Global Stocks Waver Ahead of U.S. Jobs Report
05 Julio 2019 - 03:25AM
Noticias Dow Jones
By Lauren Almeida
-- Europe stocks edge down, Asian stocks mixed
-- Gold, crude prices slip
-- U.S. Treasury yields tick lower
European stocks were muted Friday after a mixed session in Asia,
as U.S. markets prepared to return from a public holiday and ahead
the U.S. jobs report for June later in the day.
The Stoxx Europe 600 slipped 0.2% at the open, with Germany's
DAX down 0.1% and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 down 0.2%.
The yield on 10-year German bonds was little changed at minus
0.400%, from minus 0.402% Thursday when it fell below the European
Central Bank's policy rate of minus 0.4% for the first time.
Benchmark yields on Thursday fell across the continent as investors
anticipated looser monetary policy from the likely new president of
the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde.
U.S. 10-year Treasury yields moved slightly lower on Friday to
1.947%, from 1.952% on Wednesday before the Independence Day
holiday.
Asian stock markets were mixed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped
0.1% while the Shanghai Composite and Japan's Nikkei both gained
0.2%.
The U.S. dollar firmed, but could be vulnerable if nonfarm
payrolls data are weak, as they are likely to be figure in to the
Federal Reserve's decision making on interest-rate policy. The WSJ
Dollar Index, which measures the currency against a basket of its
peers, rose 0.2%.
U.S. futures were slightly lower, with both the S&P 500 and
the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.1%.
In commodities, global oil benchmark Brent crude fell by 0.4% to
$63.07 a barrel. Gold also fell 0.3%.
Write to Lauren Almeida at lauren.almeida@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 05, 2019 04:10 ET (08:10 GMT)
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