Daily Digest: Tuesday 30th April
USA
US markets experienced a sudden halt to upward momentum through Tuesday as the three major indexes ended their two day streak of gains closing lower. The Nasdaq 100 ($NDX) led declines through the session, finishing 342.03 points (1.92%) lower at 17,440.69, this was followed by the S&P 500 ($SPX) which fell 80.48 points (1.57%) to 5,035.69, and the Dow ($INDU) which fell 70.17 points (1.49%) to 37,815.92.
Europe
The UK’s FTSE 100 (FTSE) ended a three day winning streak, closing 2.9 points (0.04%) lower at 8,144.13. Losses were slightly sharper across mainland European indexes, as the STOXX 600 (€SXXP) closing 3.45 points (0.68%) down at 504.89, the CAC (€FCHI) fell 80.22 points (0.99%) at 7,984.93, and DAX (€GDAXI) fell 186.15 points (1.03%) to 17,932.17.
Rest of the World
Japanese traders returned to their desks on Tuesday after Monday’s national holiday. The Nikkei 225 (¥N225), Japan’s benchmark equity index rose 470.9 points (1.24%) to 38,405.6. Momentum seemed to build through the session from support around 38,185, as prices tested 38,608 at their intraday highs. Questions remain over a possible currency market intervention yesterday, as the JPY traded against market direction through the morning. The effects of such a move are dwindling as the general trend reverted to the downside through Tuesday with the USDJPY trading at 157.327, as of 15:46 GMT.
Chinese PMI data prints failed to ease investor concerns about the economic performance of the nation when compared to other economies across Asia. Manufacturing data signalled a marginal expansion of industrial output at 50.4, 0.1 points higher than analysts had expected. At face value, growth ahead of estimates is positive, however, when compared to manufacturing growth through March levels had declined 0.4 points. Non-manufacturing or service PMI presented a similar picture, though April data fell 1.1 points short of analyst expectations at 51.2, down from 53 in March. This will no doubt have been a driving factor behind a turn in equity market momentum as the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index (¥SSE) ended a winning streak, closing 8.22 points (0.26%) down at 3,104.82.
The Indian Nifty 50 (₹NSEI) also saw trading momentum turn to the downside, against the prevailing price trend. The index closed 38.55 points (0.17%) down at 22,604.85, breaking below a tested support at 22,706.
Commodities
Both WTI Crude and Gold saw a continuation of investor sell-offs through Tuesday. As of 21:00 GMT Crude was trading 1.15% down at 81.68 per barrel, it’s lowest session end since March 27th. As of the same time, gold was trading 2.22% down at 2,305.22.
Sources:
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/world-indices/
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/commodities
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/indices/ftse-100
https://www.binance.com/en-GB/price/bitcoin
https://www.binance.com/en-GB/price/ethereum
https://qontigo.com/index/sxxp/
Stock Market Activity Today & Latest Stock Market Trends | Nasdaq
https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/#market-cap
https://www.forexfactory.com
Definitions:
YoY - Year on Year, or, Year over Year
MoM - Month on Month, or, Month over Month
QoQ - Quarter on Quarter, or, Quarter over Quarter
ECB - European Central Bank
BOJ - Bank of Japan
Fed - Federal Reserve
BOE - Bank of England
SNB - Swiss National Bank
DOJ - Department of Justice