Stocks and dollar rise as euro slides to low

Global equities advanced and the dollar strengthened on Monday as investors trimmed expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike. Meanwhile, the euro sank to a seventeen month low amid mounting fiscal concerns in France.

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A man walks in front of an electronic screen displaying Japan's Nikkei stock prices quotation board inside a conference hall in Tokyo, Japan, April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Global equities pushed higher on Monday morning while the dollar climbed, as cooling job growth in the United States tempered expectations for an aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate hike. Markets now price in less than a 20% chance of a rate increase this month. This shift follows weaker September employment data that signaled a cooling economy.

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