Stocks decline, bonds grow: market news

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Stocks decline, bonds grow: market news

June 15, 2018 - 12:33
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Акции упали, а облигации выросли по мере разгорающегося с новой силой торгового конфликта между Китаем и США. Инвесторы также оценивают последствия решений ЕЦБ и ФРС США. Фьючерсы S&P 500 понизились, также как и индекс Stoxx Europe 600. Доходность американских казначейских облигаций упала.

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Shares are falling today and bonds are going up among escalating trade tensions between US and China. Investors are also evaluating consequences of decisions made this week by ECB and US Fed.

S&P futures went down by 0,4%. Index Stoxx Europe 600 lost 0,2%. FTSE in Britain declined by 0,5%, while German DAX rose by 0,1%.

Yield of US treasuries dropped to 2,92%. Italian bonds were leaders among European debt in regards to growth. Its yield declined to 2,57%. Yield of German 10-year bonds dropped to 0,39%, while yield of British debt is 1,334% today. ECB made a decision to postpone interest rates hikes until second half of 2019.

After significant losses euro rose by 0,2% to $1,1593. Dollar is stable.

WTI oil price is going down, however, it can still show weekly gain as problems with shipments from Libya ports overlap concerns about OPEC’s increasing output. Price of WTI is $66,72 a barrel, while Brent oil price is $75,46 a barrel. Gold costs $1300,05 today.