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Market Wrap: Stocks, Bonds, Commodities |
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On Monday (February 16), U.S. markets were closed for the Presidents' Day holiday.
In Europe, the DAX 40 closed 0.46% lower, while the CAC 40 rose 0.06%, and the FTSE 100 was up 0.26%.
Gold traded on and off the key level of 5,000 dollars an ounce, dipping 49 dollars to 4,993 dollars an ounce.
U.S. WTI crude futures gained 84 cents (+1.34%) to 63.73 dollars a barrel. The U.S. and Iran will have a second round of meeting in Geneva on Tuesday, which will be mediated by Oman.
Tuesday (February 17) marks the start of the Chinese New Year of the Horse, with markets in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea being closed for a holiday.
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The U.S. dollar regained some traction against other major currencies, with the dollar index returning to levels above the level of 97.00.
USD/JPY gained 66 pips to 153.34. The yen weakened after Japan’s data showed that gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 0.2% in the fourth quarter, significantly slower than market expectations.
EUR/USD dropped 14 pips to 1.1853.
GBP/USD slipped 14 pips to 1.3634, while AUD/USD was little changed at 0.7072.
USD/CHF advanced 21 pips to 0.7695, and USD/CAD increased 15 pips to 1.3632.
Bitcoin eased slightly to 68,500 dollars.
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In Asian trading hours, EUR/USD remained subdued at 1.1845 and GBP/USD fell to 1.3619.
Meanwhile, USD/JPY eased to 153.20.
Gold dropped to 4,966 dollars.
Bitcoin edged up to 69,038 dollars.
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Germany's ZEW economic sentiment index is estimated to climb to 61.0 in February.
In the U.S., the Empire State manufacturing index is anticipated to slip to 3.0 in February.
Canada's inflation is expected to edge up to 2.5% year-on-year in January.
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