Friday 9th February 2024 |
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US markets ended mixed on Thursday, with S&P 500 lingering near the 5,000-point mark, as investors sized up major corporate earnings reports, a roughly in-line jobs report and remarks from policymakers on interest rate cuts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 0.05%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were down 0.09% and up 0.09% respectively.
Other key markets ended higher. European stocks closed as follows: the FTSE100 (-0.44%), the Dax 30 (+0.25%), CAC 40 (+0.71%) and the STOXX (+0.68%). In Asia, the Hang Seng and Shanghai indices closed mixed. The key Asian indices ended yesterday as follows: Nikkei 225(+2.06%), HSI (-1.27%) and the Shanghai Composite (+1.28%).
The yield on the US 10 - year note was at 4.168%, while the 2 - year note was at 4.458%. Oil was up to $76.19 per barrel, up 3.15%. The gold price was at US$2048.10 per ounce, down 0.18%.
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