On Monday, March 18, U.S. stocks collectively rose before the market opened, European stocks opened higher, the 10-year U.S. bond yield remained high, the U.S. dollar index rose in the short term, gold and crude oil both rose, and Bitcoin exceeded $68,000.

This week, the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan will lead the Super Central Bank Week. The market is paying attention to policy turning point signals, and the US stock market may face multiple tests. In addition, whether NVIDIA can once again ignite market confidence with the GTC Developer Conference today is also a major focus.

The three major U.S. stock index futures rose, Nvidia rose 2%

U.S. stock index futures rose collectively, led by technology stocks. As of press time, Dow futures fell 0.2%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.77%, and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 1.22%.

In terms of star technology stocks, TSMC and Marvell Technology rose by about 2%, AMD exceeded 1%, "Seven Sisters" generally rose, Nvidia rose by more than 2%, and Tesla rose by nearly 4%.

Google rose more than 5%. In terms of news, there are reports today that Apple is negotiating with Google to embed Google Gemini into the "AI version of the iPhone."

Most popular Chinese concept stocks rose. Xpeng Motors rose more than 6% and will announce its Q4 financial report tomorrow; Weilai rose more than 4%, and Pinduoduo and Bilibili rose more than 2%. Li Auto fell nearly 6%.

European stocks open higher

The European Stoxx 50 index rose 0.16%, the British FTSE 100 index rose 0.03%, the French CAC40 index rose 0.00%, and the German DAX30 index rose 0.14%.

10-year U.S. Treasury yield remains high

After the opening of European stocks, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose by about 3 basis points, rising 0.54% during the day and now trading at 4.327%. Analysts generally expect the Fed to remain on hold for the sixth time in a row this week.

Last week, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose more than 20 basis points and remained near a three-week high.

Dollar steady

The U.S. dollar index has risen in the short term, with the overall trend stable, currently at 103.46.

Crude oil continues to rise

Last week, international oil prices posted their largest weekly gain in a month. Brent oil rose 0.4% to US$85.74/barrel; U.S. crude oil rose 0.46% to US$81.04/barrel.

Gold moves higher

Spot gold continued to rise, rising 0.15% during the day and now trading at $2,159.35 per ounce.

Bitcoin resumes rally

Bitcoin fluctuated higher, rising 3% during the day and now trading at $68,500 per coin.