On the eve of the G7 summit the dollar's correction continued. A rally in higher-yielding assets supported the Nasdaq index. Also, the news of the purchase GitHub by Microsoft contributed to keeping US stock indices high.
The Dow Jones index throughout the week has been entrenched near the mark of 24.800.
Crude oil yesterday played early losses, while Brent was back above $75 per barrel. Today there will be a regular publication on crude oil inventories in the United States. This publication will likely increase volatility in the movement of the price.
Interest in cryptocurrencies is back, on the background of political turmoil and the fact that at the moment investors are confused by Trump's latest decisions and unsure about the outcome of the imposition of duties on imports of steel and aluminium. This also raised the prices of commodities.
Moreover, today in Canada the index of business activity for the previous month will be published, while in the UK we expect a speech by a committee member of the Monetary Policy McCafferty.