{"id":43740,"date":"2023-10-11T07:39:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T07:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histarmar.net\/?p=43740"},"modified":"2023-10-11T07:39:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T07:39:07","slug":"renewed-rate-hike-worries-as-job-vacancies-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histarmar.net\/business\/renewed-rate-hike-worries-as-job-vacancies-jump\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewed Rate Hike Worries As Job Vacancies Jump"},"content":{"rendered":"
The JOLTs data for August released on Tuesday showed a more-than-expected rise in job vacancies in the U.S., renewing the focus on the headroom available for the Fed to raise rates further. The rate hike fears triggered a spike in bond yields. The non-farm payrolls data for September, another key job market data is due on Friday. <\/p>\n
Wall Street Futures are trading just above the flatline. European benchmarks are trading mixed. Asian stocks too finished with losses. <\/p>\n
Dollar Index edged lower. However, bond yields continued to harden as markets<\/span> priced in the Fed’s aggressive outlook on interest rates. Demand worries overwhelmed supply concerns, dampening crude oil prices. Rising bond yields dragged down gold prices. Cryptocurrencies mostly declined. <\/p>\n Here is a snapshot of the major world markets at this hour. <\/p>\n Stock Indexes:<\/p>\n DJIA (US30) at 33,023.00, up 0.06% Currencies:<\/p>\n EUR\/USD at 1.0487, up 0.21% Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:<\/p>\n U.S. at 4.809%, up 0.19% Commodities:<\/p>\n Brent Oil Futures (Dec) at $90.40, down 0.57%. Cryptocurrencies: <\/p>\n Bitcoin at $27,538.00, down 0.27%
S&P 500 (US500) at 4,229.7, up 0.01%
Germany’s DAX at 15,055.25, down 0.20%
U.K.’s FTSE 100 at 7,469.43, down 0.01%
France’s CAC 40 at 7,004.89, up 0.11%
Euro Stoxx 50 at 4,097.45, up 0.05%
Japan’s Nikkei 225 at 30,535.50, down 2.17%
Australia’s S&P ASX 200 at 6,890.20, down 0.77%
China’s Shanghai Composite at 3,110.48, up 0.10% (Sep 28)
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng at 17,186.00, down 0.52%<\/p>\n
GBP\/USD at 1.2115, up 0.33%
USD\/JPY at 148.97, down 0.03%
AUD\/USD at 0.6324, up 0.36%
USD\/CAD at 1.3697, down 0.08%
Dollar Index at 106.93, down 0.07% <\/p>\n
Germany at 2.9690%, up 0.44%
France at 3.537%, up 0.38%
U.K. at 4.6705%, up 1.49%
Japan at 0.800%, down 0.68% <\/p>\n
Crude Oil WTI Futures (Nov) at $88.65, down 0.65%.
Gold Futures (Dec) at $1,838.75, down 0.15%.<\/p>\n
Ethereum at $1,647.38, down 1.08%
BNB at $212.82, down 1.27%
XRP at $0.5298, up 3.94%
Solana (SOL) at $23.57, down 2.13%. <\/p>\n