UK FTSE outperforms
The European shares are ending the session with declines. The UK FTSE 100 the better than others on the GBPs weakness.
The provisional closes are showing:
- German DAX, -1.06%
- France’s CAC, -1.25%
- UK’s FTSE 100, -0.10%
- Spain’s Ibex, -1.02%
- Italy’s FTSE MIB, -0.7%
In the European debt debt market, the benchmark 10 year yields are ending lower across the board. Declines range from -2.7 basis points to -3.6 basis points:
In other markets as European traders look to exit:
- spot gold is trading up $6.05 or 0.34% at $1808.82. The low extended to $1790.79. The high for the day is near current levels at $1809.74
- WTI crude oil futures are trading up $0.31 or 0.77% at $40.41 for the August contract. The September contract is also higher by $0.33 or 0.82% at $40.65
In the US stock market the Dow industrial average outperforms while the NASDAQ index get whipped around and volatile trading. The current snapshot shows
- S&P index up 12.8 points or 0.41% at 3168.16
- NASDAQ index down 2.6 points or -0.02% at 10391.16
- Dow industrial average up 288 points or 1.11% at 26374
The NASDAQ index has whipped around in with the low falling -2.01%. The high extended up 0.42%. The point range is around 250 points from low to high.