Global Market Trends (13th Dec., 2021)

December 13, 2021

MAJOR INDEXES

Market report as of 10th, December 2021

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
S&P 500	4,712.020	44.570	0.950
NASDAQ	15,630.60	113.23	0.730
DJIA	35,970.99	216.30	0.600
*FTSE	7,295.880*	4.1000	0.060
*NIKKEI	28,640.49*	202.72	0.710
*HSI	23,954.58*	-41.14	-0.17
*SHANGHAI	3,681.080*	14.730	0.400
VIX	19.110000	0.4200	2.250
*DAX	15,689.87*	66.560	0.430

S&P500 MARKET MOVERS

TOP

ORCL	Oracle Corp	15.613%
F	Ford Motor Co	9.6070%
AVGO	Broadcom Inc	8.2720%
COST	Costco Wholesale Corp	6.5780%
GM	General Motors Co	6.0220%

BOTTOM

MRNA	Moderna Inc	5.566%
PENN	Penn National Gaming Inc	4.038%
ETSY	ETSY Inc	3.891%
LUV	Southwest Airlines Co	3.761%
GNRC	Generac Holdings Inc	3.438%

SECURITIES

BONDS

NAME	YIELD	CHG
US 10-YR	1.4800	-0.009
US 30-YR	1.8760	-0.008
US 5-YR	1.2520	-0.001
US 2-YR	0.6650	+0.003
US 3-MO	0.0680	+0.005
BUND 10-YR	-0.349	+0.001
JPN 10-YR	0.0470	-0.003
UK 10-YR	0.7230	-0.019

FUTURES & COMMODITIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
*OIL	72.2300	+0.560	+0.780
*NAT GAS	3.98100	+0.056	+1.430
*GOLD	1,787.1	+2.300	+0.130
*SILVER	22.2450	+0.085	+0.380
*WHEAT	782.250	-3.000	-0.380
*COPPER	4.31300	+0.027	+0.620

CURRENCIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
JPY/USD	0.8800	-0.002	-0.250
USD INDEX	96.330	+0.23	+0.240
USD/JPY	113.62	+0.24	+0.210
GBP/USD	1.3220	-0.005	-0.350
EUR/USD	1.1280	-0.003	-0.270
USD/CAD	1.2740	+0.002	+0.180
AUD/USD	0.7140	-0.003	-0.390

Analyst View
US Stocks rose on the final trading day of the week despite a persistent jump in inflation. The S&P 500 rose over 0.6% nabbing its first record close since November. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.7% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 216 points or 0.6%.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	35970.99	+216.30	+0.60%
SP500	S&P 500	4712.02	+44.57	+0.95%
I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	15630.601036	+113.23	+0.73%

Labour stat: The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the consumer price index on a year-over-year basis, jumped 6.8%, the highest in more than 39 years and up from 6.2% in October. On a monthly basis prices rose 0.8% month-over-month in November, below October’s 0.9% increase.

Commodity: Oil rose to the $71 per barrel level after gaining 8% for the week.

Vaccine makers remain in high interest as the omicron variant continues to be monitored. Moderna's Chairman commented that the drugmaker is working on more therapies to combat it. Moderna Chairman Noubar Afeyan says the company is at the tail-end of booster trails and expects data to be released next week. And Peloton shares slipped over 5% after Credit Suisse cut the stock to neutral.

European markets, the Euro market closed the week on a positive trend while the markets awaits monetary decision by the ECB this week. London's FTSE added 0.12% to close at 7,300.24, Germany's DAX gained 0.81% to close at 15,751.88 and France's CAC rose 0.48% to close at 7,025.17.

Asian market, the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 0.71% to close at 28,640.49, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong advanced however lost 0.17% to close at 23,954.58 while China's Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.41% to close at 3,681.08 after Chinese producer price inflation eased to 12.9% over a year earlier from October's 13.5%.

SOURCE: CNBC
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