US Futures, European Stocks Rise on Optimism About Rate Cuts
December 15 2023 - 4:04AM
Dow Jones News
U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% and futures for
the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2%. Changes in futures
do not necessarily predict movements after the opening bell.
In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.3% in morning trading.
Atos added 10.5% and Auto1 Group rose 5.9%. On the other hand,
Symrise slipped 9%, and Davide Campari-Milano sunk 3.5%. The FTSE
100 added 0.1%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France's CAC 40
increased 0.3% and Germany's DAX climbed 0.5%.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index climbed 0.1% to 96.58.
In commodities, Brent crude was flat at $76.61 a barrel, and WTI
crude was flat at $71.58 a barrel.
The German 10-year Bund yield declined by 5 basis points to
2.063% from 2.117%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell
by 1 basis point to 3.916% from 3.922%. Bond prices and yields move
in opposite directions.
Stocks in Asia were mixed as Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained
0.9%, whereas Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 2.4%. China's benchmark
Shanghai Composite dropped 0.6%.
-This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch.
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