Key levels at the end of the Fed chair press conference
Below are the levels as chair Powell began his press conference and after:
Forex rates vs the USD: The dollar moved lower.
- EURUSD 1.1961. Up to 1.1973 .
- USDJPY 108.96. Down to 108.83
- GBPUSD 1.3918. Up to 1.3949
- USDCHF 0.9240. Down to 0.9219
- USDCAD 1.2442. Down to 1.2412
- AUDUSD 0.7765. Up to 0.7803
- NZDUSD 0.7211. Up to 0.7259
US major indices: STocks moved higher
- S&P index -6.44 points or -0.16% at 3956.27. The S&P is up 11.55 points or 0.29% at 3974.26.
- Nasdaq, -63.903 points or -0.47% at 13407.66. The NASDAQ index is up 72.785 points or 0.54% at 13544.35
- Dow +117.44 points or +0.36% at 32943.39. The Dow is up 174.05 points or 0.53% at 33000.00
US interest rates: Rates moved lower
- 2 year, 0.137%. Yield falls to 0.131%.
- 5 year 0.806%, -2.2 basis points. Yield falls to 0.7804%, -4.8 basis points
- 10 year 1.658%, +4.0 basis points. Yield falls to 1.626%, +0.89 basis points
- 30 year 2.443%, +6.5 basis points. Yield falls into 2.419%, +4.1 basis points
Commodities: Prices up.
- Spot gold +$11.07 or 0.64% $1742.47. Price is up $16.75 or 0.97% at $1748.15
- Spot silver +$0.29 or 1.13% at $26.22. Price is now up $0.52 or 2.03% at $26.46
- WTI crude oil futures $-0.30 or -0.46% at $64.50. Price is now down $-0.14 or -0.22% at $64.66
The price of bitcoin is up $286 or 0.51% of $56,671.16. That is well off the low $54,138 and near the high of $57,179. The new price of bitcoin is trading up $1398.19 or 2.48% at $57,782.57
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