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Major U.S. Indexes

S&P 5007,662.36-0.28%
Dow Jones Industrials51,170.54-0.60%
Nasdaq Composite26,792.41-0.10%
Russell 20002,805.39-0.44%
CBOE Volatility (VIX)16.05-0.12%

activeWatch index divergence (Nasdaq vs. Dow) for growth-vs-value rotation; the VIX line is your fear gauge for hedging and mean-reversion entries.

Market Sentiment

VIX regime
82
0 fear · 100 greed
Normal
VIX 16.05

activeVIX regime + credit spreads gauge risk appetite; crisis-level prints often precede tradable mean-reversion bounces.

Treasury Yield Curve

Yahoo (proxy)
3M5Y10Y30Y
3M 4.09% → 30Y 5.59%Upward

activeCurve shape (steep/flat/inverted) is a primary macro-regime and recession signal driving rate and bank/REIT/utility trades.

Sector Performance

S&P 500 sectors
Utilities
+0.32%
Information Technology
+0.27%
Industrials
-0.12%
Consumer Discretionary
-0.17%
Real Estate
-0.24%
Communication Services
-0.31%
Financials
-0.66%
Energy
-0.80%
Materials
-0.93%
Consumer Staples
-1.15%
Health Care
-1.23%

activeDefensives leading (staples/utilities/health) vs. cyclicals (tech/energy/discretionary) tells you the day’s risk-on/risk-off posture — the cleanest rotation read.

International Indexes

FTSE 100 (UK)10,645.29-0.37%
DAX (Germany)25,429.94+0.22%
CAC 40 (France)8,052.94-0.32%
Nikkei 225 (Japan)65,481.27-0.60%
Hang Seng (HK)24,523.57-0.48%
Shanghai Composite3,830.45+0.18%
Euro STOXX 506,332.94+0.50%

activeYTD-by-country is a relative-strength map for country/region ETF rotation; divergence flags currency or policy stories worth a position.

Commodities

WTI Crude Oil91.66-1.02%
Brent Crude97.15-0.70%
Natural Gas3.03-2.41%
Gold4,195.70+0.65%
Silver61.48-0.39%
Copper6.63-0.04%
Corn520.00-0.57%

activeCrude and broad indexes are real-time growth/inflation proxies; gold is the fear/real-rate hedge. 52-wk positioning frames breakouts.

Currencies

vs. USD
Euro1.1338-0.31%
Japanese Yen157.6170+0.16%
British Pound1.3207-0.38%
Canadian Dollar1.4193+0.16%
Chinese Yuan6.6977-0.18%
Australian Dollar0.6980-0.58%
Mexican Peso18.0511+0.35%

activeA broadly strong dollar pressures U.S. multinational earnings and commodities; EM-currency moves front-run EM equity/debt stress.

Crypto

Bitcoin83,296.49-0.06%
Ethereum2,688.17+0.42%
Solana119.00+0.29%

activeA 24/7 risk-appetite barometer that trades around the clock — often the first thing to move on a liquidity or sentiment shift.

Prediction Markets

Polymarket

activeMarket-implied event odds (Fed, recession, asset-class winner) to overlay on positioning and cross-check against options-implied probabilities.