In Asian Equity Markets stocks fell on Tuesday, following overnight declines on Wall Street, and the dollar hovered below last week’s peak, but traders’ main focus was approaching central bank meetings and the early stages of the U.S. earnings season. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan, fell 0.46 percent, walking back some of the previous day’s 1.8 percent gain, and heading back towards last week’s two-year low. Japan’s Nikkei gained 0.8 percent after having been on holiday for Monday’s rally.

In Currency Markets the U.S. dollar hovered on Tuesday just above a one-week low reached overnight versus major peers as markets reduced the odds of a percentage-point Federal Reserve rate hike this month. The euro fell 0.08 percent to $1.01355, but that came after putting on around 0.6 percent overnight for a second day of strong gains. The dollar was little changed at 138.135 yen, not too far from Thursday’s peak at 139.38, a level not seen since September 1998. Sterling eased 0.13 percent to $1.1935, pulling away from Monday’s one-week high of $1.2032.

In US Equity Markets stocks closed lower on Monday after bank stocks erased earlier gains and Apple shares fell on a report saying the company plans to slow hiring and spending growth next year. The S&P 500 lost 0.84 percent, to end at 3,830.73 points, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.83 percent, to 11,356.88. The Dow fell 0.69 percent, to 31,073.14. Boeing Co jumped after Delta Air Lines Inc said it would buy 100 MAX 10 jets worth about $13.5 billion at list prices and had options to buy another 30. Shares of Delta also jumped.

In Commodities Markets oil prices rose more than $5 on Monday, boosted by dollar weakness and expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve won’t raise interest rates by a full percentage point at its next meeting to combat inflation. Brent crude futures for September settlement gained 5.1 percent, to settle at $106.27 a barrel. U.S. WTI crude futures for August delivery settled up 5.1 percent, at $102.60. Spot gold was up 0.2 percent at $1,709.87 per ounce. Spot silver rose 0.8 percent to $18.83 per ounce. Platinum jumped 1.7 percent to $864.69, and palladium gained 1.7 percent to $1,860.16.

In European Equity Markets stocks fell from session highs after a report that Russia’s Gazprom has declared force majeure on some gas supplies to Europe stoked worries about an energy crunch in the continent. The pan-European STOXX 600 index, which had risen as much as 1.5 percent to hit three-week peaks earlier in the session, cut gains to close 0.9 percent up. Germany’s DAX ended 0.7 percent higher, above session lows hit following the report. Gains were led by miners that jumped 3 percent, followed by oil and gas and banks stocks, up 2.8 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively.

In Bond Markets U.S. bond yields rose on Monday as upbeat economic data last week and a quiet period from the Federal Reserve set the stage for risk taking as the week began, with stocks adding to Friday’s earnings-fueled gains. The two-year U.S. Treasury yield, which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations, was up 4.4 basis points at 3.179 percent. The yield on 10-year Treasury notes was up 6.7 basis points at 2.997 percent. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was up 6.4 basis points at 3.159 percent.