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The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday fell by -0.10% as mostly higher equity prices Monday curbed liquidity demand for the dollar. However, losses in the dollar were limited after the 10-year T-note yield climbed to a nearly 16-year high, strengthening the dollar’s interest rate differentials. Also, weakness in the...

September WTI crude oil (CLU23 ) on Monday closed -0.53 (-0.65%), and Sep RBOB gasoline (RBU23 ) closed down -4.06 (-1.79%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Monday gave up an early advance and closed moderately lower, with gasoline falling to a 1-1/2 week low. Economic malaise in China, the world’s...

September WTI crude oil (CLU23 ) this morning is up +0.46 (+0.57%), and Sep RBOB gasoline (RBU23 ) is down -4.60 (-1.63%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are mixed, with gasoline falling to a 1-1/2 week low. Concerns about tight global supplies are underpinning crude prices. However, economic...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.11%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.46%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.65%. Stocks this morning are mixed. An increase in M&A...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Friday fell by -0.14%. The dollar Friday fell back from a 2-1/2 week high posted on overnight trade and retreated after weaker-than-expected U.S. inflation news knocked T-note yields lower. Also, strength in the yen weighed on the dollar after the yen climbed to a 1-1/2...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.85%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.53%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.52%. Stocks this morning are moderately higher after key measures...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Monday fell by -0.09%. The dollar Monday gave up an early advance and posted modest losses after hawkish comments from ECB Governing Council member and Bundesbank President Nagel pushed the euro higher. Lower T-note yields Monday also weighed on the dollar. The dollar Monday initially...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.14%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.08%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.33%. Stocks this morning shook off early losses and are...

Germany's central bank says the country's economy appears to have returned to slight growth in the April-June period after shrinking for two consecutive quarters

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Monday rose +0.08%. The dollar rose slightly on the view the Fed will keep raising interest rates with the odds at 86% for a +25 bp rate hike at the next FOMC meeting on July 25-26. The dollar fell back from its best levels Monday...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Wednesday rose by +0.35% and posted a 2-month high. Hawkish comments Wednesday from Fed Governor Waller were supportive of the dollar when he said he “does not support stopping rate hikes unless we get clear evidence that inflation is moving down towards our 2%...