Events To Watch

Here are some key events to watch this week:

Federal Reserve July minutes, Wednesday
New Zealand rate decision, Wednesday
UK CPI, US retail sales, Wednesday
Australia unemployment, Thursday
U.S. existing home sales, initial jobless claims, Conference Board leading index, Thursday
Fed’s Esther George, Neel Kashkari speak at separate events, Thursday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks
The S&P 500 rose 0.1% as of 3:27 p.m. New York time
The Nasdaq 100 fell 0.3%
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7%
The MSCI World index was little changed

Currencies
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed
The euro was little changed at $1.0164
The British pound rose 0.3% to $1.2086
The Japanese yen fell 0.7% to 134.23 per dollar

Bonds
The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced three basis points to 2.82%
Germany’s 10-year yield advanced seven basis points to 0.97%
Britain’s 10-year yield advanced 11 basis points to 2.13%

Commodities
West Texas Intermediate crude fell 3.6% to $86.23 a barrel
Gold futures fell 0.4% to $1,791.80 an ounce.