• The US markets will be quieter as far as news go, following a day full of action. According to “Investing.com”, the U.S. labor market continued its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in April, following comments by Janet Yellen who said that interest rates “may have to rise” to stop the economy overheating.
• According to Bloomberg, Oil fell as traders assessed an uneven recovery in demand, with U.S. stockpiles dropping but concern about consumption in virus-hit India.
• Gold was up as the U.S. ADP Nonfarm Employment Change climbed to 742,000 in April, which was however lower than expected. Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans remained concerned that the economy might not reach the Fed’s 2% inflation goal.
• At 12:30 GMT we have the Unemployment Claims data. This report shows the number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week.
• At 14:30 GMT the Natural Gas storage levels are expected to be announced. This records the change in the number of Natural Gas held in in storage during the past week. If inventories drop it signals that there was increased demand for the period.
US Indices yesterday:
• Dow Jones +0.29%
• S&P 500 +0.07%
• Nasdaq -0.37%