2nd February 2022 Morning Report

U.S. market ended lower on Tuesday with a new month beginning in volatility. Investors weighed mixed economy and inflation data against big-name U.S. companies.  

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 0.19%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were up 0.05% and down 0.09%, respectively. 

Other key markets ended higher. European stocks closed lower as follows: the FTSE100 (+0.96%), the Dax 30 (+0.96%), CAC 40 (+1.43%) and the STOXX (+1.19%). In Asia, the Hang Seng and Shanghai indices ended mixed. The key Asian indices ended yesterday as follows: Nikkei 225(+0.28%), HSI (+1.07%) and the Shanghai Composite (-0.97%).

The yield on the US 10 - year note was at 1.78%, while the 2 - year note was at 1.169%. Oil was down to $91.21 per barrel, up 1.31%. The gold price was at US$1797.11 per ounce, up 0.43%. 

Comments from our readers

No comments yet

Add your comment:

Your name:
Your email:	Not displayed to the public
Comment:
Comments to Sharechat go through an approval process. Comments which are defamatory, abusive or in some way deemed inappropriate will not be approved. It is allowable to use some form of non-de-plume for your name, however we recommend real email addresses are used. Comments from free email addresses such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc may not be approved.

Anti-spam verification:

Type the text you see in the image into the field below. You are asked to do this in order to verify that this enquiry is not being performed by an automated process.

Related News:

August 15th Morning Report
August 14th Morning Report
August 13th Morning Report
August 8th Morning Report
August 7th Morning Report
August 5th Morning Report
August 4th Morning Report
August 1st Morning Report
July 30th Morning Report
July 29th Morning Report