- U.S. indices dropped after FOMC comments
- Futures point to lower opening of European session
- Central bank decisions dominate today's macro calendar
The hawkish message at yesterday's FOMC meeting led to a sell-off in the US stock market. The Nasdaq lost 1.53% on the day, and the S&P500 alone lost nearly 0.94%. The best performer on the day was the Dow Jones, which lost just 0.22%.
European index futures point to a lower opening of the session on the Old Continent, directly extending the sentiment of yesterday.
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For investors in the broad market, the main events of today's session may be the numerous central bank decisions on interest rates. What's more, readings of data on US unemployment benefits, US natural gas inventories and US secondary market home sales are also scheduled for today.
Today's major macro events:
08:30 am BST; Switzerland - Interest rate decision. Forecast: 2.00%. Previously: 1.75%
08:30 am BST; Sweden - Riskbank's decision on interest rates. Forecast: 4.00%. Previously: 3.75%
09:00 am BST; Norway - Norges Bank decision on interest rates. Forecast: 4.25%. Earlier: 4.00%
12:00 am BST; UK - BoE interest rate decision. Forecast: 5.5%. Earlier: 5,25%.
- Interest rate vote. Forecast: 8-1-0 Previously: 8-1-0
12:00 am BST; Turkey - Benchmark rate (one-week). Forecast: 30.00%. Previously: 25.00%
1:30 pm BST; USA - Jobless claims. Forecast: 225k. Previously: 220k.
03:00 pm BST; Eurozone - Lagarde speech.
03:00 pm BST; USA - Home sales in the secondary market. Forecast: 4.1mn. Earlier: 4.07mn.
03:30 pm BST; USA - Natural gas inventory change report. Forecast: 65bn. Previously: 57bn.
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