Wall Street fluctuated between gains and losses but managed to closed higher at the end of the day with DJIA and S&P 500 gaining +0.71% and +0.63% respectively. European bourses slipped across the board with the Stoxx600 index slipping around -0.6%. In the commodity sector, crude oil gained with the benchmark WTI contract rising for a 4th consecutive to 96.11 before settling at 95.52, up +1.34%, and the equivalent Brent crude contract surging to a 2-month high of 115.23 before ending the day at 114.56, up +2.31%. Safe-haven demand for gold returned with the yellow metal gaining +1.99% to 1791.1.
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Eurozone Peripheral Bond Yields Surge amid Political and Fiscal Uncertainties
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