Currencies

• EUR/USD The euro fell against the dollar for the first time in three days after European governments failed to agree on releasing a loan payment to spare Greece from default.
  • The euro fell to $1.4237 as of 6:51 a.m. in London from $1.4306 in New York on June 17.


• USD/JPY The greenback strengthened against most major peers as investors bought safer assets.
  • The dollar rose to 80.22 yen from 80.05.


• GBP/USD The pair decreased since Friday.
  • The British pound fell to $1.6149, down from $1.6169 Friday.

Commodities

• Gold decreased today after a one-week high on Friday, amid uncertainty swirling around a weekend meeting of euro-zone officials convened to address Greek debt problems.
  • Immediate-delivery gold fell 0.2 percent to $1,537.20 an ounce at 12:55 p.m. in Singapore after gaining 0.6 percent on June 17.
  • The August-delivery contract in New York was little changed at $1,537.80 an ounce.

• Oil slid for a second day in New York, trading at the lowest in four months, on speculation a weakening global economy and Greece's debt crisis will lead to lower fuel demand.
  • Crude for July delivery fell as much as $1.59 to $91.42 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 1:28 p.m. Singapore time.

Equities

• U.S. rose for the first time in seven weeks, as concern about the American economy ebbed even as the Greek debt crisis deepened.
  • The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose less than 0.1 percent to 1,271.50.
  • The Dow rose 52.45 points, or 0.4 percent, to 12,004.36 last week.


• European stock fell, with the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index declining for a seventh week, as concern mounted that the European Union may delay a second rescue plan for Greece.
  • The U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index rose 0.28 percent.
  • France's CAC 40 climbed 0.83 percent and Germany's DAX advanced 0.76 percent.


• Asian stocks stocks fell, as oil prices fell to a five- month low after European governments failed to agree a loan payout to spare Greece from default.
  • The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.5 percent to 128.96 as of 2:40 p.m. in Tokyo.
  • Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average was little changed.
  • Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index lost 0.3 percent and China's Shanghai Composite Index slumped 0.9 percent.

Sources: Bloomberg, FT