- German DAX, -110.61 points or -0.76% at 14446
- France’s CAC -51.72 points or -0.8% at 6448.84
- UK’s FTSE 100 -5.93 points or -0.08% at 7593.01
- Spain’s Ibex unchanged at 8842.71
- Italy’s FTSE MIB -133 points or -0.55% at 24233
Looking around other markets as London/European traders look to exit shows:
- Spot gold is trading up $5.68 or 0.31% at $1857.60.
- Spot silver is down 5.5 cents or -0.25% at $22.19
- WTI crude oil futures are higher despite a surprise build at the weekly inventory data. Crude oil is trading at $21.50. That’s up $2.10 on the day
- Natural gas traded to a new cycle high at $9.65 today. It is currently trading at $9.58 up $0.25 or 2.68%. That is still not good news for inflation
- The price bitcoin trades at $30,473 – near the middle of the days trading range. The low for the day came in at $29,831 while the high for the day was at $31,310.