Key events this week:
Euro area economic confidence, consumer confidence, Tuesday
US Conference Board consumer confidence, Tuesday
EIA crude oil inventory report, Wednesday
China PMI, Wednesday
Fed Chair Jerome Powell speech, Wednesday
Fed releases its Beige Book, Wednesday
US wholesale inventories, GDP, Wednesday
S&P Global PMIs, Thursday
US construction spending, consumer income, initial jobless claims, ISM Manufacturing, Thursday
BOJ’s Haruhiko Kuroda speaks, Thursday
US unemployment, nonfarm payrolls, Friday
ECB’s Christine Lagarde speaks, Friday
Some of the main moves in markets:
Stocks
The S&P 500 fell 1.5% as of 2:33 p.m. New York time
The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.5%
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.4%
The MSCI World index fell 1.4%
Currencies
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.5%
The euro fell 0.4% to $1.0354
The British pound fell 1.1% to $1.1964
The Japanese yen rose 0.2% to 138.86 per dollar
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin fell 2.4% to $16,174.84
Ether fell 3.8% to $1,168.35
Bonds
The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced two basis points to 3.70%
Germany’s 10-year yield advanced two basis points to 1.99%
Britain’s 10-year yield was little changed at 3.13%
Commodities
West Texas Intermediate crude rose 1.2% to $77.18 a barrel
Gold futures fell 0.8% to $1,754.30 an ounce.