New Demand for Risk Assets in the US. Petrol and Dollar...
17:50
Optimism has won in the USA. The Dow is up by 0.28% to 10,839 points, the Nasdaq gained 0.71%, to 2,422 points, and the S&P 500 rose by 0.54% to 1,130 points.
Following the release of the EIA data on oil stocks of U.S. companies, which showed a surprisingly strong decrease by 4.7 million barrels last week, and accompanied by a decline in gasoline stocks by 1.1 million barrels, oil futures rose sharply.
The price of U.S. light crude for November delivery rose by 3.83 percent to 78.55 dollars per barrel.
Demand for dollars has also risen, as investors seemed to bet on cash as a major hedge. The Euro went down by 0.48% to 1.3287 dollars, and Nasdaq’s exchange index rose by 0.187 percent to 79.211.
17:00
U.S. indexes fell in the early session. At first glance, investors in the US ignored the relatively positive U.S. report on employment and ADP were not overcome by the appetite for risk that had swept across Europe, but the positive attitude prevailed.