Asia Ex-China And Europe Markets Rise; Gold Falls And Dollar Gains Amid Easing Middle East Conflict Fears - Global Markets Today While US Slept

Netflix’s Q1 earnings, revenue, and subscriber count exceeded forecasts, but it warned of a potential Q2 subscriber dip due to seasonality and issued lower-than-expected revenue guidance, though its EPS outlook was higher than anticipated.

In economic data, Baker Hughes Inc. reported that the total count of active U.S. oil rigs rose by 5 to 511 this week.

Most S&P 500 sectors ended higher, led by gains in financial, utilities, and energy stocks, while information technology and communication services sectors fell.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.56% to close at 37,986.40. The S&P 500 slid 0.88%, ending the day at 4,967.23, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 2.05%, finishing the session at 15,282.01.

Asia Markets Today

Eurozone at 06:15 AM ET

  • The European STOXX 50 index was up 0.47%.
  • Germany’s DAX gained 0.66%.
  • France’s CAC increased 0.32%.
  • U.K.’s FTSE 100 traded higher by 1.46%.

Commodities at 06:15 AM ET

Crude Oil WTI was trading lower by 0.67% at $81.67/bbl, and Brent was down 0.63% at $86.75 bbl.

Oil prices dropped on Monday, shifting focus to market fundamentals as Israel and Iran downplayed escalation risks after Israel’s limited strike on Iran.

Natural Gas was down 0.60% at $1.976.

Gold was trading lower by 1.66% at $2,373.75, Silver declined 3.33% to $27.883, while Copper was up 0.61% at $4.5245.

US Futures at 06:15 AM ET       

Dow futures were up 0.48%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.59%, and Nasdaq 100 Futures climbed 0.73%.

Forex at 06:15 AM ET

The U.S. dollar index rose 0.03% to 106.19, the USD/JPY rose 0.07% to 154.74, and the USD/AUD declined 0.38% to 1.5531.

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