Key Events

Key events this week:

US midterm elections, Tuesday

EIA oil inventory report, Wednesday

China aggregate financing, PPI, CPI, money supply, new yuan loans, Wednesday

US wholesale inventories, MBA mortgage applications, Wednesday

Fed officials John Williams, Tom Barkin speak at events, Wednesday

US CPI, US initial jobless claims, Thursday

Fed officials Lorie Logan, Esther George, Loretta Mester speak at events, Thursday

US University of Michigan consumer sentiment, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 rose 1.2% as of 11:59 a.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 rose 1.7%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.6%

The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.8%

The MSCI World index rose 1.3%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.6%

The euro rose 0.7% to $1.0086

The British pound rose 0.7% to $1.1591

The Japanese yen rose 0.8% to 145.42 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin fell 1.5% to $20,371.5

Ether fell 1.9% to $1,546

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined eight basis points to 4.14%

Germany’s 10-year yield declined six basis points to 2.28%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined nine basis points to 3.55%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude fell 1% to $90.83 a barrel

Gold futures rose 2.3% to $1,719.60 an ounce.