EUR/USD
1.16429
0.009%
Gold
4594.50
0.181%
Oil
60.901
0.090%
USD/JPY
159.185
0.014%
GBP/USD
1.34256
0.031%
GBP/JPY
213.721
0.058%
Real-time News
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reversed its previous decision to lay off staff at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), restoring hundreds of related positions.According to the Wall Street Journal, six federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned in connection with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting investigation.1. All three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.8% to 49,191.99 points, the S&P 500 fell 0.19% to 6,963.74 points, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.1% to 23,709.87 points. Salesforce fell more than 7%, and Visa fell more than 4%, leading the decline in the Dow Jones. The Wind U.S. Tech Big Seven Index fell 0.22%, with Facebook and Amazon falling more than 1%. Chinese concept stocks generally declined, with Brain Regeneration falling more than 26% and Pony.ai falling more than 9%. Concerns surrounding the independence of the Federal Reserve remain. 2. European stock indices closed mixed. Germanys DAX rose 0.06% to 25,420.66 points, driven by gains in defense stocks amid geopolitical tensions; Frances CAC40 fell 0.14% to 8,347.2 points, with support from bank stocks partially offsetting weakness in other sectors; the UKs FTSE 100 fell 0.03% to 10,137.35 points, dragged down by energy and financial sectors, reflecting market concerns about the UKs economic outlook. 3. US Treasury yields were mixed. The 2-year Treasury yield fell 0.19 basis points to 3.530%, the 3-year yield rose 0.12 basis points to 3.591%, the 5-year yield fell 0.17 basis points to 3.752%, the 10-year yield rose 0.40 basis points to 4.179%, and the 30-year yield rose 0.82 basis points to 4.837%. 3. International precious metals futures closed mixed. COMEX gold futures fell 0.44% to $4,594.40 per ounce, while COMEX silver futures rose 2.08% to $86.86 per ounce. Although geopolitical tensions, central bank gold purchases, and market uncertainty provided support for gold prices, signals from Federal Reserve officials that they would not cut interest rates for the time being suppressed trading based on expectations of a rate cut, leading to a slight decline in gold futures for the day. 4. The main WTI crude oil contract closed up 2.69% at $61.1 per barrel; the main Brent crude oil contract rose 2.43% to $65.42 per barrel. 5. London base metals traded mixed. LME tin rose 2.46% to $49,145.0/ton, LME aluminum rose 0.36% to $3,196.0/ton, LME lead rose 0.34% to $2,060.0/ton, LME copper fell 0.40% to $13,156.5/ton, LME zinc fell 0.44% to $3,202.0/ton, and LME nickel fell 1.61% to $17,600.0/ton.Eli Lilly (LLY.N) CEO: We need to know the number of patients receiving obesity drugs under the US Medicare drug plan, as well as the number of out-of-pocket patients outside the US, in order to forecast sales for 2026.Sources say the Venezuelan government has begun releasing prisoners with U.S. citizenship. Authorities released at least one U.S. citizen on Tuesday.
