Stocks mixed after Wall Street ended mixed again - 8.8.2025

The Dollar weakening 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, lost 0.2% on Thursday.

EUR/USD slowed its climbing while GBP/USD accelerated its advancing yesterday as the central bank’s monetary policy committee rate votes showed policy makers was split on reducing or holding interest rate with four members wanting to hold rates and four others voting to cut. Euro is lower against the dollar currently and Pound is higher still. USD/JPY accelerated its sliding while AUD/USD slowed its climbing on Thursday with the Australian dollar higher against the Greenback currently and the yen lower.

US stock market futures are up currently ahead of Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman speech at 18:15 CET with the yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes down at 4.249%. Wall Street ended mixed yesterday and Nasdaq rose to a record high as tariff hikes took effect. The three main stock benchmarks recorded daily returns in the range from -0.5% to 0.35% as import duties rose from 10 per cent to levels between 15 per cent and 41 per cent for a list of trading partners.

European stock markets futures are mixed currently after closing mixed on Thursday following the Kremlin announcement president Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to meet in the coming days. Asian stock indexes futures are mixed with Japan’s  Nikkei  leading gains as Japanese trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa indicated that the effective US tariff rate on Japanese goods will be capped at 15%.

Brent is extending losses today. Prices fell on Thursday after the Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet president Trump in the coming days. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures fell 07% but are lower currently. Brent futures slid 0.7% to $66.43 a barrel on Thursday.