Global Market Trends (4th Jan., 2022)

January 4, 2022

MAJOR INDEXES

Market report as of 3rd, January 2022

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
S&P 500	4,796.560	30.380	0.6400
NASDAQ	15,832.80	187.83	1.2000
DJIA	36,585.06	246.76	0.6800
*FTSE	7,384.540*	-18.47	-0.250
*NIKKEI	29,301.79*	510.08	1.7700
*HSI	23,189.26*	-85.49	-0.370
*SHANGHAI	3,632.330*	-7.450	-0.200
VIX	16.60000	UNCH	UNCH
*DAX	16,020.73*	UNCH	UNCH

S&P500 MARKET MOVERS

TOP

TSLA	Tesla Inc	13.532%
DISCA	Discovery Inc	7.6040%
DISCK	Discovery Inc	7.3800%
OXY	Occidental Petroleum Corp	7.1400%
NCLH	Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd	6.9430%

BOTTOM

MRNA	Moderna Inc	7.453%
FTNT	Fortinet Inc	7.312%
TECH	Bio-Techne Corp	5.712%
LH	Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings	5.102%
DGX	Quest Diagnostics Inc	5.006%

SECURITIES

BONDS

NAME	YIELD	CHG
US 10-YR	1.6300	UNCH
US 30-YR	2.0200	+0.003
US 5-YR	1.3560	-0.013
US 2-YR	0.7760	-0.010
US 3-MO	0.0890	UNCH
BUND 10-YR	-0.132	-0.008
JPN 10-YR	0.0850	+0.016
UK 10-YR	0.9710	-0.001

FUTURES & COMMODITIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
*OIL	75.8800	-0.200	-0.26
*NAT GAS	3.81100	-0.004	-0.10
*GOLD	1,804.1	+4.000	+0.22
*SILVER	22.825	+0.015	+0.07
*WHEAT	758.50	+0.500	+0.07
*COPPER	4.3870	-0.035	-0.78

CURRENCIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
JPY/USD	0.864	-0.003	-0.36
USD INDEX	96.32	+0.110	+0.11
USD/JPY	115.7	+0.380	+0.33
GBP/USD	1.347	-0.001	-0.04
EUR/USD	1.129	-0.001	-0.07
USD/CAD	1.273	-0.001	-0.07
AUD/USD	0.721	+0.002	+0.21

Analyst Views
The U.S. bourse kicked off the 2022 trading session with a positive investors' appetite, the market moved into fresh records Monday, extending 2021's winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 246 points or 0.7%, while S&P 500 added 0.6%, both closed at record highs. Investors are coming off a winning year that drove the S&P up 27%, or over 1,011 points, the largest one-year point gain on record.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	36585.06	+246.76	+0.68%
SP500	S&P 500	4796.56	+30.38	+0.64%

The Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.2% helped in part by Apple which became the first U.S. company to hit $3 trillion in market value intra-day. Shares closed just below that level.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	15832.798557	+187.83	+1.20%
AAPL	APPLE INC.	182.01	+4.44	+2.50%

Vaccine Makers, Pfizer received approval from the Food and Drug Administration allowing extra shots for children as young as 12. Other vaccine makers traded mixed on the news.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
PFE	PFIZER INC.	56.65	-2.40	-4.06%
BNTX	BIONTECH SE	231.85	-25.95	-10.07%
MRNA	MODERNA INC.	235.05	-18.93	-7.45%

Automakers, Tesla rose after the automaker announced it delivered 308,600 vehicles globally in the fourth quarter to set its sixth consecutive quarterly record, beating analyst estimates by over 15%.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
TSLA	TESLA INC.	1,199.78	+143.00	+13.53%

Other electric vehicle makers, including China's Nio and Li Auto, also reported strong delivery numbers.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
NIO	NIO INC. (CHINA)	33.47	+1.79	+5.65%
LI	LI AUTO INC.	32.34	+0.24	+0.75%

Commodities, oil drifted higher by 1.1% to $76.08 per barrel level, while gold slipped 1.5% to $1,799 an ounce.

The European market opened the first trading day with mixed investors' reactions, London's FTSE dipped 0.25% to 7,384.54, while Germany's DAX closed at 16,020.73 unchanged and France's CAC was also flat at 7,217.22.

Asian Market, In Asian trading, Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.5% to 23,274.75 and the Kospi in South Korea rose 0.4% to 2,988.77. Japanese Nikkei rose by 1.77% to 29,301.79 while China Shanghai dipped by 0.2% to 3,632.33

Evergrande, One of China’s biggest real estate developers, Evergrande Group, which is struggling to avoid a default on $310 billion of debt, announced Monday it had asked for the trading of its shares in Hong Kong to be suspended ahead of an announcement of unspecified "inside information."

SOURCE: CNBC
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