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U.S. stocks fluctuated before the market opened. The European Stoxx 50 index exceeded 5,000 points for the first time in 24 years, and oil prices rose 2%.

On Wednesday, March 13, the three major futures indexes in the U.S. stock market had mixed gains and losses before the market opened, with overall shock. European stocks continued their gains today.


The rebound in U.S. CPI in February announced overnight suppressed interest rate cut expectations. The market generally expects the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged at the March FOMC meeting. Members of the European Central Bank's Board of Governors spoke out today, saying that interest rate cuts are approaching.


Tomorrow, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release February PPI and retail sales data.


U.S. stocks were volatile before the market opened, with Nvidia rising 1% and Baidu rising 4%.

The three major U.S. stock index futures generally showed a volatile trend. As of press time, Dow futures were up 0.11%, S&P 500 futures were up 0.01%, and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.21%.

The "Seven Sisters" of U.S. stocks had mixed gains and losses, with Intel falling more than 1% and Nvidia's gains retreating, having previously risen 2%.


Tesla fell 2%. On the news, Wells Fargo lowered Tesla's rating from equal weight to underweight, with a target price of $125.

In terms of popular Chinese concept stocks, Baidu rose nearly 4%, Nio fell more than 1%, Li Auto fell more than 3%, and Bilibili rose nearly 2%.


Euro Stoxx 50 breaks through 5,000 points, European stocks collectively strengthen

The European Stoxx 50 index rose 0.56% and exceeded 5,000 points for the first time since 2000. France's CAC40 index rose 0.51%, Britain's FTSE 100 index rose 0.09%, and Germany's DAX30 index turned higher again, now up 0.13%.




It is reported that the rise of the European Stoxx 50 was mainly driven by three stocks: ASML (ASML), SAP (SAP) and LVMH (LVMH). These three stocks accounted for nearly half of the index's year-to-date gains. half.


In addition, the latest financial report of e-commerce platform Zalando showed that profits increased beyond expectations and announced optimistic profit guidance. The stock price jumped 13%.

The European Central Bank's recent intensive "dove announcement" has boosted the bond market. Martins Kazaks, a member of the Board of Governors of the European Central Bank, said today that an interest rate cut may be carried out "within the next few meetings." The market currently expects the European Central Bank to cut interest rates in June. The 10-year government bond yields of many European countries collectively fell at the beginning of the session, and most of them are now Turn up.




Among them, the German 10-year government bond yield fell by 3 basis points in the short term at the beginning of the session and then rebounded by 6 basis points and is now at 2.349%.




Bitcoin continues to reach new all-time high, breaking through $73,000


Bitcoin fell short after breaking through $73,000, rising 1.18% and now trading at $72,974 per coin.

Oil prices continue to rise, with Brent oil and U.S. oil both rising by more than 2%

Oil prices ended their "four consecutive declines". Brent oil rose 1.81%, after previously rising to 2%, to US$83.4/barrel; U.S. oil rose 2.05%, to US$79.15/barrel.


Previously, OPEC's monthly report released on Tuesday showed that oil production increased by 203,000 barrels in February from the previous month, and EIA raised its domestic oil production growth forecast for this year by 260,000 barrels per day, which suppressed oil prices to a certain extent.