Key Events

Some key events coming up in the week ahead

U.S. equity and bond markets are shut Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Earnings come from companies including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Procter & Gamble, Intel, and Netflix.

Joe Biden takes office as U.S. president on Wednesday.

Policy decisions are due Wednesday from central banks in Brazil, Malaysia and Canada. The Bank of Japan and the ECB deliver decisions Thursday.

Here are the main moves in markets:

Stocks

Futures on the S&P 500 Index rose 0.2% as of 2:34 p.m. New York time.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index added 0.2%

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index decreased 0.3%.

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little-changed.

The euro was steady at $1.2078.

The British pound decreased 0.1% to $1.3586.

The Japanese yen strengthened 0.2% to 103.68 per dollar.

Bonds

Germany’s 10-year yield fell one basis point to -0.53%.

Britain’s 10-year yield decreased one basis point to 0.285%.

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude dropped to $52.74 a barrel.

Gold strengthened 0.5% to $1,837.64 an ounce.