Key Events

Key events this week:

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 fell 0.4% as of 10:55 a.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 was little changed

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed

The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.4%

The MSCI World index fell 0.6%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.5%

The euro fell 0.7% to $0.9788

The British pound fell 0.6% to $1.1256

The Japanese yen fell 0.3% to 149.68 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin fell 1.1% to $19,160.74

Ether fell 1.4% to $1,296.16

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced nine basis points to 4.09%

Germany’s 10-year yield advanced six basis points to 2.34%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined seven basis points to 3.88%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 0.4% to $83.18 a barrel

Gold futures fell 1% to $1,638.60 an ounce.