US Stock Markets had a mixed day on Friday, but remained trading near recent record levels, with the Dow once again notching up a fresh closing high. Treasury yields drifted lower after comments from Fed members, but the dollar gained back a small amount of its recent lost ground.
Oil prices drifted lower after recent gains, but once again the star of the show was Gold which powered ahead to record a new all-time high of $2,625.59, before closing slightly lower at $2,621.95, up well over another percent on the day.
Asian markets have little on the calendar in the day ahead but there is a raft of Services and Manufacturing PMI numbers due out across major jurisdictions as the rest of the trading day unfolds.
Market
Change
Close
Dow
+0.09%
42,063
S&P
-0.19%
5,702
Nasdaq
-0.36%
17,948
USD
+0.12%
100.79
US Treasury – 2 Year
-2.4 bps
3.580%
US Treasury – 10 Year
-1.4 bps
3.726%
Oil – Brent
-0.52%
$74.49
Oil – WTI
-0.40%
$71.92
Gold
+1.36%
$2,621.95
Today’s Events (AEST):
Asian Session
All Day – Japan – Bank Holiday
European Session
5.15 pm – France – Flash Services and Manufacturing PMI Data
5.30 pm – Germany – Flash Services and Manufacturing PMI Data
6.00 pm – Eurozone – Flash Services and Manufacturing PMI Data
6.30 pm – UK – Flash Services and Manufacturing PMI Data
US Session
11.45 pm – US – Flash Services and Manufacturing PMI Data
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