{"id":1125129,"date":"2026-08-02T01:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1125129\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T01:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:55:16","slug":"markets-rally-as-nikkei-jumps-4-and-us-indexes-rise-europe-slips-ukraine-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1125129\/","title":{"rendered":"Markets rally as Nikkei jumps 4% and US indexes rise, Europe slips | Ukraine news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:500;font-size:18px;line-height:1.5\">A sharp Nikkei jump and stronger US equities masked mixed regional trends, with Europe and gold showing caution. Markets adjusted to oil gains and modest bond yield shifts.<\/p>\n<p>An overview of global financial markets for the latest trading session is presented with regional and asset-class dynamics. The data show the state of stock indices, commodities, currency pairs, and bond yields.<\/p>\n<p>Asia and the Pacific<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NIKKEI 225 INDEX (.N225): Last 64,362.02; Change +2,494.59; % Change +4.03%<\/li>\n<li>HANG SENG INDEX (.HSI): Last 25,884.43; Change +25.55; % Change +0.10%<\/li>\n<li>SHANGHAI SE COMPOSITE INDEX (.SSEC): Last 3,832.26; Change +27.57; % Change +0.72%<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;P ASX ALL ORD INDEX (.AORD): Last 9,137.00; Change +14.30; % Change +0.16%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Europe<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FTSE 100 IDX (.FTSE): Last 10,868.05; Change -29.22; % Change -0.27%<\/li>\n<li>CAC 40 INDEX (.FCHI): Last 8,509.64; Change +24.00; % Change +0.28%<\/li>\n<li>DAX GR EUR INDEX (.GDAXI): Last 25,629.24; Change +17.21; % Change +0.07%<\/li>\n<li>FR Europe Price Return Index (.TRXFLDEUPU): Last 254.82; Change -0.38; % Change -0.15%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Americas<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DOW JONES INDUS AVERAGE NDX (.DJI): Last 52,485.03; Change +276.97; % Change +0.53%<\/li>\n<li>NASDAQ Composite Index (.IXIC): Last 25,373.85; Change +251.68; % Change +1.00%<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;P 500 INDEX (.SPX): Last 7,489.72; Change +52.09; % Change +0.70%<\/li>\n<li>FR United States Price Return Index (.TRXFLDUSP): Last 641.74; Change +4.16; % Change +0.65%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Market indicators<\/p>\n<p>Across asset classes, the main categories are: commodities, currencies, bond yields, and equities.<\/p>\n<p>Commodities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold: Last 4,049.50; Change -1.23%<\/li>\n<li>Copper: Last 1,341.35; Change +0.21%<\/li>\n<li>Brent crude oil: Last 90.09; Change +2.46%<\/li>\n<li>CBOT soybeans: Last 1,170.75; Change -0.55%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exchange rates<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EUR\/USD: Last 1.1527; Change -0.00%<\/li>\n<li>GBP\/USD: Last 1.3480; Change +0.10%<\/li>\n<li>JPY\/USD: Last 0.0063; Change +1.23%<\/li>\n<li>CNY\/USD: Last 0.1481; Change +0.05%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yields and bonds<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>US 10Y: Yield 4.718; Change -0.027<\/li>\n<li>DE 10Y: Yield 3.209; Change +0.006<\/li>\n<li>UK 10Y: Yield 5.044; Change -0.008<\/li>\n<li>JP 10Y: Yield 2.792; Change -0.004<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stocks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S&amp;P 500: Last 7,489.72; Change +0.70%<\/li>\n<li>Euro STOXX 50: Last 6,358.01; Change +0.21%<\/li>\n<li>FTSE 100: Last 10,868.05; Change -0.27%<\/li>\n<li>Nikkei 225: Last 64,362.02; Change +4.03%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Data are updated with a delay of about 15 minutes. These indicators point to a mixed dynamic across regions and asset classes, reflecting changes in the global markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sharp Nikkei jump and stronger US equities masked mixed regional trends, with Europe and gold showing caution.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1125130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[7771,78975,2000,299,5187,306133,306134,12,306135],"class_list":["post-1125129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-bond-yields","tag-brent-oil","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-forex-moves","tag-global-market-update","tag-news","tag-nikkei-surge"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117023429620931361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1125129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1125129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1125130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1125129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1125129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1125129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}