🌍 Trump's rejection of Iran's Hormuz proposal keeps oil, yields and inflation fears in focus. Rate-hike bets are weighing on risk assets.
🇺🇸 Wall Street closed lower on Monday:
📉 Dow –0.67% at 51,481.51
📉 S&P 500 –0.77% at 7,683.69
📉 Nasdaq –0.92% at 26,820.38
🏦 The US 10-year yield is about 5.26%, near its highest since 2007.
🌏 Asian markets are lower this morning:
🇯🇵 Nikkei 225 –1.35% at 64,988
🇰🇷 Kospi –1.07% at 6,816
🇭🇰 Hang Seng –0.95% at 24,409
🇨🇳 Shanghai Composite –0.03% at 3,823
🇦🇺 ASX 200 –0.11% at 8,670
🇦🇺 The RBA raised its cash rate by 25 bps to 4.60%, the fourth hike this year and a 15-year high.
💱 Forex:
🇪🇺 EUR/USD 1.1361 (–0.09%)
🇬🇧 GBP/USD 1.3237 (–0.15%)
🇯🇵 USD/JPY 157.51 (+0.08%)
🇦🇺 AUD/USD 0.7020 (+0.03%)
🥇 Gold: $4,126 (+0.28%), recovering slightly after Monday's sharp selloff.
🛢 Oil: Brent $99.87 (+2.09%) and WTI $94.31 (+1.85%).
₿ Bitcoin: $83,249 (–0.06%).
📅 Today (CEST):
🇪🇺 11:00 – Eurozone economic sentiment and consumer confidence
🇺🇸 16:00 – US consumer confidence and JOLTS job openings
🎤 Evening – Fed speakers Barr, Goolsbee, Musalem and Williams
⚠️ Iran headlines and Fed comments can move the dollar, gold and oil quickly. Trade carefully!
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