Investors are interested in riskier assets, all major benchmarks closed higher ahead of big events due this week.
Stocks
- The S&P 500 Index jumped 0.17 percent as of 15:23 London time.
- The Stoxx Europe 600 Index advanced 0.20 percent.
- The U.K.’s FTSE 100 Index climbed 0.8 percent.
- Germany’s DAX Index dropped 0.16 percent.
- The MSCI Emerging Market soar 1.1 percent to the strongest level in almost seven months.
Currencies
- The Dollar Spot Index dropped 0.1 percent.
- The Euro jumped 0.10 percent to $1.1337, the highest level in more than two weeks.
- The British pound dropped 0.53 percent to $1.3219.
- The Japanese yen remained flat to 111.54 per dollar.
Bonds
- The yield on 10-year Treasuries jumped one basis point to 2.60 percent.
- Germany’s 10-year yield remained flat at 0.08 percent.
- Britain’s 10-year yield dropped two basis points to 1.191 percent.
Commodities
- West Texas Intermediate crude gained 0.96 percent to $59.15 a barrel, a four-month high.
- Gold climbed 0.3 percent to $1,305.71 an ounce
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