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MARKET WRAP: Stocks Closed Lower, Gold Advanced

The US Core Durable Goods Orders m/m number failed to support the markets. Oil traded mostly mixed.

Stocks

  • The S&P 500 Index dropped 0.15 percent as of 15:30 in London.
  • The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.46 percent while the FTSE declined 0.82 percent.
  • The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.91 percent.

Currencies

  • The Dollar Spot Index dropped 0.07 percent despite upbeat data, Core Durable Goods number came in at 0.4 percent vs Est 0.2 percent.
  • The Euro dropped 0.16 percent to $1.1141, the Spanish unemployment rate ticked higher to 14.7 percent.
  • The Japanese yen gained 0.3 percent to 111.59 per dollar.
  • The British pound dropped below 1.30 and decreased by 0.12 percent to $1.2907.

Bonds

  • The yield on 10-year Treasuries moved higher by one basis points to 2.53 percent.
  • Germany’s 10-year yield was unchanged at -0.01 percent.
  • Britain’s 10-year yield fell by two basis point to 1.15 percent.

Commodities

  • Crude oil dropped 0.12 percent to $65.84 a barrel.
  • Gold recovered some of its losses and move higher by 0.41 percent to $1,284 an ounce.
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