What Did Global Markets Do Today While US Was Sleeping?

On Friday, the U.S. markets ended mixed, as gains in energy, utilities, and consumer staples stocks offset losses in mega-cap growth stocks, resulting in an almost flat S&P 500.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher by 0.07% at 34,500.66 on Friday; the S&P 500 was down 0.01%, closing at 4,369.71; and the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.20%, ending the session at 13,290.78.

Investors await the Federal Reserve's summer conference for Interest rate updates.

Asian Markets Today 

• Japan's Nikkei 225 closed Monday's session higher by 0.29% at 31,552.50, after a 3.2% drop last week.
• Australia's S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.46%, ending the session at 7,115.50; the big-4 banks saw red, while mining stocks gained.
• Shanghai Composite closed the session at 3,092.98, down 1.24%, Shenzhen CSI 300 slid 1.44% to close at 3,729.55, and the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell 1.65%, closing at 17,612.00.
• People's Bank of China loan prime rate 3.45% vs. 3.40% est.; 3.55% prior. China offered a lesser reduction in lending rates than investors had anticipated.

Eurozone at 05:30 AM ET

• The Pan-European STOXX 600 index is up 0.80%. 
• The DAX index in Germany traded 0.83% higher, and the CAC 40 in France rose 1.20%.
• The U.K.'s FTSE 100 traded higher by 0.68%.

Commodities at 05:30 AM ET

• Crude Oil WTI was trading higher by 0.64% at $81.18/bbl, and Brent was up 0.64% to $85.34/bbl.
• Natural Gas was trading higher by 2.70% at $2.620.
• Gold was trading higher by 0.11% at $1,918.55, Silver rose by 0.73% to $22.900, and Copper was down 0.02% to $3.7047.

US Futures at 05:30 AM ET

Dow futures were up 0.33%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.44%, and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.63%.

Forex at 05:30 AM ET

The U.S. Dollar Index was down 0.07% to 103.37. USD/JPY was up 0.23% to 145.72, while USD/AUD was down 0.01% to 1.56.01.