EUR/USD
1.17655
-0.063%
Gold
5011.39
0.295%
Oil
66.530
-0.165%
USD/JPY
155.063
0.044%
GBP/USD
1.34572
-0.040%
GBP/JPY
208.675
0.015%
Real-time News
1. All three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.54% to 49,395.16 points, the S&P 500 fell 0.28% to 6,861.89 points, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.31% to 22,682.73 points. Boeing fell more than 2%, leading the decline in the Dow. The Wind U.S. Tech Big Seven Index fell 0.29%, with Apple falling more than 1%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 0.35%, with LuKong falling more than 3% and BaWangChaJi falling more than 2%. 2. Most of the three major European stock indexes closed lower. The German DAX fell 0.93% to 25,043.57 points, the French CAC40 was flat at 8,429.03 points, and the UK FTSE 100 fell 0.55% to 10,627.04 points. 3. A report released by the U.S. Treasury Department shows that in December of last year, 14 major countries and regions reduced their holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds, with a total reduction of $88.4 billion. The total holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds by overseas "creditors" fell to $9.27 trillion. The top three overseas "creditors" of the U.S.—Japan, the UK, and China—all chose to reduce their holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds. Among them, Japans holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds decreased by $17.2 billion to $1.1855 trillion, while the UK significantly reduced its holdings by $23 billion, with its holdings falling to $866 billion. 4. The U.S. crude oil futures contract closed up 2.49% at $66.67 per barrel; the Brent crude oil futures contract rose 2.25% to $71.93 per barrel. 5. International precious metals futures generally closed higher. COMEX gold futures rose 0.12% to $5015.50 per ounce, and COMEX silver futures rose 1.09% to $78.44 per ounce.The yield on Japans 5-year government bond fell 1.0 basis point to 1.620%.Japans preliminary services PMI for February was 53.8, down from 53.7 in the previous month.Japans preliminary manufacturing PMI for February was 52.8, down from 51.5 in the previous month.Japans preliminary composite PMI for February was 53.8, compared to 53.1 in the previous month.
