On Thursday, as the Japanese authorities intervened to support the yen exchange rate, the dollar index fell sharply, intraday once fell to near the 98 mark, and finally closed down 0.86% at 98.08; benchmark 10-year U.S. bond yields closed at 4.375%, and 2-year U.S. bond yields, which are sensitive to the Federal Reserve’s policy rate, closed at 3.873%. The dollar took a huge hit against the yen, falling below 156 to a 19-month low during the day.
Spot gold rebounded sharply in the European trading session, surging above $4,640 during the session, and then fell into shock, finally closing up 1.72% at $4,621.71 per ounce; spot silver finally closed up 3.41% at $73.71 per ounce.
International oil prices rose and then fell, WTI crude oil once stood above 110 U.S. dollars, but then quickly retracted all the gains and turned down, and finally closed down 2.9% at 107.00 U.S. dollars / barrel; Brent crude oil finally closed down 0.84% at 110.09 U.S. dollars / barrel.
U.S. stocks closed up 1.62% on the Dow, 1.02% on the S&P 500, and 0.89% on the Nasdaq. Alphabet (GOOG.O) closed up 9.95% to a new all-time high, while Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rose more than 15%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index rose 2.1%, and Alibaba (BABA.N) rose more than 1%.