Market news
Before the bell: S&P futures -0.64%, NASDAQ futures -1.79%
U.S. stock-index futures fell on Tuesday, as the heavily-weighted technology stocks remained under pressure on valuation concerns ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony in Congress.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | - | - | - |
Hang Seng | 30,632.64 | +312.81 | +1.03% |
Shanghai | 3,636.36 | -6.09 | -0.17% |
S&P/ASX | 6,839.20 | +58.30 | +0.86% |
FTSE | 6,607.36 | -4.88 | -0.07% |
CAC | 5,774.61 | +7.17 | +0.12% |
DAX | 13,826.30 | -123.74 | -0.89% |
Crude oil | $61.31 | -0.63% | |
Gold | $1,806.50 | -0.11% |
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Market focus
- U.S. consumer spending rises 2.4 percent in January, income surges 10 percent
- BoE's chief economist Haldane: We might see higher and more sustained rise in UK inflation than expected
- U.S. consumer sentiment slightly better than initially estimated in February
- Key events for next week: Eurozone, Britain, China and US PMI indices, RBA interest rate decision, Canada, Australia and Japan GDP, Eurozone and US unemployment rate, Canada and US trade balance
Forex is open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week (except national holidays), and it can be broken up to the following four regional markets: Australia and Oceania, Asia, Europe, and America. A Forex trading session opens at 23:00 GMT on Sunday in Japan and closes at 22:00 GMT on Friday in the USA.
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| Pacific | Wellington | 19:00 | 04:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 |
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| Pacific | Sydney | 21:00 | 06:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 |
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| Asian | Tokyo | 23:00 | 08:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 |
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| Asian | Hong Kong, Singapore | 00:00 | 09:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 |
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| European | 06:00 | 15:00 | 09:00 | 18:00 | 9:00 | 18:00 | |
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| European | London | 07:00 | 16:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 |
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| American | New York | 12:00 | 21:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 |
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| American | Chicago | 13:00 | 22:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 |
