Global Market Trends (17th Feb., 2022)

February 17, 2022

MAJOR INDEXES
Market report as of 15th, February 2022

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
S&P 500	4,475.0100	3.9400	0.09
NASDAQ	14,124.090	-15.66	-0.11
DJIA	34,934.270	-54.57	-0.16
*FTSE	7,592.6400*	-11.14	-0.15
*NIKKEI	27,232.870*	-227.53	-0.83
*HSI	24,792.770*	73.870	0.300
*SHANGHAI	3,468.0400*	2.2000	0.060
VIX	25.7400000	1.4500	5.970
*DAX	15,426.730*	56.430	0.370

S&P 500 INDEXMARKET MOVERS

TOP

GNRC	Generac Holdings Inc	14.362%
ABMD	ABIOMED Inc	6.8000%
WAB	Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp	6.442%
CINF	Cincinnati Financial Corp	6.173%
KHC	Kraft Heinz Co	5.594%

BOTTOM

AKAM	Akamai Technologies Inc	5.557%
ETSY	ETSY Inc	5.282%
PYPL	PayPal Holdings Inc	4.261%
KR	Kroger Co	3.965%
EBAY	eBay Inc	3.804%

SECURITIES

BONDS

NAME	YIELD	CHG
US 10-YR	2.007	-0.038
US 30-YR	2.327	-0.037
US 5-YR	1.88	-0.039
US 2-YR	1.495	-0.034
US 3-MO	0.429	+0.046
BUND 10-YR	0.261	-0.013
JPN 10-YR	0.223	+0.012
UK 10-YR	1.513	-0.013

FUTURES & COMMODITIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
*OIL	92.700	-0.96	-1.02
*NAT GAS	4.6420	-0.075	-1.59
*GOLD	1,878.5	+7.00	+0.37
*SILVER	23.615	+0.01	+0.04
*WHEAT	788.50	+8.00	+1.02
*COPPER	4.5360	-0.001	-0.01

CURRENCIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
JPY/USD	0.8690	+0.003	+0.37
USD INDEX	95.820	+0.120	+0.12
USD/JPY	115.04	-0.420	-0.360
GBP/USD	1.3580	-0.000	-0.010
EUR/USD	1.1370	-0.001	-0.060
USD/CAD	1.2710	+0.003	+0.24
AUD/USD	0.7200	+0.00	+0.06

Analyst Views
US Market, On Wednesday trading, the U.S. market stocks ended the session amidst mixed investors' sentiments due to the Federal Reserve officials red-hot inflation and a tight labour market which will likely warrant faster-than-expected rate hikes.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 57 points or 0.16%, the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.11%, while the S&P 500 pushed out a small gain. All three of the major averages closed well off the lows of the session after the details from the Fed's last meeting were released.

Investors also continued to monitor tensions between Russia and Ukraine after NATO reported that Russia was not easing its military presence around Ukraine.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	34934.27	-54.57	-0.16%
SP500	S&P 500	4475.01	+3.94	+0.09%
I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	14124.09	-15.66	-0.11%

Retail market report, earlier, retail sales jumped 3.8% in January, month over month after unexpectedly falling 2.5% in December based on the revision. Excluding the automotive component, spending increased 3.3% in January, a rebound from December’s 2.8% drop.

Commodities, Oil remained at $93 per barrel, giving a lift to ExxonMobil and Chevron.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
USO	UNITED STATES OIL FUND L.P.	63.54	-0.74	-1.15%
XOM	EXXON MOBIL CORP.	78.35	+0.36	+0.46%
CVX	CHEVRON CORP.	134.30	+0.04	+0.03%

Earnings, Airbnb shares rose after the company reported a rebound in business, with most bookings at the travel rental company coming in for four days or longer.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
ABNB	AIRBNB INC.	186.64	+6.57	+3.65%

Robolox shares fell after reporting a 25-cent loss missing the 13-cent profit Wall Street was expecting. Revenue of $770 million also fell short of Wall Street estimates.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
RBLX	ROBLOX CORP.	53.87	-19.43	-26.51%

Kraft Heinz saw its shares rise after delivering a better-than-expected quarter and said revenues this fiscal year will be as much as $6 billion, higher than Wall Street's $5.8 billion estimates.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
KHC	THE KRAFT HEINZ CO.	36.62	+1.94	+5.59%

Trump SPAC, Shares of Trump SPAC Digital World Acquisition rose as the platform readies a kickoff.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
DWAC	DIGITAL WORLD ACQUISITION CORP.	85.16	+4.01	+4.94%

Bitcoin traded around $44,000.

SPOT MARKET BY THE HOUR AS OF GMT 09:20 02-17-22

European Market, the European market performance by the hour was mixed as investors track Russia and Ukraine crisis. London's FTSE declined by 0.44% to 7,568.87, Germany's DAX increased by 0.03% to 15,367.33 and France's CAC also increased by 0.15% to 6,975.85.

Asia Market, Asian stocks The investor's appetite remain mixed as Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index retreated by 0.83% to 27,232.87, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong moved up by 0.3% to 24,792.77, while China's Shanghai also increased by 0.06% to 3,468.04.

Cryptocurrencies, at an intraday range of $43,355.85 by the hour and a maximum of $44,204.78 in 24 hours.

SOURCE: CNBC
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