7 of 9 markets we track rose in their latest session. Best: Bitcoin +3.00%. Worst: Hang Seng −2.99%.
The benchmark for borrowing costs worldwide touched 5.34% on Thursday, its highest since 2002.
France's 10-year yield is at a 24-year high ahead of the 2027 budget.
Above $100 as Middle East tensions and China's fuel export pause tighten supply.
Up about 3% overnight on "Uptober" hopes, with the jobs report in focus.
Markets at a glance
Full market data →| Market | Last | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nikkei 225Japan · Fri close | 68,309 | −0.94% |
| Hang SengHong Kong · Fri close | 23,877 | −2.99% |
| S&P/ASX 200Australia · Fri, approx. | 8,660 | +0.50% |
| STOXX Europe 600Europe · Fri morning | 629.18 | +0.40% |
| S&P 500U.S. · Thu close | 7,673.89 | +0.29% |
| Nasdaq CompositeU.S. · Thu close | 26,929.52 | +0.25% |
| Dow JonesU.S. · Thu close | 50,912.33 | +0.01% |
| U.S. 10-yearTreasury yield · Thu close | 5.24% | −0.06 |
| Germany 10-yearBund yield · Oct. 1 | 3.62% | — |
| France 10-yearOAT yield · Oct. 1 | 4.96% | — |
| Fed fundsTarget range | 3.75–4.00% | — |
| EUR/USDEuro · Fri, approx. | 1.124 | — |
| USD/JPYYen · Thu, approx. | 158.20 | +0.50% |
| Brent crude$ per barrel · Fri, approx. | 102 | — |
| Gold$ per ounce · Fri, approx. | 4,170 | — |
| BitcoinU.S. dollars · Fri 01:40 ET | 86,650 | +3.00% |
Asian markets: Friday closes. Europe: Friday morning. U.S. markets: Thursday closes. Levels marked approx. are intraday. The live version will use a licensed data feed. About our data →
- Euro area flash inflation, SeptemberFrance, Italy and Spain ran hot
- U.S. jobs report, SeptemberForecast: about 90,000–98,000 jobs
- China Golden WeekMainland markets closed; Stock Connect resumes Oct. 8
- Federal Reserve decisionOfficials signaled one more hike this year
What's moving
Asia Friday: Hong Kong Slides 3% on Its Return as Tokyo Inflation Jumps
Hong Kong reopened after National Day to a broad sell-off. Tokyo took profits after a big Thursday, and a hotter-than-expected inflation reading put the Bank of Japan back in focus.
- Hong Kong's drop was its first chance to react to a week of rising global bond yields.
- Tokyo's inflation reading is an early guide to national prices and to the Bank of Japan's next move.
- With mainland China closed until Oct. 8, Asian trading was thinner than usual.
Learn the global markets
All explainers →Wake up to the world
Asia's close, Europe's open and the day ahead, in one email before 7 a.m. Eastern. Coming soon; follow via RSS until it launches.