U.S. Stock Futures Waver at the End of the Week
April 09 2021 - 4:17AM
Dow Jones News
U.S. stock futures were mixed on Friday at the end of a week
that saw stocks on Wall Street climb to record closes multiple
times.
S&P 500 futures were flat and futures tied to the Dow Jones
Industrial Average were up 0.1%. Nasdaq-100 futures slipped 0.3%.
Changes in futures don't necessarily predict market moves after the
opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 was lower 0.1% in morning trade
as gains in consumer-discretionary and materials sectors were muted
by losses in information-technology and communication-services
sectors.
The FTSE 100 traded mostly flat and shed 0.1%. Other stock
indexes in Europe were mixed as the U.K.'s FTSE 250 added 0.1%,
whereas France's CAC 40 was broadly flat and Germany's DAX lost
0.2%.
The euro and the British pound were down 0.1% and 0.3%
respectively against the U.S. dollar. Meanwhile, the Swiss franc
was flat against the dollar, with 1 franc buying $1.08.
In commodities, Brent crude slipped 0.4% to $62.95 a barrel.
Gold also slipped 0.6% to $1,746.90 a troy ounce.
The yield on German 10-year bunds rose to minus 0.316% and
10-year U.K. government debt known as gilts yields strengthened to
0.777%. The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury rose to 1.660% from
1.632%. Yields and prices move in opposite directions.
Indexes in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index climbed
0.2%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 1.1% and China's
benchmark Shanghai Composite was down 0.9%.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 09, 2021 04:02 ET (08:02 GMT)
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