--- title: "Market Sentiment Weakens As Middle East War Persists" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286562301.md" description: "Global market sentiment has weakened due to concerns over the ongoing Middle East war, energy price shocks, inflation spikes, and rising interest rates. Wall Street Futures and European benchmarks are trading lower, with Asian markets also experiencing heavy losses. The Dollar Index has gained, while bond yields have hardened amid inflation worries. Crude oil prices have risen, but gold has slipped nearly 3%. Major stock indexes are down, reflecting the overall negative market sentiment." datetime: "2026-05-15T12:07:29.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/286562301.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286562301.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/286562301.md) --- # Market Sentiment Weakens As Middle East War Persists Add as your preferred news source on Google Add Now Global market sentiment weakened as anxiety about the Middle East war, the energy price shock, inflation spike and the resultant rise in interest rates weighed heavily on sentiment. Wall Street Futures are trading in the red. Benchmarks in Europe are also trading in negative territory. Earlier in the day, Asian markets had finished trading with heavy losses. The 6-currency Dollar Index which measures the U.S. Dollar's strength against a basket of 6 currencies extended gains. Bond yields hardened across regions as markets worried about the inflationary impact of the Middle East war. Both the crude oil benchmarks have added to Thursday's gains. Gold slipped a little less than 3 percent. Cryptocurrencies are trading on a mixed note. Here is a snapshot of the major world markets at this hour. Stock Indexes: DJIA (US30) at 49,803.20, down 0.52% S&P 500 (US500) at 7,439.10, down 0.83% Germany's DAX at 24,086.98, down 1.50% U.K.'s FTSE 100 at 10,230.41, down 1.37% France's CAC 40 at 7,973.98, down 1.34% Euro Stoxx 50 at 5,839.75, down 1.47% Japan's Nikkei 225 at 61,553.00, down 1.76% Australia's S&P ASX 200 at 8,630.80, down 0.11% China's Shanghai Composite at 4,135.39, down 1.02% Hong Kong's Hang Seng at 25,962.73, down 1.62% South Korea's KOSPI at 7,493.18, down 6.12% Currencies: Dollar Index at 99.04, up 0.16% EUR/USD at 1.1651, down 0.15% GBP/USD at 1.3383, down 0.19% USD/JPY at 158.36, up 0.03% AUD/USD at 0.7175, down 0.66% USD/CAD at 1.3741, up 0.12% Ten-Year Govt Bond Yields: U.S. at 4.531%, up 1.66% Germany at 3.1057%, up 1.89% France at 3.892%, up 1.99% U.K. at 5.1350%, up 2.86% Japan at 2.702%, up 2.66% Commodities: Brent Oil Futures (Jul) at $107.79, up 1.96%. Crude Oil WTI Futures (Jun) at $103.65, up 2.45%. Gold Futures (Jun) at $4,564.80, down 2.57%. Silver Futures (Jul) at $79.16, down 7.23%. 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