On Friday, July 19th, U.S. stock exchange closed lower, with the Dow Jones experiencing the most significant decrease. U.S. stocks fell due to an international tech failure brought on by a problem in Crowdstrike’s CRWD software application, impacting Microsoft’s Windows system and interfering with numerous markets.
In financial information, Baker Hughes reported that the overall variety of active oil well in the U.S. reduced by one today, bringing the count to 477 rigs.
Of the 11 significant sectors of the S&P 500, energy shares experienced the biggest decrease, while health care and energies were the only sectors to publish gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.93% and closed at 40,287.53. The S&P 500 decreased 0.71%, ending the day at 5,505.00, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.81%, completing the session at 17,726.94.
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Asian Markets Today
- On Monday, Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed lower by 1.28%, ending the session at 39,579.00. Losses in the Mining, Transportation, and Power sectors led the decrease.
- Australia’s S&P/ ASX 200 decreased 0.50%,, ending the day at 7,931.70, led by losses in the Energy, Resources and Metals & & Mining sectors.
- India’s Nifty 50 fell 0.09% to 24,509.25, and Nifty 500 increased 0.39%, closing at 22,942.65.
- China’s Shanghai Composite was down 0.61%, ending the session at 2,964.22, and the Shenzhen CSI moved 0.68%, closing at 3,514.92.
- Hong Kong’s Hang Seng ended the session greater by 1.25% at 17,635.88.
- International shares steadied Monday after President Biden left the election race and backed present Vice President Kamala Harris. Asian markets didn’t react to China’s rate cut.
Eurozone at 06:00 AM ET
- The European STOXX 50 index got 1.38%.
- Germany’s DAX increased 1.29%.
- France’s CAC was up 1.27%.
- U.K.’s FTSE 100 traded greater by 0.78%.
Products at 06:00 AM ET
- Petroleum WTI was trading lower by 0.20% at $78.48/ bbl, and Brent was down 0.19% at $82.47 bbl.
- Gas got 2.59% to $2.221.
- Gold was trading greater by 0.33% at $2,407.10, Silver increased 0.05% to $29.317, and Copper moved 0.40% to $4.2197.
United States Futures at 06:00 AM ET
Dow futures were up 0.17%, S&P 500 futures increased 0.46%, and Nasdaq 100 Futures got 0.72%.
Forex at 06:00 AM ET
The U.S. dollar index decreased 0.14% to 104.25, the USD/JPY was down 0.55% to 156.63, and the USD/AUD got 0.46% to 1.5012.
The dollar reduced a little versus a basket of currencies and dropped greatly versus the yen as financiers responded to Biden ending his re-election project.
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