Overnight Headlines 28th April 2026

Multi-Asset Morning Pack – Tuesday 28 April 2026

Snapshot from screenshots around 06:21–06:43 UK

Market tone: Asia mostly weaker after a hawkish BOJ hold, with the yen firmer, oil bid and US yields edging higher. Korea and Singapore are the main regional outperformers.

Asia-Pacific Equities

Index	Price	Move
Nikkei 225	59,963.07	-574.29 / -0.95%
Shanghai	4,078.528	-7.816 / -0.19%
Shenzhen Comp	14,897.53	-98.218 / -0.66%
Hang Seng	25,720.15	-205.50 / -0.79%
ASX 200	8,714.60	-51.80 / -0.59%
KOSPI	6,673.91	+58.88 / +0.89%
Straits Times	4,902.18	+9.45 / +0.19%
NZX 50	12,764.40	-110.54 / -0.86%

Top Clickable Headlines

1. BOJ keeps rates steady but hawkish split points to June hike
2. Stocks steady, yen firms after BOJ holds rates
3. CATL raises $5bn in Hong Kong share sale
4. OpenAI misses its own user and sales goals, WSJ reports
5. CATL placement priced at low end after HK share sale
6. Morning Bid: BOJ’s hawkish hold

US Futures

Future	Last	Day Move	Implied Open
Dow Fut	49,377.0	+35.00 / +0.07%	+64.21 / +0.13%
S&P Fut	7,203.0	-3.00 / -0.04%	-1.91 / -0.03%
Nasdaq Fut	27,378.0	-62.50 / -0.23%	-62.68 / -0.23%
Russell 2k Fut	2,801.4	+1.80 / +0.06%	-11.79 / -0.42%

US Cash Close

Index	Close	Move
Dow Jones	49,167.79	-62.92 / -0.13%
Nasdaq Composite	24,887.10	+50.501 / +0.20%
S&P 500	7,173.91	+8.83 / +0.12%
Russell 2000	2,788.19	+1.189 / +0.04%
VIX	18.02	-0.69 / -3.69%

FX

Pair	Price	Move
USD/JPY	159.14	-0.28 / -0.1756%
EUR/USD	1.1707	-0.0013 / -0.1109%
EUR/GBP	0.8657	-0.0001 / -0.0116%
GBP/USD	1.3519	-0.0011 / -0.0813%

Commodities

Commodity	Price	Move
WTI Crude	$97.49	+1.12 / +1.16%
Brent Crude	$109.53	+1.30 / +1.20%
Natural Gas	2.517	-0.033 / -1.29%
RBOB Gas	3.5082	+0.0172 / +0.49%
ULSD Heating Oil	3.9668	-0.0079 / -0.20%
Uranium	85.75	UNCH

US Treasury Yields

Tenor	Yield	Change
US 6M	3.726%	+0.008
US 1Y	3.696%	+0.008
US 2Y	3.807%	+0.002
US 3Y	3.832%	+0.007
US 5Y	3.958%	+0.006
US 7Y	4.143%	+0.011
US 10Y	4.348%	+0.012
US 20Y	4.937%	+0.015
US 30Y	4.955%	+0.013

Economic Calendar – Later Today

UK Time	Country	Event
11:00	France	Unemployment Benefit Claims / Jobseekers Total
11:30	India	Industrial Production YoY / Manufacturing Production YoY
13:00	Brazil	IPCA Mid-Month CPI MoM / YoY
13:15	US	ADP Employment Change Weekly
13:55	US	Redbook YoY
14:00	US	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price YoY / MoM; House Price Index
15:00	US	CB Consumer Confidence; Richmond Fed Manufacturing / Services
15:30	US	Dallas Fed Services Index / Revenues
18:00	US	2-Year FRN Auction; 7-Year Note Auction; Money Supply
19:30	Euro Area	ECB President Lagarde Speech
21:30	US	API Crude Oil Stock Change