Key Events

Here are some events to watch this week:

Earnings: Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, Samsung Electronics, China Vanke, PetroChina, Ping An Insurance Group

Australia CPI, Wednesday

U.S. wholesale inventories, U.S. durable goods, Wednesday

Bank of Japan monetary policy decision, briefing, Thursday

ECB rates decision, President Christine Lagarde briefing, Thursday

U.S. GDP, initial jobless claims, Thursday

G-20 joint finance and health ministers meeting ahead of the weekend leaders’ summit, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets: 

Stocks

The S&P 500 rose 0.2% as of 4:02 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 rose 0.3%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed

The MSCI World index rose 0.2%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed

The euro was little changed at $1.1599

The British pound was little changed at $1.3763

The Japanese yen fell 0.4% to 114.13 per dollar

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined two basis points to 1.61%

Germany’s 10-year yield was little changed at -0.12%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined three basis points to 1.11%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 1% to $84.58 a barrel

Gold futures fell 0.7% to $1,794.90 an ounce