Key Events

Key events this week:

S&P Global PMIs: US, Wednesday

University of Michigan sentiment, Wednesday

Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s Nov. 1-2 meeting, Wednesday

ECB publishes account of its October policy meeting, Thursday

US stock and bond markets are closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, Thursday

US stock and bond markets close early, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 rose 0.5% as of 2:06 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 rose 0.9%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%

The MSCI World index rose 1.1%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.7%

The euro rose 0.8% to $1.0391

The British pound rose 1.4% to $1.2055

The Japanese yen rose 1.1% to 139.61 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin rose 3% to $16,618.68

Ether rose 4.6% to $1,181.12

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined four basis points to 3.71%

Germany’s 10-year yield declined five basis points to 1.93%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined 13 basis points to 3.01%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude fell 4.3% to $77.44 a barrel

Gold futures rose 0.3% to $1,759.50 an ounce.