ECB In Focus, While Australia Pokes The Panda – Investing.com

ECB In Focus, While Australia Pokes The Panda – Investing.com

The capital markets were mostly quiet ahead of the ECB , today's highlight.

The rise in US equities yesterday was helping lift equities today. The Index snapped a two-day fall, and Europe's Dow Jones was rising for the second session.

US shares were little changed. The bond market was subdued as was hovering around 1.56%, while European yields were slightly firmer.

was mostly firmer, with the Antipodeans and the weakest. The Swiss and Norwegian were holding on to minor gains.

The liquid and freely accessible emerging market currencies are 0.25%-0.33% lower, but controversy over Turkey's reserves and the US preparing to recognize the mass killing of Armenians in 1915 as a genocide will not sit right in Ankara, and the is off around 1%.

edged closer to $1800 but stalled and was hovering around $1790. was off for a third consecutive session, and below $61 a barrel, June WTI was near six-day lows.

Asia Pacific

Ahead of next week's BOJ , the Japanese government maintained its overall assessment that the economy is improving slowly from a low base. However, it downgraded public spending and upgraded capex. After adjusting policy in March, the BOJ is expected to stand