Asian shares stayed stuck at seven-month lows today, as markets continued to digest a storm in Chinese equity markets.
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MSCI's broadcast of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.35 percent in early trading.
Japan's Nikkei slid 1.01 percent, Chinese bluechips dropped 1.51 percent, and Australian shares shed 0.43 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose despite the trend, adding 0.63 percent.
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German consumer morale remains steady as the economy heads into August.
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This comes as a result of shoppers' readiness to spend more.
But the threat posed by the Delta variant is currently the major drag on the benchmark.
Roughly 60 percent of Germany's 83 million people have had their first shot of a COVID vaccine, and about half of the country's population are fully vaccinated.
To the charts now:
U.S. stocks:
DOW: -85.79 (35,058.52 USD)
S&P 500: -20.84 (4,401.46 USD)
U.S. 30-YEAR TREASURY BOND: 110.53 USD
YIELD: 1.91%
SPOT GOLD: 1,799.50 USD
EUROPEAN MARKETS:
UK FTSE – 100: +6.17 (+0.09%, at 7,002.25 GBP)
FRANCE CAC-40: +33.34 (+0.51%, at 6,565.26 EUR)
GERMAN DAX-30: +19.66 (+0.13%, at 15,538.79 EUR)
HK DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATES:
U.S.D: 7.7834
STERLING: 0.0926
YEN (per100): 7.0729
R.M.B (per HKD100): 83.5570
CAN: 6.1881
AUD: 5.7143
N. ZEALAND: 5.4054
EURO: 9.1911
U.S. DOLLAR CROSS RATES:
YEN: 109.8200
EURO: 0.8468
STERLING: 0.7205
SW FRANC: 0.9152
CAN: 1.2581
AUD: 1.3589
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