Key Events

Key events this week:

US unemployment, wholesale inventories, nonfarm payrolls, Friday

BOE Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden speaks at event, Friday

Fed’s John Williams speaks at event, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 fell 1% as of 2:58 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 fell 0.6%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.2%

The MSCI World index fell 0.8%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.7%

The euro fell 0.9% to $0.9796

The British pound fell 1.5% to $1.1152

The Japanese yen fell 0.3% to 145.04 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin rose 0.2% to $20,032.96

Ether rose 1% to $1,358.25

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced six basis points to 3.81%

Germany’s 10-year yield advanced five basis points to 2.08%

Britain’s 10-year yield advanced 13 basis points to 4.17%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 0.8% to $88.50 a barrel

Gold futures were little changed.