• US indices finished yesterday’s trading higher. S&P 500 gained 0.42%, Dow Jones added 0.44% and Nasdaq moved 0.11% higher. Russell 2000 jumped 0.68%

  • Stocks in Asia traded lower. Nikkei dropped 1.7%, S&P/ASX 200 moved 0.2% lower and Kospi declined 1%. Indices from China traded lower as well
  • DAX futures point to a lower opening of the European session
  • White House said it will consider further lockdowns if they are recommended by scientists
  • Israel will offer third coronavirus vaccine shot to those over 60 years old
  • Japanese industrial production increased in June by 6.2% MoM (exp. 5% MoM)
  • Japanese retail sales increased 0.1% YoY in June (exp. 0.3% YoY)
  • Australia’s private sector lending increased 0.9% MoM in June (exp. 0.4% MoM)
  • Amazon (AMZN.US) reported Q2 EPS at $15.12 (exp. $12.30) and revenue at $113.1 billion (exp. $115.2 billion). AWS cloud revenue reached $14.81 billion (exp. $14.2 billion). Company expects Q3 revenue to come in at $106-112 billion. Stock dropped 7% in after-hours trading
  • Robinhood (HOOD.US) debuted on the US stock exchange. Shares of the online broker dropped over 8% and finished at $34.82
  • Bitcoin trades in the $39,500 area
  • Precious metals, oil and industrial metals decline on the back of USD strength
  • USD and CAD are the best performing major currencies, while CHF and AUD lag the most