>>> Key events this week:

Key events this week:
  • Eurozone consumer confidence, Monday
  • Philippines and US military forces commence annual war games near Taiwan and South China Sea, Monday
  • ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks, Monday
  • Eurozone S&P Global Manufacturing PMI, S&P Global Services PMI, Tuesday
  • UK S&P Global, CIPS Manufacturing PMI, Tuesday
  • Australia CPI, Wednesday
  • Indonesia rate decision, Wednesday
  • IBM, Boeing, Meta Platforms earnings, Wednesday
  • Malaysia CPI, Thursday
  • South Korea GDP, Thursday
  • Turkey rate decision, Thursday
  • US GDP, wholesale inventories, initial jobless claims, Thursday
  • Microsoft, Alphabet, Airbus, Caterpillar earnings, Thursday
  • Japan rate decision, Tokyo CPI, inflation and GDP forecasts, Friday
  • US personal income and spending, University of Michigan consumer sentiment, Friday
  • Exxon Mobil, Chevron earnings, Friday
Some of the main moves in markets:
Stocks
  • S&P 500 futures rose 0.2% as of 1:15 p.m. Tokyo time
  • Nikkei 225 futures (OSE) rose 0.3%
  • Japan’s Topix rose 0.8%
  • Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.8%
  • Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 1.7%
  • The Shanghai Composite fell 0.5%
  • Euro Stoxx 50 futures rose 0.3%
  • Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.3%
Currencies
  • The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 0.1%
  • The euro was little changed at $1.0664
  • The Japanese yen was little changed at 154.72 per dollar
  • The offshore yuan was little changed at 7.2514 per dollar
  • The Australian dollar rose 0.3% to $0.6439
Cryptocurrencies
  • Bitcoin rose 1.4% to $65,566.04
  • Ether rose 1.2% to $3,187.54
Bonds
  • The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced four basis points to 4.66%
  • Japan’s 10-year yield advanced three basis points to 0.875%
  • Australia’s 10-year yield advanced eight basis points to 4.34%
Commodities
  • West Texas Intermediate crude fell 0.8% to $82.51 a barrel
  • Spot gold fell 0.9% to $2,371.12 an ounce