U.S. Stock Futures Slip, Bonds Edge Up Before Jobs: Markets Wrap

 

 

 

Here are the main moves in markets:

Stocks

• Futures on the S&P 500 Index fell 0.4% as of 7:18 a.m. New York time.
• The Stoxx Europe 600 Index climbed 0.1%.
• The MSCI Asia Pacific Index increased 0.1%.
• The MSCI Emerging Market Index gained 0.1%.

Currencies

• The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index dipped 0.2%.
• The euro gained 0.2% to $1.0987.
• The British pound fell 0.1% to $1.2324.
• The onshore yuan sank 0.4% to 7.148 per dollar.
• The Japanese yen advanced 0.2% to 106.70 per dollar.

Bonds

• The yield on 10-year Treasuries declined one basis point to 1.53%.
• The yield on two-year Treasuries increased less than one basis point to 1.39%.
• Germany’s 10-year yield decreased less than one basis point to -0.59%.
• Britain’s 10-year yield sank two basis points to 0.446%.
• Japan’s 10-year yield fell two basis points to -0.211%.

Commodities

• West Texas Intermediate crude climbed 0.2% to $52.56 a barrel.
• Iron ore decreased 0.4% to $88.19 per metric ton.
• Gold increased 0.3% to $1,509.59 an ounce.