37/bbl, while Brent rose 0.29% to $92.32/bbl.
  • Natural Gas declined 0.21% to $2.874.
  • Gold traded down 0.20% at $1,941.75, Silver dropped 0.28% to $23.777, and Copper decreased 0.80% to $3.6665.

 

US Futures at 06.00 AM ET

U.S. futures hinted at a subdued start: Dow futures were down by 0.03%, S&P 500 futures by 0.06%, and Nasdaq 100 futures by 0.13%.

 

Forex at 06.00 AM ET

U.S. Dollar Index ticked up 0.07% to 105.66. Pairs such as USD/JPY rose by 0.19% to 148.64, and USD/AUD climbed 0.27% to 1.5560.

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