Markets Firm Ahead Of Jobs Data
CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Sentiment in global markets remains firm ahead of the release of monthly jobs data from the U.S. Markets expect a slowdown in U.S. job growth. The decline in crude oil prices and an easing in bond yields supported sentiment.Amidst the anticipation, expectations of a quarter percentage rate hike by the Fed in October has decreased to 21.6 percent, from 64.2 percent a week earlier, the CME FedWatch tool shows.Wall Street Futures have rallied more than half a percent. Major benchmarks in Europe are trading in the green. Earlier in the day, Asian markets had finished trading on a mixed note.The six-currency Dollar Index has edged down. Gold is trading in positive territory. Cryptocurrencies rallied.Here is a snapshot of the major world markets at this hour.Stock Indexes:DJIA (US30) at 51,228.50, up 0.59%S&P 500 (US500) at 7,706.20, up 0.52%Germany's DAX at 25,233.36, up 1.18%U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 10,465.87, up 0.36%France's CAC 40 at 7,895.14, up 0.76%Euro Stoxx 50 at 6,240.05, up 1.05%Japan's Nikkei 225 at 68,357.00, down 0.87%Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 8,682.10, up 0.79%China's Shanghai Composite at 3,842.19, up 0.31% (Sep 30)Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 23,972.29, down 2.60%South Korea's KOSPI at 7,003.74, up 0.46%Currencies:Dollar Index at 102.03, down 0.07%EUR/USD at 1.1238, down 0.04%GBP/USD at 1.3209, up 0.06%USD/JPY at 157.78, down 0.20%USD/CHF at 0.8285, down 0.34%AUD/USD at 0.6939, up 0.12%Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:U.S. at 5.227%, down 0.21%Germany at 3.4176%, down 2.89%France at 4.938%, up 0.16%U.K. at 5.3313%, down 1.31%Japan at 3.099%, down 0.86%Commodities:Brent Oil Futures (Dec) at $99.72, down 2.53%Crude Oil WTI Futures (Nov) at $89.24, down 3.91%Gold Futures (Dec) at $4,211.70, up 0.22%Silver Futures (Dec) at $61.39, up 0.35%Cryptocurrencies:Bitcoin at $86,266.44, up 2.76%Ethereum at $2,743.87, up 1.59%BNB at $775.89, up 0.75%XRP at $1.54, up 3.08%Solana at $121.70, up 3.16%Copyright(c) 2026 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedCopyright RTT News/dpa-AFX