Key Events

Key events this week:

Fed’s Lael Brainard and SEC Chair Gary Gensler speak, Wednesday

ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks, Wednesday

Eurozone CPI, Thursday

US housing starts, initial jobless claims, Thursday

Fed’s Neel Kashkari, Loretta Mester speak, Thursday

US Conference Board leading index, existing home sales, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 fell 0.8% as of 1:36 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.3%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%

The MSCI World index rose 1.1%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.2%

The euro was little changed at $1.0357

The British pound was little changed at $1.1872

The Japanese yen fell 0.3% to 139.67 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin fell 2% to $16,551.33

Ether fell 2.7% to $1,212.41

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined five basis points to 3.72%

Germany’s 10-year yield declined 11 basis points to 2.00%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined 15 basis points to 3.15%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude fell 2.1% to $85.13 a barrel

Gold futures were little changed.