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Major U.S. Indexes

S&P 5007,563.63+0.58%
Dow Jones Industrials50,668.97+0.05%
Nasdaq Composite26,917.47+0.91%
Russell 20002,936.57+0.57%
CBOE Volatility (VIX)15.74-3.38%

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
83
0 fear · 100 greed
Normal
VIX 15.74

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

Treasury Yield Curve

Yahoo (proxy)
3M5Y10Y30Y
3M 3.59% → 30Y 4.98%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
Health Care
+1.40%
Information Technology
+1.31%
Consumer Discretionary
+0.42%
Communication Services
+0.35%
Materials
+0.35%
Energy
-0.07%
Consumer Staples
-0.18%
Industrials
-0.29%
Financials
-0.29%
Real Estate
-0.49%
Utilities
-1.13%

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)10,425.96-0.75%
DAX (Germany)25,092.25-0.34%
CAC 40 (France)8,188.87-0.23%
Nikkei 225 (Japan)64,693.12-0.47%
Hang Seng (HK)25,006.16-1.27%
Shanghai Composite4,098.64+0.12%
Euro STOXX 506,055.11-0.25%

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 Oil88.60-0.34%
Brent Crude92.41-0.31%
Natural Gas3.30+0.30%
Gold4,524.00-0.19%
Silver75.94+0.03%
Copper6.42-0.12%
Corn456.25+0.11%

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
Euro1.1656+0.23%
Japanese Yen159.2520-0.09%
British Pound1.3445+0.13%
Canadian Dollar1.3783-0.40%
Chinese Yuan6.7791+0.01%
Australian Dollar0.7166+0.39%
Mexican Peso17.3060-0.26%

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

Crypto

Bitcoin73,410.63-1.22%
Ethereum2,003.51-0.89%
Solana81.94-0.41%

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.