Key Events

Key events this week:

BOJ governor-nominee Kazuo Ueda appears before Japan’s lower house, Friday

US PCE deflator, personal spending, new home sales, University of Michigan consumer sentiment, Friday

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hits the one-year mark, Friday

Some of the main moves in markets:

Stocks

The S&P 500 fell 0.5% as of 12:09 p.m. New York time

The Nasdaq 100 fell 0.4%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7%

The Stoxx Europe 600 was little changed

The MSCI World index fell 0.4%

Currencies

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.1%

The euro fell 0.2% to $1.0582

The British pound fell 0.3% to $1.2011

The Japanese yen was little changed at 134.83 per dollar

Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin rose 0.2% to $23,855.91

Ether rose 2.1% to $1,653.29

Bonds

The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined one basis point to 3.91%

Germany’s 10-year yield declined four basis points to 2.48%

Britain’s 10-year yield declined one basis point to 3.59%

Commodities

West Texas Intermediate crude rose 1.3% to $74.88 a barrel

Gold futures fell 0.8% to $1,827.10 an ounce