Global Market Trends (25th Oct., 2021)

October 25, 2021

MAJOR INDEXES
Market report as of October 21, 2021

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
S&P 500	4,544.900	-4.8800	-0.11
NASDAQ	15,090.20	-125.50	-0.82
DJIA	35,677.02	73.9400	0.210
*FTSE	7,225.270*	20.7200	0.290
*NIKKEI	28,600.41*	-204.44	-0.71
*HSI	26,099.15*	-27.780	-0.11
*SHANGHAI	3,609.860*	27.2600	0.760
VIX	16.030000	0.60000	3.890
*DAX	15,545.67*	2.69000	0.020

S&P500 MARKET MOVERS

TOP

SIVB	SVB Financial Group	6.804%
STX	Seagate Technology Holdings PLC	6.068%
EBAY	eBay Inc	5.747%
AXP	American Express Co	5.415%
EFX	Equifax Inc	5.014%

BOTTOM

INTC	Intel Corp	11.679%
FB	Facebook	5.0520%
TWTR	Twitter Inc	4.8320%
VFC	VF Corp	4.4960%
ALK	Alaska Air Group Inc	4.2530%

SECURITIES

BONDS

NAME	YIELD	CHG
US 10-YR	1.6590	+0.004
US 30-YR	2.1000	+0.009
US 5-YR	1.2070	-0.0040
US 2-YR	0.4580	-0.0060
US 3-MO	0.0660	+0.005
BUND 10-YR	-0.097	-0.0050
JPN 10-YR	0.0970	+0.003
UK 10-YR	1.1600	+0.013

FUTURES & COMMODITIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
*OIL	84.36	+0.6	+0.72
*NAT GAS	5.558	+0.278	+5.27
*GOLD	1,799.6	+3.3	+0.18
*SILVER	24.495	+0.046	+0.19
*WHEAT	761.75	+5.75	+0.76
*COPPER	4.552	+0.054	+1.19

CURRENCIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
JPY/USD	0.88	-0.001	-0.12
USD INDEX	93.52	-0.12	-0.13
USD/JPY	113.62	+0.16	+0.14
GBP/USD	1.379	+0.004	+0.28
EUR/USD	1.166	+0.001	+0.08
USD/CAD	1.234	-0.003	-0.23
AUD/USD	0.75	+0.004	+0.51

Analyst View
The trading sessions closed on a positive trend and high tone last week, the S$ P strengthened to 0.1%, the Nasdaq bourse declined marginally by 0.82% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat. The US market was largely driven by attractive positive corporate earnings by Banks and Fintech companies.
The approval of the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF brought a new appetite to the coin market thereby hinging Bitcoin to new heights ever.

The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury edged up to 1.661% from 1.654% on Friday. Bond yields move in the opposite directions to prices.

Commodities- international benchmark Brent crude slipped 0.4% to $85.19 a barrel. Gold rose 0.1% to $1,797.90 a troy ounce.

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 meandered after the flat line in morning trade as gains in consumer staples and healthcare sectors were offset by losses in industrials and real-estate sectors.

The U.K.’s FTSE 100, which is dominated by large international businesses, gained 0.4%. Other stock indexes in Europe were mixed as the U.K.’s FTSE 250 climbed 0.2%, Germany’s DAX was largely flat and France’s CAC 40 was broadly flat.

In Asia, indexes were mixed as Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was flat, China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite added 0.8% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.7%.

SOURCE:CNBC
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