Equities mixed after Wall Street ended mixed - 16.7.2025

The Dollar strengthening has halted currently. The live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, rose 0.5% on Tuesday.

Both EUR/USD and GBP/USD continued their sliding yesterday despite a ZEW report economic sentiment in Germany continued improving in July. Both euro and Pound are higher against the dollar currently. USD/JPY accelerated its climbing while AUD/USD accelerated its sliding on Tuesday with both the Australian dollar and the yen higher against the Greenback currently.

Futures on three main US stock indexes are mixed currently ahead of producer prices report scheduled for 14:30 CET. Stock indexes ended mixed on Tuesday recording daily returns in the range from -0.98% to 0.18% while the Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed US inflation rose to 2.7% in June.

European stock indexes futures are higher currently after closing lower on Tuesday. Asian indexes futures are mixed today after president Trump on Tuesday said the US would impose a 19% tariff on goods from Indonesia. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is lagging peers following earlier gains led by technology shares.

Brent is edging lower currently. Prices fell yesterday after president Trump's 50-day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine and avoid sanctions eased concerns about any immediate supply disruption. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release its US crude oil inventory data at 16:30 CET today. The US oil benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) slid 0.7% and is lower currently. Brent lost 0.7% to $68.71 a barrel on Tuesday.