Markets in red on debt ceiling jitters

FXstreet.com (Edinburgh) -The ongoing debate surrounding the US debt ceiling and the lack of solid responses, if any, by the US politicians are weighing on sentiment at the end of the trading week, as October 1st deadline is looming. The greenback, in terms of the US Dollar Index, is bouncing off session lows, giving away weekly gains around 80.20/15. As of writing, DowJones is retreating 0.44%, followed by the S&P500, 0.40% and the Nasdaq, 0.08%.

Across the pond, Italian political effervescence dragged the main indices lower, with the FTSE100 dropping 0.81%, ahead of the IBEX35, 0.47% and the DAX, 0.03%. The shared currency is netting a flat week around 1.3520, retracing earlier gains after testing post-FOMC peaks around 1.3560/65.

Commodities are trading in a mixed tone, with the ounce troy of gold gaining 1.06% at $1,338 and the barrel of WTI losing 0.18% at $102.84.