Stocks mixed after Wall Street slump - 18.9.2023

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Resumo do mercado atual

The Dollar strengthening has halted
US stocks indexes futures are up currently
Gold prices are extending gains

Notícias quentes do dia

Global equity indexes are pointing in different directions currently after Wall Street ended lower on Friday. Alphabet shares slid 0.5% amid reports Google agreed to pay $155 million to settle claims by California and private plaintiffs that the search engine company misled consumers about how it tracks their locations and used their data without consent, Nvidia shares fell 3.69% on Friday underperforming market while Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a key Nvidia supplier, postponed production at its Arizona plant to 2025 due to recruitment difficulties and union opposition.

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Notícias de Forex

The Dollar strengthening has halted today. The live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, ended 0.7% higher on Friday.

EUR/USD reversed its retreating on Friday while GBP/USD slowed its sliding as Eurostat reported euro area trade surplus declined in July when an increase was expected. Both euro and Pound are little change against the Dollar currently. USD/JPY accelerated its advancing on Friday while AUD/USD reversed its climbing with both the yen and the Australian dollar higher against the Greenback currently.

Notícias do mercado de ações

US stocks indexes futures are up currently after closing solidly lower on Friday. The three main US stock benchmarks recorded daily losses in the range from -1.56% to -0.88% on Friday as the University of Michigan reported US consumer sentiment declined in September.

European stock indexes futures are mixed currently after closing marginally higher on Friday led by household goods stocks. Asian stock indexes futures are mostly lower today with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index leading losses as China Evergrande shares tumbled almost 20% following its announcement on delaying decisions on debt restructuring while Australia’s ASX 200 index is defying regional trend.

Notícias do mercado de produtos

Brent is extending gains currently. Oil prices ended at ten-month high on Friday supported by hopes of Chinese demand rebound after better than expected industrial output and retail sales data in China. The energy services firm Baker Hughes reported the total count of active US oil rigs rose by two oil rig to 515, the most since April. The US oil benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose 0.7% and is higher currently. Brent gained 0.3% to $93.93 a barrel on Friday. Brent and WTI gained about 4% for the week.