Just three Industry Groups are higher, and really, the highest among them are the food, beverage, and tobacco index. Mainly, the banks are lower by 2 , consumer durables down by 2 . Everything else down 1 or more. The 10 year yield at 57 basis points. I mean, essentially, the market is taking this really dire labor number very well. Down seven for the month of for the down 701,000 month of march. Was weeks before the mandated quarantine for many, so we know this is going to get worse. 26. 89, reflecting the mood between the president and russia and saudi arabia. Russia said it never saw prices going to 20. The dollar index at 100. 7 right now. An eye onant to keep that. The dollar continuing to be something of a stress point and a little but of a tell on these markets. U. S. And european stocks are down hard. We know that your to date. The s p down circa 20 . The stoxx 600 down 25 . A lot of people asking the question, is now the point at which longterm investors should be looking to r
Euro's broad based rally continues today as supported by a chorus of hawkish comments from ECB officials. But Sterling is outperforming on anticipation that BoE will continue with tightening next week, and probably more afterwards. Despite the strong showings by European majors, Australian Dollar still leads the pack for the week. With the week drawing to a close, it remains to be seen whether Euro and its counterparts can overturn this picture.
In a series of speeches today, ECB Governing Council members underscored the need for continued monetary tightening to combat persistently high inflation.