{"id":293517,"date":"2021-02-04T00:10:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T13:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gomarketingteam.com\/articles\/overnight-on-wall-street-thursday-04-february-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T12:12:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T01:12:55","slug":"overnight-on-wall-street-thursday-04-february-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/en\/daily-news\/overnight-on-wall-street-thursday-04-february-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight on Wall Street: Thursday 04 February 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Lachlan Meakin<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Equity markets<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major US and European indices had a quiet night finishing mostly flat after 3 days of solid gains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US corporate earnings have been strong all week helping to lift equity markets and give investors optimism that the US economic recovery is progressing well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paypal (PYPL) reported after the bell with figures beating analysts\u2019 expectations soaring 7% in the aftermarket and helping to propel US futures higher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-271204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Picture1_040221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"383\" \/><br \/>\nSource: Google Finance<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-271189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Picture2_040221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"311\" \/><br \/>\nSource: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investing.com.au<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australian and Asian markets have opened mostly flat to slightly negative at the time of writing with no major news scheduled for these regions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>FX markets\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US Dollar Index continued its recent upward move. It has found stiff resistance at levels set back in late 2020. A break to the upside could see a prolonged US dollar rally as improving US economic fundamentals make the greenback a more attractive investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-271174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Picture4_040221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"447\" \/><br \/>\nSource: GO MT4<\/p>\n<p><b>AUDUSD<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RBA Governor Lowe spoke yesterday at the National press Club and gave an upbeat outlook of Australia\u2019s economic recovery saying the recession sparked by the coronavirus pandemic was not as deep as first thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This helped the AUD to a positive session despite US dollar strength, technically the AUDUSD is remaining to be supported by the important 50 day moving average.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-271159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Picture5_040221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"447\" \/><br \/>\nSource: GO MT4<\/p>\n<h4><b>Commodities \u2013 Oil<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crude oil rallied strongly overnight on a larger than expected inventories drawdown and more importantly from news from the monthly The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) of the OPEC+ group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OPEC+ did not make any recommendation about changing the oil production levels of the alliance, meaning the current production cuts are going ahead as planned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last night&#8217;s meeting also noted that an acceleration of vaccinations could spur a faster global growth recovery and increasing oil demand in the latter half of 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-271144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Picture6_040221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"395\" \/><br \/>\nSource: oilprice.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Lachlan Meakin<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 171px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 75px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 728px; height: 75px;\" colspan=\"7\"><strong>Friday, 05 February 2021<\/strong><strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Indicative Index Dividends<br \/>\n<em><sup>Dividends are in Points<\/sup><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>ASX200<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>WS30<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>US500<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>US2000<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>NDX100<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>CAC40<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>STOXX50<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">1.349<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0.408<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0.093<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">2.441<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>ESP35<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>ITA40<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>FTSE100<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>DAX30<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>HK50<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>JP225<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 10px;\" width=\"100\"><strong>INDIA50<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 103px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 101px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 108px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 104px; height: 24px;\" width=\"100\">0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"\/forex-education-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gomarkets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Next-Steps-Blog-Bottom-Banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"942\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Disclaimer: The articles are from GO Markets analysts, \u00a0based on their independent analysis or personal experiences. 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