France’s CAC unchanged on the day
The European major indices are ending mostly higher. The France’s CAC is unchanged to down marginally.
The provisional closes are showing:
- German DAX, +0.33%
- France’s CAC, unchanged
- UK’s FTSE 100, +0.25%
- Spain’s Ibex, +0.65%
- Italy’s FTSE MIB, +0.5%
in other markets as London/European traders look to exit:
- Spot gold is trading up $6.08 or 0.34% $1770.40
- Spot silver is up $0.69 or is 3.0% at $23.87
- WTI crude oil futures are trading up $1.16 or 1.42% at $83.44
- The price of bitcoin is back positive at plus $600 or 0.96% at $62,628. The high for the day did reach $63,337.54
In the US stock market, the major indices remain higher on the day. The NASDAQ and S&P are working on their fifth consecutive day to the upside.
- Dow industrial average +157 points or 0.45% at 35416.32
- S&P index up 26.48 points or 0.59% at 4513
- NASDAQ index up 88.58 points or 0.59% at 15111
In the US debt market, the longer end yields are higher while the short run yields are lower increasing the yield spread. The two – 10 year spread is up to 122.6 basis points from 116.3 basis points at the close yesterday.
