Global Market Trends (4th Mar., 2022)

March 4, 2022

MAJOR INDEXES

Market report as of 3rd Mar., 2022

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
S&P 500	4,363.4900	-23.050	-0.530
NASDAQ	13,537.940	-214.07	-1.560
DJIA	33,794.660	-96.690	-0.290
*FTSE	7,121.5300*	-117.32	-1.620
*NIKKEI	25,985.470*	-591.80	-2.230
*HSI	21,905.290*	-562.05	-2.500
*SHANGHAI	3,447.6500*	-33.460	-0.960
VIX	33.1200000	2.64000	8.660
*DAX	13,395.740*	-302.66	-2.210

S&P500 MARKET MOVERS

TOP

KR	Kroger Co	11.606%
BBY	Best Buy Co Inc	9.223%
BF.B	Brown-Forman Corp	7.081%
DLTR	Dollar Tree Inc	4.688%
LUMN	Lumen Technologies Inc	3.772%

BOTTOM

EPAM	Epam Systems Inc	13.13%
IPGP	IPG Photonics Corp	9.076%
MTCH	Match Group Inc	5.713%
AMD	Advanced Micro Devices Inc	5.326%
DRI	Darden Restaurants Inc	5.218%

SECURITIES

BONDS

NAME	YIELD	CHG
US 10-YR	1.7890	-0.055
US 30-YR	2.1850	-0.041
US 5-YR	1.6760	-0.061
US 2-YR	1.4860	-0.050
US 3-MO	0.3750	+0.01
BUND 10-YR	-0.023	-0.042
JPN 10-YR	0.1640	-0.005
UK 10-YR	1.2730	-0.028

FUTURES & COMMODITIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
*OIL	108.310	+0.640	+0.594
*NAT GAS	4.78600	+0.064	+1.360
*GOLD	1,940.8	+4.900	+0.253
*SILVER	25.2850	+0.073	+0.290
*WHEAT	1,20900	+75.00	+6.610
*COPPER	4.78800	+0.007	+0.140

CURRENCIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
JPY/USD	0.8670	+0.001	+0.08
USD INDEX	98.060	+0.280	+0.28
USD/JPY	115.37	-0.0900	-0.078
GBP/USD	1.3310	-0.0040	-0.285
EUR/USD	1.1010	-0.0050	-0.488
USD/CAD	1.2710	+0.003	+0.23
AUD/USD	0.7370	+0.004	+0.56

Analyst Views
U.S Markets, the U.S. stocks market traded lower across the board on Thursday as investors watched developments around the Russian-Ukraine crisis, the elevating oil prices, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's position on the March rate hike.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 100 points or 0.3%, giving up a 200 point advance, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed down 0.5% and 1.6%.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	33794.66	-96.690	-0.29%
SP500	S&P 500	4363.490	-23.050	-0.53%
I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	13537.942	-214.07	-1.56%

Jerome Powell said he supports a traditional rate hike of 0.25 percentage points instead of the bigger rise recommended by some policymakers. Powell also said the impact on the U.S. economy of Russia's attack is "highly uncertain."

Commodities, Oil prices continued to rally as shipping and supply concerns continue due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
USO	UNITED STATES OIL FUND L.P.	74.56	-0.80	-1.06%
BNO	UNITED STS BRENT OIL FD LP UNIT	30.69	-0.93	-2.94%

U.S. crude hit $113.06 per barrel, before closing at $107.67. Brent, the global benchmark, closed at $110.46. As a result, major oil companies remain in focus.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
XOM	EXXON MOBIL CORP.	81.060	+0.55	+0.68%
CVX	CHEVRON CORP.	156.25	+2.10	+1.36%
OXY	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP.	47.740	-0.59	-1.22%

Automakers remain in focus after Ford Motor Co. said it was accelerating its transformation into an electric-vehicle company and separated its EV and internal combustion operations to tackle Tesla directly.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
F	FORD MOTOR CO.	17.60	-0.50	-2.76%
TSLA	TESLA INC.	839.29	-40.60	-4.61%
GM	GENERAL MOTORS CO.	44.90	-1.42	-3.07%

Labour News, Labor Department reported weekly jobless claims were 215,000, down slightly from 232,000 the previous week. Continuing claims, which track the total number of unemployed workers collecting benefits, were little changed, down to 1.476 million, holding below pre-pandemic levels.

The big report of the month comes on Friday when the government releases the February jobs report. The U.S. economy is estimated to have added 400,000 new nonfarm jobs.

Bitcoin traded in a range of $42,000 to $43,000.

SPOT MARKET BY THE HOUR AS OF GMT 09:30 03-04-22

European Market, the European market plummeted and went negative across the board while investors watches development around Russia take over the largest Nuclear plant in Europe. London's FTSE increased by 2.04% to 7,093.31, Germany's DAX climbed by 2.77% to 13,318.32 and France's CAC also jumped by 3.44% to 6,158.71.

Asia Market, Asian stocks The investor's sentiments remained subdued and negative across the board. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index climbed by 2.23% to 25,985.47, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong retreated by 2.5% to 21,905.29 while China's Shanghai also climb by 0.96% to 3,447.65.

Cryptocurrencies, at an intraday range of $40,800 by the hour and a maximum of $42,376.21 in 24 hours.

SOURCE: CNBC
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