Global Market Trends (18th Oct., 2021)

October 18, 2021

MAJOR INDEXES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
S&P 500	4,471.370	33.110	0.750
NASDAQ	14,897.34	73.910	0.500
DJIA	35,294.76	382.20	1.090
*FTSE	7,224.18*	-9.850	-0.14
*NIKKEI	29,025.46*	-43.17	-0.15
*HSI	25,409.75*	78.790	0.310
*SHANGHAI	3,568.14*	-4.230	-0.12
VIX	17.28000	0.980	6.010
*DAX	15,531.23*	-56.13	-0.36

S&P500MARKET MOVERS

TOP

JBHT	J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc	8.737%
WFC	Wells Fargo & Co	6.776%
HAL	Halliburton Co	4.879%
FLT	Fleetcor Technologies Inc	4.310%
GNRC	Generac Holdings Inc	4.194%

BOTTOM

WRK	Westrock Co	5.576%
DPZ	Domino’s Pizza Inc	4.727%
IP	International Paper Co	4.533%
PKG	Packaging Corp of America	3.882%
WBA	Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc	3.644%

SECURITIES

BONDS

NAME	YIELD	CHG
US 10-YR	1.6050	+0.029
US 30-YR	2.0580	+0.008
US 5-YR	1.1720	+0.050
US 2-YR	0.4270	+0.026
US 3-MO	0.0610	+0.013
BUND 10-YR	-0.124	+0.043
JPN 10-YR	0.0880	+0.007
UK 10-YR	1.1590	+0.054

FUTURES & COMMODITIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
*OIL	83.3100	+1.030	+1.25
*NAT GAS	5.23300	-0.177	-3.27
*GOLD	1,766.3	-2.000	-0.11
*SILVER	23.4350	+0.086	+0.37
*WHEAT	737.500	+3.500	+0.48
*COPPER	4.77500	+0.046	+0.96

CURRENCIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
JPY/USD	0.8740	-0.0010	-0.140
USD INDEX	94.080	+0.140	+0.150
USD/JPY	114.36	+0.140	+0.120
GBP/USD	1.3730	-0.0020	-0.150
EUR/USD	1.1590	-0.0010	-0.090
USD/CAD	1.2390	+0.002	+0.180
AUD/USD	0.7400	-0.0030	-0.350

Analyst View
Overnight on Wall Street, the S&P 500 surged 1.71% to 4,428.26 — its biggest jump since March — as investors cheered better-than-expected earnings reports from major firms such as Bank of America.

To close the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 534.75 points to 34,912.56 while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.73% to 14,823.43. The U.S.market closed the last trading sessions on a positive and will be expecting more corporate earnings reports and industrial production figures.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 lost 0.3% in morning trade. Healthcare and real-estate sectors led the losses while utilities and energy sectors rose. The U.K.’s FTSE 100, which is dominated by large international businesses, was down 0.1%. Other stock indexes in Europe were mixed as the U.K.’s FTSE 250 was broadly flat, whereas France’s CAC 40 was lower 0.7% and Germany’s DAX shed 0.3%.

Asian stock rose on Friday towing the same positive path as the US market; Mainland Chinese stocks closed higher, with the Shanghai composite up 0.4% to 3,572.37 while the Shenzhen component gained 0.52% to 14,415.99. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 climbed 1.81% to close at 29,068.63 while the Topix index advanced 1.86% to finish the trading day at 2,023.93. South Korea’s Kospi closed 0.88% higher at 3,015.06.

The Hang Seng index was 1.17% higher, as of its final hour of trading. Hong Kong stocks returned to trade on Friday after stock markets in the city were closed for two days while Taiex in Taiwan surged 2.4% on the day to 16,781.19, leading to gains among the region’s major markets, as shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company rose 4.71% following an earnings release a day earlier.

In commodities, international benchmark Brent crude was up 0.6% to $85.41 a barrel. Gold declined 0.3% to $1,763.30 a troy ounce.

SOURCE: CNBC
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