Global stocks mixed after US stocks end lower - 15.4.2021

The Dollar weakening has paused currently ahead of the US Labor Department report at 13:30 CET expected to show 703 thousand Americans sought unemployment benefits over the last week, down from 744 thousand the previous week. The live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, lost 0.2% Wednesday.

Both EUR/USD and GBP/USD continued climbing yesterday as Eurostat reported industrial production in euro-zone declined 1% over month in February after 0.8% increase in previous month, when a 1.2% fall was forecast. Both euro and Pound are lower against the Dollar currently. AUD/USD accelerated its climbing while USD/JPY slowed its sliding Wednesday with the dynamics intact for both currently.

The US stock futures are up currently after ending marginally lower on Wednesday despite better-than-expected results from major US banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. The three main US stock indexes booked returns ranging from -1.0% to 0.16%.

European stock indexes are mixed currently after edging higher Wednesday with travel and leisure shares leading gains as the European Commission announced a new deal with Pfizer and BioNTech to deliver 50 million additional doses of their shots in the second quarter. Asian stock indexes are mixed today with Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 All Ordinaries index leading gains as Australia's employment surge continued in March.