Here are some key events coming up:
Bank of Japan, Bank Indonesia and Bank of England policy decisions come Thursday.
Friday sees quadruple witching -- the quarterly expiration of futures and options on indexes and stocks -- in U.S. markets
These are some of the main moves in markets:
Stocks
The S&P 500 fell 0.5% as of 4 p.m. New York time.
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index climbed 0.6%.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index increased 0.6%.
Currencies
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index declined 0.1%.
The euro was little changed at $1.1817.
The Japanese yen was little changed at 104.96 per dollar.
Bonds
The yield on 10-year Treasuries gained two basis points to 0.70%.
Germany’s 10-year yield fell one basis point to -0.48%.
Britain’s 10-year yield decreased one basis point to 0.211%.
Commodities
The Bloomberg Commodity Index gained 0.7%.
West Texas Intermediate crude increased 5% to $40.18 a barrel.
Gold was little changed at $1,959.20 an ounce.
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