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Wednesday 5 May 2021

Key Events

Here are some key events to watch this week:


U.S. ADP employment change is due Wednesday

Chicago Fed President Charles Evans gives a virtual speech at an event hosted by Bard College on Wednesday. Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester gives a virtual speech to the Boston Economic Club

Bank of England rate decision Thursday

The April U.S. employment report is released on Friday


These are some of the main moves in markets:


Stocks

The S&P 500 fell 0.7% as of 4 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.85%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed

The MSCI World index fell 0.8%


Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.3%

The euro fell 0.4% to $1.2017

The British pound fell 0.2% to $1.3887

The Japanese yen fell 0.2% to 109.29 per dollar


Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined one basis point to 1.58%

Germany’s 10-year yield declined three basis points to -0.24%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined five basis points to 0.79%


Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 2.3% to $66 a barrel

Gold futures fell 0.7% to $1,779 an ounce

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