On Monday world financial markets closed mixed once again. As such, in Europe the British FTSE 100 grew 0.52 percent up to 5,404.30 points, the French CAC 40 advanced 0.65 percent up to 4,327.14 points, and the German DAX gained 0.66 percent going up to 6,424.84 points.
Russian indices keep going down in light of the deteriorating attitude to Russia on the world stage: the MICEX index fell 2.67 percent down to 1,384.50 points and the RTS index – 2.91 percent down to 1,239.13 points.
In the USA, the Dow Jones shed 0.28 percent down to 17,051.73 points, the S&P 500 dropped 0.23 percent down to 1,973.63 points, and the NASDAQ fell 0.17 percent getting to 4,424.70 points.
On the global oil market, the NYMEX price of August WTI oil futures rose by $1.46 stopping at $104.59 a barrel while the September contract made $101.95 a barrel. On London’s ICE, the September Brent oil future went up by $0.44 and reached $107.68 a barrel.
The situation on Forex remains unchanged for now.
Anna Gorenkova
NordFX Analyst