Key Events

Key events this week:

Euro area CPI, Wednesday

EIA crude oil inventory report, Wednesday

US MBA mortgage applications, building permits, housing starts, Fed Beige Book, Wednesday

Fed’s Neel Kashkari, Charles Evans, James Bullard speak, Wednesday

US existing home sales, initial jobless claims, Conference Board leading index, Thursday

Euro area consumer confidence, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 rose 0.6% as of 3:02 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 was little changed

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7%

The MSCI World index rose 0.7%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed

The euro was little changed at $0.9849

The British pound fell 0.4% to $1.1316

The Japanese yen fell 0.1% to 149.20 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin fell 1.9% to $19,165.94

Ether fell 3.1% to $1,289.26

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined two basis points to 3.99%

Germany’s 10-year yield advanced two basis points to 2.28%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined three basis points to 3.95%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude fell 3.3% to $82.68 a barrel

Gold futures fell 0.6% to $1,654.60 an ounce.