First Look
Stocks in the U.S. are pointed higher Wednesday morning. Positive earnings reports from some European companies helped lift sentiment after several days of worries about tensions in the Middle East and interest rates. The Dow Jones is up 0.42%, the S&P is up 0.38%, and the Nasdaq is up 0.21%.
Today's Sentiment
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International Markets
Stocks in Asia are down. The Hang Seng is down 2.12%, the Shanghai SE Composite Index is down 1.65%, the Nikkei 225 is down 1.32%, the Mumbai Sensex (S&P BSE SENSEX) is down 1.14%, and the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is down 0.09%. In Europe, stocks are up. The CAC 40 is up 1.3%, the Euro Stox 50 is up 0.66%, the FTSE 100 is up 0.63%, and the DAX is up 0.48%.
Futures & Currencies
Energy futures are down today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is down $0.6 at $84.9 per barrel. Brent crude is down $0.5 at $89.49 per barrel. Natural Gas is down $0.01 at $1.67. Precious metals are mixed this morning. Gold is up $3.7 at $2386.9 per ounce. Platinum is down $5.5 at $956, while silver is up $0.41 at $28.51. The dollar is mixed compared to the major currencies today. The greenback is down against the euro, up against the Yen, and down against the Pound. Bitcoin is up 0.53% to $63,057.42, while Ethereum is up 0.24% to $3,070.66.
Put/Call Ratio
Yesterday, 4,858,302 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 4,027,666 put contracts. The single-session put/call ratio was 0.83.
Today's Economic Calendar
| No. | What's Happening? | Period | Release Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MBA Mortgage Applications | 4/13 | 7:00 a.m. |
| 2 | EIA Crude Oil Inventories | 4/13 | 10:30 a.m. |
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