Stocks mixed, yields still higher
Below are some of the market prices for key instruments as Fed Powell starts his press conference:
Forex rates vs the USD:
- EURUSD 1.1961
- USDJPY 108.96
- GBPUSD 1.3918
- USDCHF 0.9240
- USDCAD 1.2442
- AUDUSD 0.7765
- NZDUSD 0.7211
US major indices:
- S&P index -6.44 points or -0.16% at 3956.27
- Nasdaq, -63.903 points or -0.47% at 13407.66
- Dow +117.44 points or +0.36% at 32943.39
US interest rates:
- 2 year, 0.137%
- 5 year 0.806%, -2.2 basis points
- 10 year 1.658%, +4.0 basis points
- 30 year 2.443%, +6.5 basis points
commodities:
- Spot gold +$11.07 or 0.64% $1742.47.
- Spot silver +$0.29 or 1.13% at $26.22
- WTI crude oil futures $-0.30 or -0.46% at $64.50
The price of bitcoin is up $286 or 0.51% of $56,671.16. That is well off the low $54,138 and near the high of $57,179
