Stocks mixed after US stocks closed mixed - 2.27 日

The Dollar strengthening is intact today. 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, ended 0.2% higher on Wednesday.

GBP/USD continued advancing yesterday while EUR/USD reversed its climbing as the GfK survey results showed German consumer sentiment continued deteriorating in February. Both Pound and euro are lower against the dollar currently. USD/JPY slowed its retreating while AUD/USD resumed its sliding on Wednesday with both the yen and the Australian dollar lower against the Greenback currently.

The US stock index futures are up currently ahead of unemployment benefits and GDP preliminary reports at 14:30 CET. US stocks ended mixed on Wednesday with the three main US stock benchmarks recording daily returns in a range from -0.4% to 0.26% while President Donald Trump said he expects 25 per cent tariffs on the European Union.

European stock indexes are mixed currently after closing higher yesterday led by construction shares. Asian stock indexes futures are mostly rising currently with Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 All Ordinaries index leading gains while president Trump signaled a potential extension in a March 2 deadline for 25% duties against Canada and Mexico to early-April.

Brent is edging up presently. Prices ended at two-month lows on Wednesday as the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported US crude oil stocks fell last week while gasoline and distillate inventories posted surprise builds. The US oil benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures lost 0.45% but are higher currently. Brent crude fell 0.67% to $72.53 a barrel on Wednesday.