US Markets U.S. stocks were mostly down on Thursday as investors awaited the July jobs report due later today. - Economists expect the report to show that the economy added 258,000 jobs and the jobless rate held at 3.6%.
- Eli Lilly, Datagod, and Lucid all suffered declines in their share prices after negative earning reports.
- The current 10 Year U.S. Treasury yield is set at 2.69730%
| Dow Jones | 32,726.82 | -0.26% | | S&P 500 | 4,151.94 | -0.08% | | Nasdaq | 12,720.58 | 0.41% | | Russell 2000 | 1,906.46 | -0.13% | *Stock Market data as of the last closing bell. Data received directly from the references indexes through ICE Data Services. Do you not understand any of these figures? Check out our explainer.
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- Priority-based scheduling: Actions are scheduled according to their assigned priority; the most important tasks come first.
- Small footprint: Versus their hefty general OS counterparts, RTOSes weigh in at just a fraction of the size: Windows 10, with post-install updates, takes up approximately 20 GB. VxWorks, on the other hand, is measured in the low single-digit megabytes.
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Canadian Markets Home prices in Toronto continued to decline in July, with sales activity down 24.1% compared to the previous month. - Sales were down 47.4% last month compared to July 2021.
- New listings fell by 4.1%.
- House prices have been declining since February.
*Canadian stock prices are as of the last close. Data received directly from the references indexes through ICE Data Services
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European Markets Trading in Europe was relatively tame on Thursday as investors balanced positive economic data from the U.S. with underlying fears of an upcoming recession. - The Bank of England raised rates by 50 basis points on Thursday amid efforts to fight inflation.
- The Bank has raised rates at six consecutive meetings now.
- The inflation rate hit reached 9.4% in June, a 40-year high.
- The Stoxx 600 was up less than 0.01%.
- Travel stocks led markets by gaining 1.9% on the day.
- Oil and gas stocks were the worst performers, losing 1.3% on the day.
| Euro STOXX 50 | 3,751.76 | 0.51% | | UK (FTSE 100) | 7,448.06 | 0.03% | | Germany (DAX) | 13,662.68 | 0.55% | | France (CAC 40) | 6,513.39 | 0.64% | *European stock prices are as of 7 am ET. Data received directly from the references indexes through ICE Data Services.
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Asian Markets Stocks in Asia were up on Thursday as the negative sentiment stemming from Speaker Pelosi's visit to Taiwan dissipated. - The Shanghai Composite, Shenzhen Component, and Hang Seng were all up on the day.
- Alibaba was up 4%, JD.cm rose 5.15%, and Meituan gained 3.44% as technology companies benefit from the positive sentiment from the U.S.
- Toyota shares were down after the company announced its operating profit decreased last quarter.
| S&P Asia 50 | 4,630.85 | 1.54% | | Japan (Nikkei 225) | 27,932.20 | 0.69% | | South Korea (KOSPI) | 2,473.11 | 0.47% | | China (Hang Seng) | 20,174.04 | 2.06% | | India (SENSEX) | 58,298.80 | -0.09% | *Asian stock prices are as of 7 am ET. Data received directly from the references indexes through ICE Data Services.
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Commodities Oil prices were down on Thursday as investors continued to worry about the impact of a potential recession on demand. - Prices are currently at their lowest point since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.
- Brent crude was down 2.75% on the day, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude lost 2.3%.
- OPEC agreed to raise its output by 100,000 barrels per day starting in September, representing 0.1% of global demand for September per OPEC's projections.
| Oil (NYSEARCA:OIL) | 30.74 | -3.06% | | Gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) | 167.17 | 1.65% | | Silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) | 18.64 | 0.81% | | Corn (NYSEARCA:CORN) | 24.53 | 1.53% | | Lumber (NASDAQ:WOOD) | 77.65 | -0.94% | *Commodity prices are as of 7 am ET. Data from MarketWatch. To understand why investors track the prices of these commodities, click here.
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Currency Exchange Rates The U.S. Dollar was down on Thursday as investors await jobs data that will be released later today. - The U.S. Dollar Index fell 0.73% and is currently at 105.73.
- Investors predict a 44% chance of a 75-basis-point interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in September.
- 70% of respondents to a Reuters poll say they expect the U.S. Dollar will continue to rise for the rest of the year.
| UK(GBP) | £0.82 | -0.12% | | Europe (EURO) | €0.98 | -0.89% | | Canada (Canadian Dollar) | $1.29 | -0.17% | | Japan (Yen) | ¥132.96 | -0.32% | *Exchange rates as of 7 am ET. Data from Morningstar Financial Research. To understand why we track these currencies and the differences between them, click here.
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Cryptocurrency Bitcoin prices and trading volumes continued declining on Thursday - Ethereum was down for the seventh consecutive day.
- Meta has announced that it will release NFTs and NFT integration into its platforms. On Thursday, the company launched NFT integration to 100 countries on Instagram.
- Dtravel has booked the first smart contract vacation rental for $2,000 as the number of rivals to Airbnb continues to increase.
| Bitcoin | $22,535.70 | -1.99% | | Ethereum | $1,596.27 | -1.47% | | Litecoin | $59.47 | 2.92% | | Bitcoin Cash | $134.40 | 0.47% | *Exchange rates as of 7 am ET. Data from Morningstar Financial Research. To understand why we track these currencies and the differences between them, click here.
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 |  | Liam Gill is a founder, lawyer and investor.
He previously founded Fumarii Technologies, which became a top 20 ranked cloud computing service (Yahoo Finance! 2019) valued at over $30M. He holds an LLB Laws (UK), MSc Management and Master of Laws and currently practices law at Zargar Lawyers + Business Strategists in Vancouver, Canada.
|   | | Editor | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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