S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
Nifty 50 — India Large Cap
STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico Market
The German 10-year Bund yield eased below 3.2% but remained close to Thursday’s 15-year high as oil prices pulled back after Brent briefly reached $100 per barrel, while investors assessed new economic data and the ECB’s policy outlook. The S&P Global survey showed Eurozone business activity returned to growth in July, beating expectations, supported by a strong rebound in German output as manufacturing production expanded at its fastest pace in nearly four-and-a-half years. However, German consumer confidence weakened slightly heading into August due to softer income expectations. The ECB kept rates unchanged as expected at its July meeting but signaled that a September hike is increasingly likely, with rising energy prices amid the US-Iran conflict reinforcing inflation concerns. Meanwhile, the US imposed new tariffs on imports from 60 trading partners, including the EU, with the European Commission saying the measures were broadly consistent with the EU-US trade agreement.
