World Headlines 2015-04-30

RQ Cross Box: 2015-04-30

UPDATED 7:05 am ET STOCKS - World stock markets were mostly lower Thursday after the U.S. economy skidded to a near halt in the first three months of the year and Japan's central bank held off from expanding its monetary stimulus. BONDS - U.S. Treasury yields traded back-and-forth after the Federal Reserve delivered a statement in which it removed all calendar references to raising interest rates. COMMODITIES - Oil prices remained supported in Asian trade Thursday, with U.S. crude trading at its highest level this year, extending overnight gains on signs of slowing U.S. oil production. Oil prices have also been supported recently by a weaker US dollar. CURRENCIES - The euro rose to the currency's highest level against the dollar in almost two months. The Australian dollar led the commodity currencies lower in profit taking following New Zealand's central bank warning it could cut interest rates if domestic momentum weakened. ECONOMIC DATA - US Unemployment Claims and CAD GDP m/m due at 8:30, Chicago PMI at 9:45, BOC Gov Poloz Speaks at 10:30, Natural Gas Storage at 10:30, CNY Manufacturing PMI at 21:00, AUD PPI q/q at 21:30 ET.

World Headlines 2015-04-30

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