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Market Wrap: Stocks, Bonds, Commodities |
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On Thursday, U.S. markets were closed for the Thanksgiving Day holiday.
On Black Friday, the market trading session will end earlier at 1:00 PM.
U.S. online sales on the Thanksgiving holiday are projected to increase 6% year on year to 8.6 billion dollars, according to Salesforce.com.
European stocks closed slightly higher, with the DAX 40 adding 0.18%, the CAC 40 up 0.04%, and the FTSE 100 up 0.02%.
Gold price dipped 7 dollars to 4,157 dollars an ounce.
U.S. WTI crude futures rebounded a further 45 cents to 59.10 dollars a barrel. Reuters reported that OPEC+ will keep their oil-output policy unchanged in the first quarter of 2026.
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The U.S. dollar index remained subdued at 99.54.
EUR/USD edged up 2 pips to 1.1596. Germany's GfK consumer confidence index improved slightly to -23.2 for December.
USD/JPY fell 18 pips to 156.29.
GBP/USD dipped 4 pips to 1.3236, while AUD/USD gained 18 pips to 0.6533.
USD/CHF added 6 pips to 0.8046, while USD/CAD slipped 15 pips to 1.4027.
Bitcoin charged higher after regaining the key level of 90,000 dollars, touching 91,900 on the upside.
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In Asian trading hours, USD/JPY was broadly flat at 156.25. Japan's jobless rate stayed at 2.6% in October as expected, while industrial production rose 1.4% month-on-month, compared with -0.3% estimated, and retail sales grew 1.6%, above 0.6% expected.
Meanwhile, EUR/USD slipped to 1.1586, while GBP/USD was little changed at 1.3235.
Gold bounced to 4,188 dollars.
Bitcoin eased to 90,730 dollars.
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Germany's retail sales are estimated to increase by 0.3% month-on-month in October. Also, jobless rate is anticipated to edge up to 6.4% in November and inflation rate is expected to stay at 2.3% year-on-year.
France's inflation rate is expected to climb to 1.1% year-on-year in November, while the producer price index is estimated to drop 0.3% in October.
Canada's third quarter annualized gross domestic product is expected to grow 0.4% quarter-on-quarter.
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