Some key events coming up

EIA crude oil inventory report is due Wednesday.

U.S. jobless claims, durables, personal income data comes Wednesday.

U.S. bond and stock trading and markets in other parts of the world will shut early on Thursday for the Christmas holidays. Most global markets are shut Friday.

These are the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 Index retreated 0.4% as of 4 p.m. New York time.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index slumped 2.3%.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index declined 0.4%.

The MSCI Emerging Market Index dropped 0.9%.

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.2%.

The euro decreased 0.2% to $1.2235.

The British pound decreased 0.5% to $1.3454.

The Japanese yen fell less than 0.1% to 103.34 per dollar.

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries decreased one basis point to 0.94%.

Germany’s 10-year yield decreased one basis point to -0.58%.

Britain’s 10-year yield decreased four basis points to 0.20%.

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude sank 2.8% to $47.74 a barrel.

Gold fell 0.2% to $1,877,.11 an ounce.