Global investors on Tuesday digested new data, policy statements, and earnings reports. In Europe, the British FTSE rose 0.76%, the German DAX climbed 1.01%, the French CAC rose 0.8%, and the broad STOXX 600 index climbed 0.75%. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) edged up 0.04%, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) eked up 0.06%, and the broad S&P 500 (.INX) index rose 0.18%.
Among US stocks in the S&P 500, the biggest losers today were aerospace and defense firm Lockheed Martin
In the Nasdaq, Chinese agriculture technology firm Pinduoduo
In commodities markets, as of press time, the price of international Brent crude oil edged up 0.31%, and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil rose 0.9% to $84.50 per barrel. Gold futures dipped 0.69% to below $1,800, the price of silver slipped 1.53%, platinum fell 3.06%, and palladium slipped 2.26%. Also, coffee futures jumped 2.89%, livestock cattle futures rose 1.62%, and the price of lean hogs dipped 2.16%. In crypto asset markets, buyers took a breather from the rally, as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dipped 0.82%, Ether (ETH) rose 1.96%, Binance Coin (BNB) rose 0.49%, Cardano (ADA) rose 1.74%, and Solana (SOL) slipped 2.4%.