European stock indexes are down today (November 4), as are gold prices below $4,000 per ounce, while investors await quarterly results from companies such as BP, Phillips and Ferrari.
Three US Federal Reserve officials on Monday expressed doubts about further easing of monetary policy next month, which also affected the movement of gold prices.
Investors now believe that the probability of an interest rate cut in the United States in December is 65 percent, while this percentage was more than 90 percent just seven days ago.
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange DAX index fell by 1.5 percent to 23,760.83 points, the French CAC 40 by 1.35 percent to 8,000.36 points, and the British FTSE 100 by 0.76 percent to 9,627.40 points.
The Moscow stock exchange is closed today for the celebration of the national holiday, the Day of National Unity, dedicated to the memory of the events of 1612 when Moscow was liberated from Polish and Lithuanian invaders, reports CNBC.
The value of the American stock index Dow Jones fell by 0.48 percent to 47,336.68 points before today’s opening, while the value of the S&P 500 index increased by 0.17 percent to 6,851.97 points, and the value of the Nasdaq index by 0.46 percent to 23,834.72 points.
European gas futures for December were sold today at the opening of the TTF stock exchange at a price of EUR 31,920 per megawatt-hour.
According to current data from the stock exchange, the price of crude oil fell to 60,478 dollars, and the price of Brent oil to 64,334 dollars.
The price of gold fell to $3,995.22 per ounce, and the price of wheat rose to $5.4524 per bushel (a bushel equals 27.216 kg).
The value of the euro against the dollar on the Forex exchange is $1.15240, which is 0.04 percent higher than at the beginning of trading.
