{"id":112754,"date":"2017-09-13T06:40:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T10:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=112754"},"modified":"2017-09-13T06:27:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T10:27:53","slug":"markets-advance-as-risk-appetite-recovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/09\/markets-advance-as-risk-appetite-recovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Markets advance as risk appetite recovers"},"content":{"rendered":"
September 13, 2017<\/div>
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All three major US stock indices close at record high<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

US stock indices<\/b>\u00a0hit record highs as concerns about hurricane damages and tensions in the Korean Peninsula receded. The dollar was little changed: the\u00a0live dollar index<\/a>\u00a0data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar\u2019s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, slipped less than 0.1% to 91.899. The\u00a0S&P 500\u00a0<\/em>rose 0.3% settling at record high 2496.48, led by financial stocks.\u00a0Dow Jones<\/em>industrial average added 0.3% closing at fresh record high 22118.86 with gains limited by 3.2% fall in McDonalds shares on a bearish rating. The\u00a0Nasdaq\u00a0<\/a>composite index gained 0.3% to record high 6454.28.<\/p>\n

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European stocks extend gains<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

European stocks\u00a0<\/b>closed higher on Tuesday in risk on trade as investor confidence was buoyed by diminishing North Korea tensions and apparent lighter US economy hurricane damage than feared. Both the\u00a0euro\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0British Pound\u00a0<\/em>ended higher against the dollar, with higher than expected 2.9% inflation in August boosting Pound. The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.5%, bank stocks among the highest gainers as bond yields rose. Germany\u2019s\u00a0DAX 30\u00a0<\/a>gained 0.4% closing at 12524.77. France\u2019s\u00a0CAC 40<\/em>\u00a0advanced 0.6% while UK\u2019s\u00a0FTSE 100\u00a0<\/em>lost 0.2% to 7400.69 on stronger Pound. Markets opened 0.1%-0.3% lower today.<\/p>\n

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Asian markets higher<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Asian stock indices<\/b>\u00a0are mostly higher today tracking Wall Street gains overnight.\u00a0Nikkei\u00a0<\/em>rose 0.5% to 19865.82 with further slide in yen against the dollar supporting cyclical and exporter stocks. Chinese stocks are mixed: the\u00a0Shanghai Composite Index\u00a0<\/em>is 0.2% up and Hong Kong\u2019s\u00a0Hang Seng Index\u00a0<\/em>is 0.3% lower. Australia\u2019s All Ordinaries Index is down 0.04% as Australian dollar resumed strengthening against the greenback.<\/p>\n

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Oil lower ahead of US inventory report<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Oil futures prices\u00a0<\/b>are retreating today on expectations of lower US crude oil inventories. Prices rose yesterday after OPEC report showed oil production from the cartel fell last month. November Brent crude rose 0.8% to $54.27 a barrel on London\u2019s ICE Futures exchange on Tuesday. Industry group the American Petroleum Institute reported late Tuesday US crude stockpiles rose by 6.2 million barrels last week to 468.8 million, nearly double analysts\u2019 expectations. Today at 16:30 CET the Energy Information Administration will release US Crude Oil Inventories.<\/p>\n

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