- Wall Street indices trade mixed today - S&P 500 gains 0.1%, Nasdaq adds 0.2%, Dow Jones drops 0.1% and small-cap Russell 2000 trades 0.5% lower
- Tesla rallies 11% in spite of reporting disappointing Q1 2024 results
- Investors are waiting for earnings report from Meta Platforms and IBM, scheduled for release today after close of Wall Street session
- European stock market indices traded slightly lower today - German DAX dropped 0.35%, UK FTSE 100 moved 0.06% lower, French CAC40 dropped 0.17% and Dutch AEX closed 0.09% lower. Polish WIG20 was among top laggards with a 0.93% drop
- Cryptocurrencies are pulling back - Bitcoin drops 2.3%, Ethereum declines 0.9%, while Dogecoin plunges 3.7%
- Precious metals trade mostly lower - silver drops 0.2%, platinum trades 0.7% lower and palladium slumps 2%. Gold trades flat
- AUD, GBP and NZD are the best performing major currencies, while JPY and CAD lag the most
- ECB Nagel said he is in favour of June rate cut if data shows return to 2% inflation target
- US President Joe Biden signed a long-awaited bill that will provide Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and US allies in Indo-Pacific region with military support
- US headline durable goods orders increased 2.6% MoM in March (exp. 2.5% MoM), while orders excluding transportation increased 0.2% MoM (exp. 0.2% MoM)
- Canadian retail sales dropped 0.1% MoM in February (exp. +0.1% MoM), while sales ex-autos declined 0.3% MoM (exp. 0.0% MoM)
- The latest Atlanta Fed Q1 GDPNow estimate came in at 2.7%, down from 2.9% earlier
- DOE report showed a large 6.37 million barrel draw in headline crude oil inventories (exp. +1.7 mb)
- German IFO Business Climat index jumped from 87.8 to 89.4 in April (exp. 88.9). Expectations subindex jumped from 87.5 to 89.9 (exp. 88.9) while Current Conditions subindex jumped from 88.1 to 88.9 (exp. 88.7)
- Australian CPI inflation decelerated from 4.1% to 3.6% YoY in Q1 2024 (exp. 3.4% YoY)
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