Key Events

Key events this week:

US unemployment, nonfarm payrolls, Friday

ECB’s Christine Lagarde speaks, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of 1:30 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 fell 0.1%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.8%

The MSCI World index rose 0.7%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.9%

The euro rose 1% to $1.0508

The British pound rose 1.6% to $1.2256

The Japanese yen rose 1.9% to 135.42 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin fell 1% to $16,934.28

Ether fell 1.8% to $1,273.91

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined six basis points to 3.55%

Germany’s 10-year yield declined 12 basis points to 1.81%

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

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 1.6% to $81.81 a barrel

Gold futures rose 3.1% to $1,814.60 an ounce.