Global Markets Today While US Was Sleeping

Thursday, July 19, US Markets ended mixed, with Tesla and Netflix dragging S&P 500 and NASDAQ lower, while Dow Jones recorded a nine-day winning streak following strong Q2 earnings from Johnson & Johnson JNJ.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher by 0.47% at 35,225.18 on Thursday; the S&P 500 fell 0.68% to 4,534.87; and the Nasdaq Composite slid 2.05% to 14,063.31.

Also Read: Dow Surges 300 Points; Johnson & Johnson Posts Upbeat Earnings

Asian Markets Today

• Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed lower Friday by 0.57%, ending the session at 32,304.25, reflecting losses in the Precision Instruments, Transportation Equipment, and Electrical/Machinery sectors. Japan’s consumer inflation increased in June from 3.2% to 3.3%. 
• Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 ended Friday’s session 0.15% lower at 7,313.90, with the weak performance from the Gold, IT, and Metals & Mining sectors.
• Shanghai Composite closed the session at 3,167.75, down 0.06%; Shenzhen CSI 300 closed 0.05% lower at 3,821.91.
• Hang Seng index in Hong Kong closed higher by 0.80% at 19,076.00.

Eurozone at 04:45 AM ET

• The Pan-European STOXX 600 index is up 0.04%. The DAX index in Germany traded 0.41% lower, and the CAC 40 in France was up 0.19%.
• The U.K.’s FTSE 100 traded higher by 0.07%, as the U.K. reported stronger than expected retail sales data. United Kingdom Retail Sales (YoY) June of -1% better than expected of -1.5%.

Commodities at 04:45 AM ET

• Crude Oil WTI was trading higher by 0.78% at $76.24/bbl, and Brent Oil was up by 0.73% at $80.23/bbl. 
• Natural Gas was trading higher by 0.33% at $2.766.
• Gold was trading lower by 0.30% at $1,964.95, Silver was down 0.19% to $24.915, and Copper was up 0.10% at $3.838.

US Futures Today at 04:45 AM ET

• Dow futures were up 0.09%, S&P 500 futures were up 0.20%, and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.42%.

US Dollar Index at 04:45 AM ET

• The US Dollar Index rose 0.12% to 100.99.

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