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Tuesday 15 September 2020

Some key events coming up

China industrial production and retail sales data is due on Tuesday.

Wednesday sees the FOMC policy decision and news conference from Chair Jerome Powell.

Bank of Japan, Bank Indonesia and Bank of England policy decisions come Thursday.

Friday sees quadruple witching for U.S. markets when the quarterly expiration of futures and options on indexes and stocks happens on the same day.


These are the main moves in markets:


Stocks

The S&P 500 Index gained 1.3% to 3,383.45 as of 4:00 p.m. New York time.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 1.2% to 27,992.38, the highest in more than a week.

The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 1.9% to 11,056.65.

The Nasdaq 100 Index advanced 1.7% to 11,277.76.


Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index declined 0.3% to 1,165.64, the lowest in more than a week.

The euro increased 0.2% to $1.1864, the strongest in almost two weeks.

The Japanese yen appreciated 0.4% to 105.70 per dollar, the strongest in more than two weeks on the largest gain in more than two weeks.

The British pound advanced 0.5% to $1.2855, the biggest gain in more than two weeks.


Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced one basis point to 0.67%.

The yield on 30-year Treasuries gained one basis point to 1.42%.

Germany’s 10-year yield increased less than one basis point to -0.48%.


Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude declined 0.1% to $37.29 a barrel.

Gold strengthened 0.9% to $1,958.15 an ounce, the highest in almost two weeks on the largest gain in more than two weeks.

Copper advanced 0.9% to $3.07 a pound, the highest in more than two years.

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