Cautious Mood In Global Markets

CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Global market sentiment remains cautious amidst persistent tensions in the Middle East and a spike in crude oil prices. Markets also reacted to the mixed earnings updates and guidance from the corporate sector.Wall Street Futures are directionless after a strong show on Thursday, buoyed by soft inflation readings. Major benchmarks in Europe are trading on a mostly positive note. Earlier in the day, Asian markets had finished trading on a mixed note.The six-currency Dollar Index has declined more than a quarter percent. Sovereign bond yields hardened across major economies.Both the crude oil price benchmarks are trading with strong gains amidst International Energy Agency's warnings of a global supply deficit. Gold has rallied close to a quarter percent. Cryptocurrencies have declined.Here is a snapshot of the major world markets at this hour.Stock Indexes:DJIA (US30) at 53,751.30, down 0.17%S&P 500 (US500) at 7,807.90, up 0.11%Germany's DAX at 26,515.03, up 0.85%U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 10,770.67, down 0.02%France's CAC 40 at 8,653.97, up 0.04%Euro Stoxx 50 at 6,563.05, up 0.27%Japan's Nikkei 225 at 68,713.80, up 0.59%Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 9,115.20, down 0.80%China's Shanghai Composite at 3,927.18, up 0.01%Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 25,116.85, down 1.10%South Korea's KOSPI at 6,977.94, up 2.42%Currencies:Dollar Index at 99.60, down 0.37%EUR/USD at 1.1570, up 0.36%GBP/USD at 1.3541, up 0.41%USD/JPY at 159.09, down 0.26%USD/CHF at 0.8118, down 0.23%AUD/USD at 0.7082, up 0.33%Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:U.S. at 4.644%, up 0.06%Germany at 3.1596%, up 0.63%France at 3.975%, up 0.46%U.K. at 4.9763%, up 0.40%Japan at 2.878%, up 0.42%Commodities:Brent Oil Futures (Oct) at $87.54, up 0.54%Crude Oil WTI Futures (Sep) at $81.99, up 0.91%Gold Futures (Dec) at $4,428.80, up 0.19%Silver Futures (Sep) at $65.18, up 0.29%Cryptocurrencies:Bitcoin at $62,821.75, down 0.93%Ethereum at $1,876.87, down 0.04%BNB at $604.59, down 0.57%XRP at $1.00, down 0.04%Solana at $75.47, down 0.13%Copyright(c) 2026 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedCopyright RTT News/dpa-AFX