Key Events

Here are some events to watch this week:

U.S. new home sales, current account balance on Wednesday

EIA crude oil inventory report due Wednesday

Bank of England interest rate decision Thursday

The Fed releases Thursday the results of stress tests on the largest U.S. banks

These are some of the main moves in financial markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 rose 0.5% as of 4 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 rose 0.9%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%

The MSCI World index rose 0.5%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.1%

The euro rose 0.2% to $1.1940

The British pound rose 0.1% to $1.3948

The Japanese yen fell 0.4% to 110.66 per dollar

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined three basis points to 1.46%

Germany’s 10-year yield was little changed at -0.16%

Britain’s 10-year yield advanced one basis point to 0.78%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude fell 0.3% to $72.87 a barrel

Gold futures fell 0.3% to $1,777.10 an ounce