{"id":149158,"date":"2019-06-07T06:30:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T10:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=149158"},"modified":"2019-06-07T06:13:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T10:13:07","slug":"us-equities-log-third-straight-day-of-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/06\/us-equities-log-third-straight-day-of-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"US equities log third-straight day of gains"},"content":{"rendered":"
June 7, 2019<\/div>
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Dollar strengthening slowed on initial claims data<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

US stock market <\/b> rebound continued on Thursday after reports Trump administration might delay a planned 5% tariff on all imports from Mexico. The S&P 500 <\/em> added 0.6% to 2843.49. The Dow Jones <\/em> industrial average rose 0.7% to 25720.66. Nasdaq <\/a> composite index gained 0.5% to 7615.55. The dollar strengthening reversed as new applications for unemployment benefits rose to 218,000, in the week ended June 1, from 215,000. 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, fell 0.3% to 97.0 but is lower currently. Futures on US stock indices point to higher openings today.<\/p>\n

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FTSE 100 rises while other European indexes slip<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

European stocks <\/b> ended mixed on Thursday as the European Central Bank left its overnight deposit interest rate at minus 0.4%, while extending its forecast for how long it will keep rates this low into at least the first half of 2020. Both EUR\/USD<\/em> and GBP\/USD <\/em> turned higher with Pound rising currently while euro retracing lower. The Stoxx Europe 600 index ended marginally lower. Germany\u2019s DAX 30 <\/a> slipped 0.2% to 11953.14. France\u2019s CAC 40 <\/em> lost 0.3% while UK\u2019s FTSE 100 <\/em> gained 0.6% to 7259.85.<\/p>\n

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Australia\u2019s All Ordinaries Index leads Asian indexes recovery<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Asian stock indices<\/b> are edging higher in thin trading today with markets in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan closed for a holiday. Nikkei <\/em> rose 0.5% to 20884.71 as yen slide against the dollar persisted. Australia\u2019s All Ordinaries Index extended gains 1.0% with Australian dollar flat against the greenback.<\/p>\n

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Brent <\/a> rebounds<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Brent futures prices <\/b> are edging higher today. Prices rebounded yesterday: August Brent crude rose 1.7% to $61.67 a barrel on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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By IFCMarkets Dollar strengthening slowed on initial claims data US stock market rebound continued on Thursday after reports Trump administration might delay a planned 5% tariff on all imports from Mexico. The S&P 500 added 0.6% to 2843.49. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.7% to 25720.66. Nasdaq composite index gained 0.5% to 7615.55. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149160,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149158\/revisions\/149160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}