Some key events coming up

U.S. pending home sales and goods trade balance data are due Wednesday.

U.S. initial jobless claims figures are published Thursday.

Most global stock markets are closed Friday for New Year’s Day.

These are the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 Index rose 0.9% as of 4 p.m. in New York.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose 0.7%.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained 0.1%.

The MSCI Emerging Market Index slipped 0.2%.

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.1%.

The euro rose 0.1% to $1.2208.

The British pound decreased 0.8% to $1.3449.

The Japanese yen weakened 0.4% to 103.86 per dollar.

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries increased less than one basis point to 0.93%.

Germany’s 10-year yield declined two basis points to -0.57%.

Britain’s 10-year yield was unchanged at 0.25%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude fell 1.2% to $47.66 a barrel.

Gold fell 0.5% to $1,873.58 an ounce.