(Bloomberg) — European stocks declined along with US equity futures on the final trading day of 2022, closing out the worst year in more than a decade for global equities and bonds.
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Technology shares led the decline in the Stoxx Europe 600 index, with all industry sectors in the red. S&P 500 futures slipped about 0.5%, taking the shine off the best day this month for the US index on Thursday when it jumped 1.7%. Nasdaq 100 contracts also declined after the benchmark jumped 2.5% Thursday. The index has lost a third of value this year as tech stocks emerged as some of the most vulnerable to rising rates.
The dollar stemmed a decline from the prior session to trade flat, Treasury yields inched higher and the yen rallied as the Bank of Japan unveiled an unprecedented third day of unscheduled bond purchases.
The uncertain direction sapped hopes for a stellar rally to close out 2022 — a year when inflation reasserted itself to wipe a fifth in value from global stocks, the worst run since the financial crisis. Bonds lost 16% of value, the biggest decline since at least 1990 for one leading measure, as central banks raced to slow rising consumer prices by hiking interest rates around the world.
Elsewhere in markets, oil rose after a three-day run of declines on worries about a rise in crude stockpiles and concerns that rising Covid-19 infections in China would slow demand in one of the world’s top oil importers.
Some of the main moves in markets:
Stocks
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The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.4% as of 8:11 a.m. London time
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S&P 500 futures fell 0.5%
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Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.6%
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Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%
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The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.5%
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The MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose 0.1%
Currencies
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The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed
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The euro was little changed at $1.0660
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The Japanese yen rose 0.8% to 132.03 per dollar
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The offshore yuan rose 0.1% to 6.9639 per dollar
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The British pound was little changed at $1.2065
Cryptocurrencies
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Bitcoin fell 0.7% to $16,474.49
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Ether fell 0.5% to $1,189.26
Bonds
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The yield on 10-year Treasuries advanced one basis point to 3.83%
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Germany’s 10-year yield advanced five basis points to 2.49%
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Britain’s 10-year yield advanced three basis points to 3.69%
Commodities
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Brent crude rose 0.6% to $83.92 a barrel
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Spot gold rose 0.1% to $1,817.62 an ounce
This story was produced with the assistance of Bloomberg Automation.
–With assistance from Jan-Patrick Barnert.
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