Key Events

Some key events coming up:

Lunar New Year public holidays begin in nations across Asia, with China breaking for a week.

Bank of Russia’s policy decision comes Friday.

These are the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 Index rose 0.2% as of 4 p.m. in New York.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index advanced 0.5%.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index increased 0.2%.

The MSCI Emerging Market Index advanced 0.4%.

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed.

The euro advanced 0.1% to $1.2125.

The British pound fell 0.2% to $1.3806.

The Japanese yen weakened 0.2% to 104.79 per dollar.

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced one basis point to 1.15%.

The yield on two-year Treasuries was unchanged at 0.11%.

Germany’s 10-year yield decreased two basis points to -0.46%.

Britain’s 10-year yield decreased two basis points to 0.47%.

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude fell 0.8% to $58.22 a barrel.

Gold fell 0.9% to $1,826.68 an ounce.