🌍 Morning Market Overview – April 10, 2025

Global Markets Snapshot – Data from April 9, 2025

📈 United States (Americas):
U.S. indices continue to show strong performance, with the S&P 500 up by +9.52%, the Nasdaq leading with +12.16%, and the Dow Jones up +7.87%. Small-cap stocks also gained, with the Russell 2000 increasing +8.66%.
Meanwhile, market volatility dropped significantly, as reflected by the VIX, which fell -35.75%.

🇨🇦 In Canada, the S&P/TSX Composite Index rose +5.42%, and in Brazil, the IBOVESPA advanced by +3.12%.
The US Dollar Index slightly declined by -0.22%.

📉 Europe:
European markets are under pressure across the board. The FTSE 100 declined -2.92%, CAC 40 lost -3.34%, and the DAX was down -3.00%.
The broader EURO STOXX 50 and Euronext 100 also dropped more than -3%.
The Euro Index remained almost flat, while the British Pound Index rose +0.43%.

📊 Asia-Pacific:
Asian indices mostly closed in the green. The Nikkei 225 surged +8.32%, KOSPI added +5.53%, and S&P/ASX 200 in Australia rose +4.59%.
The Hang Seng climbed +3.01%, while SSE Composite Index was up +1.06%.
Notably, the S&P BSE SENSEX in India declined slightly by -0.51%.

💰 Commodities:

• Gold hit $3,137.60, up +1.89%
• Silver climbed +2.32%, and Copper jumped +5.56%
• Crude Oil and Brent declined by -0.96% and -1.11%, respectively
• Natural Gas fell -2.54%

💹 Currencies:

• EUR/USD rose to 1.0985 (+0.31%)
• USD/JPY dropped to 146.67 (-0.48%)
• Most major FX pairs showed mild fluctuations

📉 Bonds:
Yields are rising across the U.S. Treasury curve, with:

• 10-Year Bond at 4.40% (+3.24%)
• 30-Year Bond at 4.793%
• 5-Year Bond jumped +4.78%
• Short-term yields (13-week) also climbed +1.20%

📊 Top Gainers (Stocks):

• Venus Concept (VERO): +210.07%
• BeLive Holdings (BLIV): +105.13%
• Antelope Enterprise (AEHL): +104.13%
• RH: +28.57%, FormFactor: +28.39%
• Trump Media (DJT): +21.67%, Affirm (AFRM): +21.54%

📉 Top Loser:

• WW International (WW): -62.21%

💸 Cryptocurrencies:

• Bitcoin (BTC): soared to $81,594.95 (+7.87%)
• Ethereum (ETH): jumped +13.10% to $1,607.55
• XRP gained +12.51%
• Overall, the crypto market is experiencing a strong rebound

📉 Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE):
Israeli indices fell yesterday:

• TA-35: -1.49%
• TA-90: -1.88%
• TA-125: -1.66%
• All-Bond Index: -0.30%
• Weakness was seen in corporate bonds and short-term gov bonds

Total trading volumes:

• Equity Market: ₪3.2B
• Bond Market: ₪6.7B