In Categories: Capital markets
Posted at 02:55 by Tracy Alloway

Asian markets
Nikkei 225 up +24.54 (+0.23%) at 10,777
Topix up +3.42 (+0.36%) at 942.33
Hang Seng up +72.17 (+0.34%) at 21,151

US markets
S&P 500 up +0.52 (+0.05%) at 1,151
DJIA up +17.46 (+0.16%) at 10,642
Nasdaq down -5.45 (-0.23%) at 2,362

European markets
Eurofirst 300 down -7.85 (-0.74%) at 1,051
FTSE100 down -31.80 (-0.57%) at 5,594

Currencies
€/$ 1.37 (1.37)
$/¥ 90.20 (90.46)
£/$ 1.51 (1.51)

Commodities ($)
Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.27 at 77.62
Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.12 at 79.68
100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,105
Copper (Comex) up +1.10 at 331.80

10-year government bond yields (%)
US 3.70 (3.70)
UK 4.06 (4.09)
Germany 3.15 (3.17)
Japan 1.35 (1.35)

CDS (closing levels)
Markit iTraxx SovX +1.75bps at 67bp
Markit iTraxx Europe +2.73bps at 76.5bp
Markit iTraxx Xover +14.5bps at 425bp
Markit CDX IG +2.11bps at 84.94bp

Sources: FT, Bloomberg, Markit