Global Market Trends (11th Mar., 2022)

March 11, 2022

MAJOR INDEXES

Market report as of 10th Mar., 2022

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
S&P 500	4,259.5200	-18.360	-0.430
NASDAQ	13,129.960	-125.58	-0.950
DJIA	33,174.070	-112.18	-0.340
*FTSE	7,142.4300*	43.3400	0.6100
*NIKKEI	25,162.780*	-527.62	-2.050
*HSI	20,553.790*	-336.47	-1.610
*SHANGHAI	3,309.7500*	13.6500	0.4100
VIX	30.5400000	0.31000	1.0300
*DAX	13,505.1700*	63.0700	0.4700

S&P500 MARKET MOVERS

TOP

HAL	Halliburton Co	8.927%
BKR	Baker Hughes Co	8.666%
MOS	Mosaic Co	7.744%
AMZN	Amazon.com Inc	5.413%
EOG	EOG Resources Inc	5.371%

BOTTOM

ETSY	ETSY Inc	5.348%
EPAM	Epam Systems Inc	4.864%
MSCI	MSCI Inc	4.685%
MU	Micron Technology Inc	4.683%
NOW	ServiceNow Inc	4.645%

SECURITIES

BONDS

NAME	YIELD	CHG
US 10-YR	1.985	-0.024
US 30-YR	2.362	-0.03
US 5-YR	1.921	-0.019
US 2-YR	1.711	-0.008
US 3-MO	0.401	+0.005
BUND 10-YR	0.262	-0.011
JPN 10-YR	0.183	-0.002
UK 10-YR	1.519	-0.005

FUTURES & COMMODITIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
*OIL	107.98	+1.960	+1.849
*NAT GAS	4.68500	+0.054	+1.170
*GOLD	1,998.1	-2.3000	-0.1150
*SILVER	26.3000	+0.044	+0.170
*WHEAT	1,120.5	+33.50	+3.080
*COPPER	4.68500	+0.033	+0.700

CURRENCIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
JPY/USD	0.8550	-0.006	-0.709
USD INDEX	98.730	+0.220	+0.23
USD/JPY	116.96	+0.830	+0.71
GBP/USD	1.3050	-0.0030	-0.237
EUR/USD	1.0980	-0.0010	-0.064
USD/CAD	1.2780	+0.002	+0.13
AUD/USD	0.7330	-0.0030	-0.421

U.S Markets, U.S. stocks fell after the Consumer Price Index jumped 7.9%, cementing inflation concerns as the Russia-Ukraine conflict raged on. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 112 points or 0.3%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite dipped by 0.4% and 0.9%, respectively. All three major averages closed above the worst levels of the day.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	33174.07	-112.18	-0.34%
SP500	S&P 500	4259.52	-18.36	-0.43%
I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	13129.96	-125.58	-0.95%

Inflation, soaring U.S. inflation remains an overhang for Americans. February's CPI hit 7.9% year-over-year, amid strong consumer demand and lingering pandemic-related supply chain woes. Energy prices drove a bulk of the increases.

Commodities, the price of oil closed down 2.5% to $106.02 per barrel, while Brent settled marginally lower at $109.33 per barrel.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
USO	UNITED STATES OIL FUND L.P.	74.08	-1.36	-1.80%
BNO	UNITED STS BRENT OIL FD LP UNIT	30.42	-0.82	-2.62%
UGA	UNITED STATES GASOLINE FUND LP PARTNERSHIP UNITS	55.37	-2.94	-5.04%

Gas prices climbed to a fresh record of $4.31 per gallon.

Gold moved back above the $2,000 level.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
GLD	SPDR GOLD SHARES TRUST - EUR ACC	186.48	+0.60	+0.32%

Labour news, The Labor Department reported new weekly claims for unemployment benefits were 227,000, slightly higher than estimates. Continuing claims, which track the total number of unemployed workers collecting benefits, rose to 1.490 million.

Stocks, Amazon in focus after announcing a 20-for-1 stock split, becoming the second large tech company after Google to split their stock.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
AMZN	AMAZON.COM INC.	2,936.35	+150.77	+5.41%
GOOGL	ALPHABET INC.	2,648.59	-19.81	-0.74%

Russian Exit, Goldman Sachs to exit operations in Russia. In addition, financial service companies including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, PayPal have also suspended operations in Russia.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
GS	THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC.	329.90	-3.69	-1.11%
V	VISA INC.	197.97	-1.70	-0.85%
MA	MASTERCARD INC.	324.59	-3.54	-1.08%
PYPL	PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC.	98.55	-1.67	-1.67%

Bitcoin traded around $39,000.

SPOT MARKET BY THE HOUR AS OF GMT 09:30 03-11-22

European Market, Current trading sentiments are positive with all monitored stocked on an upward trend. London's FTSE increased by 0.84% to 7,158.33, Germany's DAX climbed by 0.69% to 13,534.66 and France's CAC also jumped by 0.48% to 6,236.83.

Asia Market, Asian stocks Current investment sentiments are negative except for the Shanghai bourse where trades are positive. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index dipped by 2.05% to 25,162.78, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong retreated by 1.61% to 20,553.79 while China's Shanghai also climb by 0.41% to 3,309.75.

Cryptocurrencies, at an intraday range of $38,244.76 by the hour and a maximum of $39,422.36 in 24 hours.

SOURCE: CNBC
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