Key Events

Key events this week:

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 0.4% as of 2:30 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 fell 0.9%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%

The MSCI World index was little changed

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.1%

The euro was little changed at $1.0330

The British pound was little changed at $1.1952

The Japanese yen rose 0.3% to 138.60 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin rose 1.4% to $16,425.5

Ether rose 3.7% to $1,215.53

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced seven basis points to 3.75%

Germany’s 10-year yield declined seven basis points to 1.92%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined three basis points to 3.10%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 1.4% to $78.30 a barrel

Gold futures rose 0.5% to $1,764.50 an ounce.