Cautious Sentiment In Global Markets

CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Unresolved tensions between the U.S. and Iran kept sentiment in global markets cautious and crude oil prices volatile. Markets continued to speculate on the impact of the recent doubling of bond buyback by the U.S. Treasury. Concerns about inflation, the fiscal deficit as well as corporate bond issuances lingered.Wall Street Futures have gained around half a percent after suffering heavy losses on Thursday. Major benchmarks in Europe are trading on a mildly positive note. Earlier in the day, Asian markets had finished trading on a mixed note.The six-currency Dollar Index has declined around a quarter percent. Ten-year sovereign bond yields mostly eased. Thirty-year U.S. bond yields are trading near 5.26 percent versus the high of 5.337 percent recorded on Tuesday.Crude oil price benchmarks are directionless around the flatline. Gold has jumped close to 2 percent. Cryptocurrencies extended gains. Bitcoin has retreated after rising to a little less than $80 thousand.Here is a snapshot of the major world markets at this hour.Stock Indexes:DJIA (US30) at 53,060.30, up 0.56%S&P 500 (US500) at 7,676.50, up 0.46%Germany's DAX at 26,062.10, up 0.19%U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 10,773.23, up 0.23%France's CAC 40 at 8,467.02, up 0.16%Euro Stoxx 50 at 6,445.70, up 0.37%Japan's Nikkei 225 at 66,016.36, down 0.30%Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 9,058.90, down 0.27%China's Shanghai Composite at 3,905.20, up 0.04%Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 26,009.46, up 1.21%South Korea's KOSPI at 6,912.95, up 0.88%Currencies:Dollar Index at 98.66, down 0.24%EUR/USD at 1.1701, up 0.20%GBP/USD at 1.3657, up 0.20%USD/JPY at 158.68, down 0.23%USD/CHF at 0.7992, down 0.16%AUD/USD at 0.7168, up 0.77%Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields:U.S. at 4.692%, down 0.13%Germany at 3.2475%, down 0.24%France at 4.109%, down 0.19%U.K. at 5.0459%, down 0.51%Japan at 2.876%, up 0.45%Commodities:Brent Oil Futures (Oct) at $93.91, up 0.14%Crude Oil WTI Futures (Oct) at $86.76, down 0.08%Gold Futures (Dec) at $4,642.81, up 1.56%Silver Futures (Sep) at $69.64, up 2.25%Cryptocurrencies:Bitcoin at $76,818.67 up 6.36%Ethereum at $2,372.72, up 2.62%BNB at $674.66, up 4.36%XRP at $1.37, up 15.58%Solana at $90.50, up 3.03%Copyright(c) 2026 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedCopyright RTT News/dpa-AFX