As risks are growing around the world we are seeing that the effect of this kind of thinking has already reflected in the performance of the markets around the world. The fatigue is especially felt in Asia whereas in American tech and social stocks we are only seeing the gains.
Euro is up for now although no one knows what to expect from the speech to be given by the head of European Central Bank. Greenback is not really active today.
Here are the main moves for today:
Topix dropped 0.4 percent.
Kospi lost 0.2 percent.
Shanghai Composite declined 0.5 percent.
Hang Seng lost 1.9 percent.
S&P 500 futures slipped 0.2 percent.
Dollar was flat against the basket of six major currencies.
Euro grew 0.1 percent - $1.1338.
Yen added 0.1 percent – 108.37 per dollar.
Apple recovered 1.2 percent - $194.81.
Facebook added 1.9 percent – $178.1.
Amazon rose 0.2 percent - $1863.7 per share.
Tesla added 2 percent - $217.1.
WTI lost 2 percent - $52.21 per barrel.
Brent decreased 1.9 percent - $61.14 per barrel.
Gold increased 0.7 percent - $1339.9 per ounce.
Silver grew 0.5 percent - $14.82 per ounce.
Platinum increased 0.6 percent – $820.35.