{"id":146414,"date":"2019-04-25T06:41:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T10:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=146414"},"modified":"2019-04-25T06:41:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T10:41:59","slug":"us-stocks-pull-back-on-mixed-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/04\/us-stocks-pull-back-on-mixed-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"US stocks pull back on mixed earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"
April 25, 2019<\/div>
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By IFCMarkets<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dollar strengthening accelerated<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

US stock market <\/b> paused on Wednesday on mixed earnings reports as energy stocks weighed. The S&P 500<\/a> lost 0.2% to 2927.25. The Dow Jones <\/em> industrial average slipped 0.2% to 26597.05. Nasdaq <\/em> composite index slid 0.2% to 8102.01. The dollar strengthening accelerated: the live dollar index<\/a> data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar\u2019s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, rose 0.5% to 97.055 but is lower currently. Futures on US stock indexes point to mixed openings today.<\/p>\n

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DAX 30 rose while other European indexes fell<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

European stocks <\/b> gave back part of previous session gains on Wednesday weighed by energy shares. Both the EUR\/USD <\/em> and GBP\/USD <\/em> continued their slide but are higher currently. The Stoxx Europe 600 slipped 0.1%. Germany\u2019s DAX 30 <\/em> however rose 0.6% to 12313.16 despite weaker than expected readings of Germany\u2019s IFO business climate index for April, France\u2019s CAC 40<\/em> slid 0.3% anf UK\u2019s FTSE 100 <\/em> lost 0.7% to 7471.72.<\/p>\n

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Australia\u2019s All Ordinaries Index still up while Shanghai Composite falls sharply<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Asian stock indices<\/b> are mixed today. Nikkei <\/em> gained 0.5% to 22307.58 as yen resumed its climb against the dollar while the Bank of Japan pledged to keep interest rates very low at least until early 2020. China\u2019s stocks are lower on talks authorities may hold off on providing more economic stimulus after better than expected growth data: the Shanghai Composite Index <\/em> is down 2.4% and Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng Index <\/em> is 0.9% lower. Australia\u2019s All Ordinaries Index added another 1.0% despite Australian dollar turn higher against the greenback.<\/p>\n

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Brent <\/a> rise despite US crude inventories build<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Brent futures prices <\/b> are rising today. Prices were virtually flat yesterday despite report US gasoline stocks fell by 2.1 million barrels while crude stockpiles rose by 5.5 million last week. June Brent crude added less than 0.1% to $74.57 a barrel on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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