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Global equity indexes are pointing in different directions currently after Wall Street rebounded on Wednesday. Apple shares surged 2.12% outperforming the market while JPMorgan reiterated its Overweight rating on Apple Inc despite a sharp decrease of 33% year-over-year in iPhone shipments in China for February amounting in a total of 2.4 million units for the month, Nvidia shares lost 2.5% on Wednesday.
Forex news
The Dollar strengthening is intact currently. 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, added 0.2% on Wednesday.
Both GBP/USD and EUR/USD accelerated their sliding yesterday while Eurostat reported economic sentiment in the European Union was slightly higher in March. Both euro and Pound are lower against the dollar currently. USD/JPY reversed its advancing while AUD/USD accelerated its retreating on Wednesday with both the yen and the Australian dollar lower against the Greenback currently.
Stock Market news
The US stock index futures are lower currently ahead of US Unemployment Claims report due at 13:30 CET today. The three main US stock indexes ended higher on Wednesday in the range from 0.5% to 1.2% with the SP 500 closing at a fresh record before Fed Board Governor Christopher Waller said later in the day there is no rush to ease interest rates.
European stock indexes futures are mixed currently after indexes closed marginally higher yesterday with retail shares leading gains. Asian stock indexes futures are mixed today with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index leading gains as the yuan was buoyed by a strong fix by the People's Bank of China.
Commodity Market news
Brent is edging higher presently. Prices ended lower for the second consecutive session yesterday after the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) report US crude stockpiles rose unexpectedly by 3.2 million barrels last week while gasoline demand fell for a second straight week to 8.7 million barrels per day (bpd), down from 8.8 million bpd in the prior week. The US oil benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures lost 0.3% but is higher currently. Brent crude fell 0.25% to $85.41 a barrel on Wednesday.
Gold Market News
Gold prices are retracing down presently. Spot gold extended gains 0.7% to $2194.86 an ounce on Wednesday.