Waiting for the non-farm payrolls, the three major U.S. stock index futures rose slightly, Tesla's night trading rose over 5%, and precious metals continued to strengthen
U.S. stock index futures rose about 0.4% across the board, with Tesla gaining over 5% in after-hours trading. Asian and European stock markets were mostly flat, while the Indian stock market rose about 0.8%. Silver hovered near a 13-year high, and platinum reached its highest level since 2022
Non-farm payroll data will be released tonight, and the overall market is in a wait-and-see mode. Asian stock markets and European stocks are basically flat, with India unexpectedly cutting interest rates significantly, leading to a rise of about 0.8% in the Indian stock market.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are in a heated dispute, causing Tesla's stock price to drop significantly on Thursday, which also affected Asian Tesla supply chain companies. Subsequently, the war of words between Trump and Musk eased, and the White House urgently arranged a call with Musk on Friday night. The three major U.S. stock index futures rose slightly, with Tesla gaining over 6% in pre-market trading. The U.S. dollar and U.S. Treasury bonds rose slightly.
Precious metals continued to rise due to a combination of technical breakthroughs and industrial demand, with silver up over 1% and platinum rising over 2% to its highest level since 2022.
The following are the trends of core assets:
S&P 500 futures, Dow futures, and Nasdaq 100 futures all rose over 0.4%.
The Nikkei 225 index closed up 0.5%. The MSCI Asia-Pacific index was basically flat.
The U.S. dollar index rose slightly by 0.2%, while the euro and pound fell slightly by 0.2%, and the yen depreciated by about 0.3%.
Most U.S. Treasury yields declined, with the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield down about 2 basis points.
Spot gold rose slightly by about 0.2%. New York silver and spot silver both rose over 1.4%.
U.S. oil and Brent oil both fell over 0.5%.
Bitcoin fell about 1% to below $104,000. Ethereum dropped about 6%.
The market expects that the non-farm payrolls in May will slow to 125,000 new jobs. Barclays warns that if it falls below 100,000, it could trigger recession concerns, while if it is stronger than expected, it may suppress risk assets and push up U.S. Treasury yields.
Etoro analyst Josh Gilbert stated:
"Tonight's non-farm data is a major risk point, and the current environment is highly uncertain, leading to a lack of investor confidence."
All three major U.S. stock index futures rose about 0.4%.
