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US Markets Stock futures are flat overnight after a slightly positive session on Monday. - Stock performance this week will largely depend on the earnings of Big Tech companies, starting with Alphabet and Microsoft today. Meta will report earnings tomorrow and Amazon and Apple on Thursday.
- Amazon is down overnight following reports that the company is instituting a hiring freeze to deal with rising costs.
- The current 10 Year U.S. Treasury yield is set at 4.21740%
| Dow Jones | 31,499.62 | 1.34% | | S&P 500 | 3,797.34 | 1.19% | | Nasdaq | 10,952.61 | 0.86% | | Russell 2000 | 1,748.40 | 0.35% | *Stock Market data as of the last closing bell. Data received directly from the reference indexes through ICE Data Services. Do you not understand any of these figures? Check out our explainer.
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Canadian Markets The Bank of Canada is expected to increase interest rates on Wednesday despite serious concerns about the health of the country's economy. - Investors currently believe there is a 50% chance of a 50-basis point interest rate hike and a 50% chance of a 75-basis point interest rate hike.
- The bank has already risen interest rates for five months in a row.
- Canada's Finance Minister warned that regardless of the size of the hike: "Mortgage payments will rise. Business will no longer be booming. Our unemployment rate will no longer be at its record low."
*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 European markets were higher on Monday, reacting positively to the news that Rishi Sunak is set to be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. - Sunak is viewed positively by investors as he was the finance minister during the pandemic and instituted many well-received policies by markets and the public.
- Sunak comes from a business background, having worked at Goldman Sachs as an investment banker before leaving to be a partner at his own hedge fund.
- The Stoxx 600 was up 1.4% on Monday led by retail stocks, which gained 2%.
| Euro STOXX 50 | 3,527.79 | 1.47% | | UK (FTSE 100) | 7,013.99 | 0.64% | | Germany (DAX) | 12,931.45 | 1.58% | | France (CAC 40) | 6,131.36 | 1.59% | *European stock prices are as of 7 am ET. Data received directly from the reference indexes through ICE Data Services.
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Asian Markets Stocks in Asia were up early on Tuesday after a significant drop on Monday. - Stocks in China are seeing significant sell-offs after the Chinese government released economic data a week later than scheduled.
- China's gross domestic product increased by 3.9% in the third quarter compared to the same time last year, below the government's growth target of 5.5%.
- Chinese stocks have lost more than 50% on average in the past 12 months.
- The Nasdaq Goldman Dragon China Index reached its lowest point ever following a 20% drop on Monday.
| S&P Asia 50 | 3,495.06 | -4.05% | | Japan (Nikkei 225) | 27,180.64 | 0.76% | | South Korea (KOSPI) | 2,248.49 | 0.55% | | China (Hang Seng) | 15,180.69 | -6.36% | | India (SENSEX) | 59,831.66 | 0.88% | *Asian stock prices are as of 7 am ET. Data received directly from the reference indexes through ICE Data Services.
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Commodities Oil prices were volatile on Monday as investors remain concerned about declining business activity in the U.S. and slow growth in China. - In September, China imported 9.79 million barrels of oil, a 2% drop versus the same month last year.
- Brent crude was down 0.03% on Monday, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate lost 0.24%.
- The U.S. has confirmed the release of another 15 million barrels of oil from the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserves.
| Oil (NYSEARCA:OIL) | 30.58 | -0.42% | | Gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) | 153.65 | -0.32% | | Silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) | 17.68 | -0.45% | | Corn (NYSEARCA:CORN) | 27.21 | -0.22% | | Lumber (NASDAQ:WOOD) | 69.88 | -0.14% | *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 rose slightly on Monday despite strong momentum behind other currencies. - The dollar gained 0.01% against the six largest fiat currencies.
- The British Pound saw a significant surge in response to Sunak becoming the leader of the Conservative Party and the incumbent Prime Minister.
- The Euro was also up following negative economic news from China.
| UK(GBP) | £0.88 | -0.09% | | Europe (EURO) | €1.01 | -0.32% | | Canada (Canadian Dollar) | $1.37 | 0.27% | | Japan (Yen) | ¥148.95 | 0.85% | *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's stability continues and the cryptocurrency has now gone through the least volatile 60-day trading period since the start of the pandemic. - The token price of a dogecoin-related project has tripled in the last seven days.
- After adding Aave and Tezos to its platform, Robinhood now offers a total of 19 cryptocurrencies.
- Peter Brandt, the founder and CEO of proprietary trading firm Factor LLC, predicted that Bitcoin will hit a new all-time high in 3 years but could go as low as $13K before it climbs up again.
| Bitcoin | $19,280.30 | 0.38% | | Ethereum | $1,338.68 | -1.86% | | Litecoin | $52.56 | -2.72% | | Bitcoin Cash | $107.94 | -0.59% | *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 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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