Key Events

Key events this week:

China trade, Friday

US University of Michigan consumer sentiment, Friday

Citigroup, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo report earnings, Friday

This week’s MLIVE Pulse Survey:

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 rose 0.3% as of 12:10 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 rose 0.2%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%

The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.6%

The MSCI World index rose 0.7%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.7%

The euro rose 0.7% to $1.0827

The British pound rose 0.3% to $1.2187

The Japanese yen rose 2.1% to 129.71 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin rose 3.3% to $18,135.54

Ether rose 3.2% to $1,385.75

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined five basis points to 3.49%

Germany’s 10-year yield declined five basis points to 2.16%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined eight basis points to 3.33%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 1.5% to $78.55 a barrel

Gold futures rose 0.9% to $1,895.80 an ounce.