Here are some key events this week:
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and ECB President Christine Lagarde speak at the Vienna Economic Dialogue Thursday
Euro-area finance ministers and central bank chiefs hold an informal meeting. A larger group of EU finance ministers and central bank chiefs will meet May 22
These are some of the main moves in markets:
Stocks
The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of 4:04 p.m. New York time
The Nasdaq 100 rose 0.2%
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%
The MSCI World index fell 0.7%
Currencies
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.5%
The euro fell 0.4% to $1.2176
The British pound fell 0.5% to $1.4118
The Japanese yen fell 0.3% to 109.22 per dollar
Bonds
The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced four basis points to 1.68%
Germany’s 10-year yield was little changed at -0.11%
Britain’s 10-year yield declined two basis points to 0.85%
Commodities
West Texas Intermediate crude fell 3.1% to $63 a barrel
Gold futures rose 0.2% to $1,871 an ounce
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