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Major U.S. Indexes

S&P 5007,428.78+0.21%
Dow Jones Industrials52,747.32+1.03%
Nasdaq Composite24,876.91-0.22%
Russell 20002,953.80+0.20%
CBOE Volatility (VIX)18.29+0.44%

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
75
0 fear · 100 greed
Normal
VIX 18.29

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

Treasury Yield Curve

Yahoo (proxy)
3M5Y10Y30Y
3M 3.76% → 30Y 5.10%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
+2.36%
Consumer Staples
+1.99%
Communication Services
+1.87%
Materials
+1.85%
Consumer Discretionary
+1.48%
Financials
+1.27%
Real Estate
+0.55%
Utilities
-0.35%
Industrials
-0.39%
Energy
-1.35%
Information Technology
-1.84%

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)10,893.16+0.20%
DAX (Germany)25,485.72+0.09%
CAC 40 (France)8,415.08-0.52%
Nikkei 225 (Japan)61,434.19-1.49%
Hang Seng (HK)25,807.92+1.96%
Shanghai Composite3,828.47+0.40%
Euro STOXX 506,266.61-0.36%

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 Oil83.07+4.81%
Brent Crude88.43+5.16%
Natural Gas2.69-0.33%
Gold4,091.90-0.16%
Silver57.90+0.64%
Copper6.32-0.64%
Corn476.75-0.78%

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
Euro1.1390-0.05%
Japanese Yen163.6630-0.09%
British Pound1.3298+0.04%
Canadian Dollar1.4095-0.05%
Chinese Yuan6.7550-0.09%
Australian Dollar0.6947-0.44%
Mexican Peso17.4639+0.26%

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

Crypto

Bitcoin64,421.08+1.62%
Ethereum1,911.95+1.98%
Solana73.87+1.03%

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.