CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Global markets reacted negatively to President Donald Trump's pledge of more aggressive strikes on Iran. The surge in crude oil prices and worries about stagflation weighed heavily on sentiment.
Wall Street Futures are trading in deeply negative territory amidst the latest round of escalatory rhetoric from the U.S. Benchmarks in Europe have recorded heavy losses. Earlier in the day, Asian markets had finished trading on a heavily negative note.
The dollar index has jumped more than half a percent on risk aversion and haven buying. Sovereign bond yields hardened across regions and tenor.
Both the crude oil benchmarks surged around 9 percent. Gold and silver are trading deep in the red. Cryptocurrencies plunged heavily.
Here is a snapshot of the major world markets at this hour.
Stock Indexes:
DJIA (US30) at 45,921.60, down 1.38% S&P 500 (US500) at 6,474.70, down 1.53% Germany's DAX at 22,751.00, down 2.25% U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 10,317.48, down 0.46% France's CAC 40 at 7,876.54, down 1.31% Euro Stoxx 50 at 5,605.65, down 2.22% Japan's Nikkei 225 at 52,463.27, down 2.38% Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 8,579.50, down 1.06% China's Shanghai Composite at 3,919.29, down 0.74% Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 25,116.53, down 0.70% South Korea's KOSPI at 5,234.05, down 4.47%
Currencies:
EUR/USD at 1.1517, down 0.64% GBP/USD at 1.3192, down 0.86% USD/JPY at 159.74, up 0.55% AUD/USD at 0.6863, down 0.87% USD/CAD at 1.3924, up 0.36% Dollar Index at 100.22, up 0.58%
Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:
U.S. at 4.372%, up 1.20% Germany at 3.0480%, up 1.74% France at 3.761%, up 1.92% U.K. at 4.9280%, up 2.03% Japan at 2.393%, up 3.46%
Commodities:
Brent Oil Futures (Jun) at $109.65, up 8.39%. Crude Oil WTI Futures (May) at $109.22, up 9.09%. Gold Futures (Jun) at $4,635.37, down 3.69%. Silver Futures (May) at $70.83, down 6.90%.
Cryptocurrencies:
Bitcoin at $66,435.15, down 3.10% Ethereum at $2,034.18, down 4.74% XRP at $1.30, down 3.68% BNB at $579.37, down 5.77% Solana at $78.68, down 5.68%
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