World Markets Snapshot
Last Updated May 6, 2021 3:30 GMT)
By asset group, Top Cryptos fared the worst, falling by -5.93% when averaging all 7 instruments in the group; Equity Indices, on the other hand, seemed to fare the best as a group, rising by an average of 0.55%. Across the board, all CFD risk assets (excluding foreign exchange pairs) fell -0.47% on average. Drilling down into individual assets, the top performer for the day was Litecoin, which increased by 3.64%, while the worst performer was Ripple; it ended up sinking -10.68%.
The chart below summarises the performance of key CFD risk assets over the past day.
The table below shows assets with key moving average levels that have been crossed on the daily timeframe over the past 24 hours.
| Asset | Moving Average Crossed |
|---|---|
| AUDNZD | 200 |
| GBPAUD | 200 |
| GBPNZD | 200 |
| AUDUSD | 100 |
| Walt Disney Co | 100 |
| Merck & Co Inc | 100 |
| NZDUSD | 100 |
| USDMXN | 100 |
| Bitcoin | 50 |
| EURAUD | 50 |
| EURNZD | 50 |
| Mastercard Inc | 50 |
| Russell 2000 | 50 |
| EOS | 20 |
| Euro Stoxx 50 | 20 |
| FTSE 100 | 20 |
| NIFTY 50 | 20 |
| NZDCHF | 20 |
| Pepsico Inc | 20 |
| Ripple | 20 |
| SSE 50 Index | 20 |
| Stellar | 20 |
| USDNOK | 20 |
| ZARJPY | 20 |
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Individual Currency Pairs: NZDUSD, NZDCHF, NZDJPY, ZARJPY, NZDCAD, AUDUSD, AUDCHF, AUDJPY, CADCHF, AUDCAD, USDMXN, USDNOK, CADJPY, EURNOK, GBPUSD, GBPCHF, USDSEK, GBPJPY, TRYJPY, USDHKD, EURSEK, CHFJPY, USDCHF, EURUSD, USDJPY, USDTRY, EURCHF, EURJPY, GBPCAD, EURTRY, EURGBP, USDCAD, AUDNZD, EURCAD, GBPAUD, EURAUD, USDZAR, GBPNZD, EURNZD
Crypto
Crypto Assets Covered: Litecoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Bitcoin, Stellar, Ripple
Equity Indices
Stock Indices Covered: DAX, Euro Stoxx 50, FTSE 100, IBEX 35, CAC 40, NIFTY 50, ASX 200, Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Russell 2000, Hang Seng, SSE 50 Index, NIKKEI 225
Metals
Individual Metals: Gold, Copper, Silver, Palladium, Platinum
Energy Commodities
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US Mega Cap Stocks
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