Market Events

Here are some key events to watch this week:

US business inventories, empire manufacturing, retail sales, initial jobless claims, industrial production, Thursday

China home sales, retail sales, industrial production, fixed assets, surveyed jobless rate, Friday

Euro area CPI, Friday

US University of Michigan consumer sentiment, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of 3:23 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 was little changed

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%

The MSCI World index fell 0.7%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.1%

The euro was little changed at $0.9975

The British pound rose 0.4% to $1.1537

The Japanese yen rose 1% to 143.15 per dollar

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries was little changed at 3.40%

Germany’s 10-year yield declined one basis point to 1.72%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined four basis points to 3.13%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 0.9% to $88.11 a barrel

Gold futures fell 0.7% to $1,704.90 an ounce.