Opening Bell: Fed Comments Weigh On U.S. Futures, European Stocks; Oil Rallies
Investing.com | Jun 03, 2021 07:01
- Fed official says its time to consider slowing asset purchases
- Bitcoin advances
- Gold slides h2 Key Events/h2
- Today the US reports initial jobless claims ahead of the market open.
- On Friday Canada releases employment figures.
- The STOXX 600 fell 0.1%
- Futures on the S&P 500 were little changed
- Futures on the NASDAQ 100 fell 0.1%
- Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%
- The MSCI Asia Pacific Index was little changed
- The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 0.2%
- The Dollar Spot Index rose 0.2%
- The euro fell 0.2% to $1.2185
- The Japanese yen fell 0.2% to 109.79 per dollar
- The offshore yuan was little changed at 6.3897 per dollar
- The British pound fell 0.1% to $1.4156
- The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced one basis point to 1.60%
- Germany’s 10-year yield advanced one basis point to -0.18%
- Britain’s 10-year yield advanced one basis point to 0.81%
- Brent crude rose 0.4% to $72 a barrel
- Spot gold fell 0.6% to $1,897 an ounce
Futures on the Dow, S&P, NASDAQ and Russell 2000 as well as European stocks retreated on Thursday ahead of key US economic jobs data due for release on Friday, as Federal Reserve member, Patrick Harker said yesterday that its "time to think about tapering". His comments were followed by an interview with former Fed official William Dudley who reported that President Joseph Biden’s plans to amend a US ban on investments in companies linked to the Chinese military. South Korea’s KOSPI (+0.7%) led the remaining gauges in a rally, ending near record highs, lifted by chip heavyweights and strong foreign buying.
US Treasury yields on the 10-year note climbed above 1.61%, and the dollar climbed for the second day.
The greenback traded above its downtrend line since the Mar. 31 high, for the first time. Is this the bottom we’ve been waiting for?
Dollar strength weighed on gold.
Gold has fallen, finally developing a long, red candle. We have been watching the yellow metal struggle higher as we’ve been waiting for a correction within its uptrend, at least until the bottom of its rising channel, or even to retest the broken falling channel-top since the 2020 record high.
Bitcoin climbed for the fourth of five days.
Bitcoin is struggling against the downtrend line of a range since May 20. It peaked above the line and returned below it, demonstrating its significance. If it manages to cut through it, it will have completed a small H&S bottom. The MACD provided a bullish cross, and the RSI is climbing after reaching the most extreme oversold position since the infamous March 2020 bottom—when everything was in a rut.
Oil added to a rally after OPEC+ predicted a tightening market.
The commodity climbed for the ninth out of 10 days, during which it completed a bullish triangle. We expect the price to continue moving higher.
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