Equities mixed after Wall Street dip - 4.11 日

The Dollar weakening is intact currently. The live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, lost 1.9% on Thursday.

EUR/USD joined GBP/USD’s accelerated advancing yesterday . Both euro and Pound are higher against the dollar currently. USD/JPY reversed its advancing while AUD/USD accelerated its climbing on Thursday with the yen higher still against the Greenback currently and Australian dollar lower.

US stock index futures are down  currently with the yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes up at 4.45%. The three main stock benchmarks ended sharply lower again on Thursday recording daily losses in a range from -4.3% to -2.5% while the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index report showed the prices consumers pay for a basket of goods unexpectedly edged lower in March.

European indexes futures are lower today after stock indexes closed up on Thursday after president Trump temporary paused country specific tariffs for 90 days. Asian stock indexes futures are mostly retreating today with Japan’s Nikkei leading losses while Chinese stocks advance as Beijing retaliated against president Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs by raising its levies on US goods to 125% from 84%.

Brent is edging down currently. Prices ended over 3% lower on Thursday as the US Energy Information Administration lowered its global economic growth forecasts and revised downward its US and global oil demand forecasts for this year and next. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures slumped 3.3% and are lower currently. Brent futures dropped 3.7% to $60.07 a barrel on Thursday.