Global Market Trends (30th Dec., 2021)

December 30, 2021

MAJOR INDEXES

Market report as of 29th, December 2021

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
S&P 500	4,793.060	6.7100	0.1400
NASDAQ	15,766.22	-15.51	-0.100
DJIA	36,488.63	90.420	0.2500
*FTSE	7,420.690*	48.590	0.6600
*NIKKEI	28,857.12*	-49.76	-0.170
*HSI	23,042.93*	-43.61	-0.190
*SHANGHAI	3,616.820*	19.820	0.5500
VIX	16.950000	-0.590	-3.360
*DAX	15,852.25*	UNCH	UNCH

S&P500 MARKET MOVERS

TOP

BIIB	Biogen Inc	9.458%
WDC	Western Digital Corp	5.236%
MU	Micron Technology Inc	3.475%
MRNA	Moderna Inc	2.667%
PHM	Pultegroup Inc	2.434%

BOTTOM

AMD	Advanced Micro Devices Inc	3.193%
AAL	American Airlines Group Inc	2.643%
MTCH	Match Group Inc	2.212%
DISCA	Discovery Inc	1.8910%
UAL	United Airlines Holdings Inc	1.8560%

SECURITIES

BONDS

NAME	YIELD	CHG
US 10-YR	1.5440	+0.0010
US 30-YR	1.9600	+0.0060
US 5-YR	1.2860	-0.0090
US 2-YR	0.7440	-0.0060
US 3-MO	0.0660	+0.0150
BUND 10-YR	-0.179	+0.0060
JPN 10-YR	0.0700	+0.0050
UK 10-YR	1.0100	-0.0040

FUTURES & COMMODITIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
*OIL	76.6600	+0.100	+0.130
*NAT GAS	3.89800	+0.048	+1.250
*GOLD	1,798.8	-7.000	-0.390
*SILVER	22.6900	-0.168	-0.730
*WHEAT	787.250	-0.500	-0.060
*COPPER	4.40000	-0.013	-0.290

CURRENCIES

NAME	LAST	CHG	%CHG
JPY/USD	0.8690	-0.0010	-0.100
USD INDEX	96.030	+0.100	+0.110
USD/JPY	115.08	+0.140	+0.120
GBP/USD	1.3480	-0.000	-0.020
EUR/USD	1.1330	-0.002	-0.180
USD/CAD	1.2800	+0.001	+0.08
AUD/USD	0.7250	+0.000	+0.03

Analyst View
U.S. bourses were upbeat touching record territories on Wednesday despite lingering worries about the surging coronavirus' omicron variant. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 90.42 points, or 0.25%, setting a new record. The S&P 500 rose 0.14%, setting its own record, while the Nasdaq Composite ended down 0.10%. It marked the first record close for the Dow since Nov. 8.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	36488.63	+90.42	+0.25%
SP500	S&P 500	4793.06	+6.71	+0.14%
I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	15766.216275	-15.51	-0.10%

Commodities, Oil climbed 0.76% to $76.56 per barrel, its highest level since Nov. 24.

Treasury bills, The 10-year Treasury yield also jumped 6.2 basis points to 1.542%, finishing at a five-week high.

Chinese shares, Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi also dropped 8% on Wednesday after Reuters reported that the company would list in Hong Kong in mid-2022 without issuing more shares or raising additional capital. Alibaba and Weibo also took a hit following a report that the former was considering selling its 30% stake in the latter to state-owned Shanghai Media Group.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
DIDI	DIDI GLOBAL INC	4.94	-0.44	-8.18%
BABA	ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD.	112.09	-2.71	-2.36%
WB	WEIBO CORP.	28.52	-1.02	-3.45%

Asian Stocks, Asian stocks were mixed in line with investors' sentiments, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.09% to 28,879.63, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped 0.24% to 23,025.94 and China's Shanghai Composite climbed by 0.57% to 3,617.34.

European Stocks, In Europe, London's FTSE rose 0.6% to 7,420.69, Germany's DAX was unchanged at 15,852.25 and France's CAC40 Index also remained unchanged at 7,161.52.

SOURCE: CNBC
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