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Thursday 18 March 2021

Key Events

These are some key events this week:


Bank of England rate decision Thursday. BOE is expected to leave monetary policy unchanged.

Bank of Japan monetary policy decision and Governor Haruhiko Kuroda briefing Friday.


These are the main moves in markets:


Stocks

The S&P 500 Index gained 0.3% to 3,974.16 as of 4:01 p.m. New York time, the highest on record.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 0.6% to 33,016.16, the highest on record.

The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 0.4% to 13,525.20, the highest in more than two weeks.

The Nasdaq 100 Index advanced 0.4% to 13,202.38, the highest in more than two weeks.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index declined 0.4% to 424.91, the largest drop in more than a week.


Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.5% to 1,134.14, the lowest in more than two weeks.

The euro jumped 0.6% to $1.1976, the largest climb in almost six weeks.

The British pound jumped 0.5% to $1.3963, the biggest increase in almost four weeks.

The Japanese yen strengthened 0.1% to 108.89 per dollar.


Bonds

The yield on two-year Treasuries dipped one basis point to 0.14%, the lowest in more than two weeks on the biggest dip in almost three weeks.

The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced two basis points to 1.64%, the highest in more than 13 months.

The yield on 30-year Treasuries climbed three basis points to 2.41%, the highest in 16 months.

Germany’s 10-year yield gained five basis points to -0.29%, the highest in more than a week on the largest climb in two weeks.


Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude declined 0.4% to $64.5

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