US Stock Index Futures Fell &Nbsp, Gold Prices Hit A New High.

US stock index futures fell sharply on Sunday and gold prices hit a record high on Sunday, according to the US daily report, which was affected by standard Standard (S & amp; AAA) Friday's downgrade of the US AAA sovereign credit rating. This will further crack down on the trend of US dollar and high yield assets dragged down by recession.

Dow Jones futures Plunge 318, the S & P index futures fell 2.8%.

Late Sunday, the electronic trading system, Comex, gold futures hit a record high of $1699.70 an ounce in August.

On Monday, the Asian exchange market in the early morning, the dollar exchange rate generally fell, the euro reported 1.4329 U.S. dollars, last week, five late 1.4280 U. S. dollars, early trading rose to 1.4429 U.S. dollars. The US dollar was 78.045 yen against Japanese yen, five yen last week, 78.48 yen, euro 112.17 yen, and five yen last week at 111.01 yen. The pound traded at US $1.6464 against the US dollar, and last week ended at five US $1.6394 last week. The US dollar was 0.7565 Swiss francs against Swiss francs, which ended last Friday at 0.7673 Swiss francs. ICE dollars index 74.109, five last week 74.549.