Key Events

Key events:

US University of Michigan consumer sentiment, Friday

Fed’s Christopher Waller and Patrick Harker speak, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 rose 0.9% as of 9:52 a.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 rose 1.3%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.8%

The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.9%

The MSCI World index rose 0.9%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.6%

The euro rose 0.7% to $1.0788

The British pound rose 1% to $1.2189

The Japanese yen rose 0.6% to 130.55 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin fell 0.9% to $22,753

Ether fell 0.6% to $1,643.69

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined three basis points to 3.58%

Germany’s 10-year yield declined seven basis points to 2.29%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined six basis points to 3.25%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude fell 1% to $77.70 a barrel

Gold futures rose 0.2% to $1,894.50 an ounce.