The Dow futures are up by 0.59%, and the S&P 500 futures are trading higher by 0.65% on the last check Thursday. WTI crude futures are up by 0.91% to $51.09, and gold futures are up 0.77% at $1,923.30. Ten-year Treasury yield is higher by 2.2 basis points at 1.063%.
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Bitcoin saw a sharp 8% gain to trade at $37,129, and Ethereum is up 8.5% at $1,194.46 on the last check. The cryptocurrency market valuation has crossed the $1 trillion mark. The VIX futures are down by 4.28% to 24.05.
Asia: Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.60% on Thursday, led by gains in financials and metal stocks. The nations’ average cash earnings and overall employee wages for November fell 2.2% year-over-year. Current account and household spending data are due later today.
China’s Shanghai Composite closed higher by 0.71%. Stocks of Chinese companies fell in the U.S. yesterday on reports of a ban of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) and Tencent Holdings (OTC: TCEHY).
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rallied 1.59%, led by miners. Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO) gained 8.56% in Sydney. The continent’s trade balance surplus narrowed to A$5.02 billion, and November building approvals grew 2.6% YoY.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.52%. The nation’s forex reserves expanded to $491.6 billion.
India’s Nifty 50 index is trading higher by 0.28%. South Korea’s KOSPI rallied 2.14% to close at a record high of 3,031.
Europe: Euro Stoxx 50 is up by 0.32%. The bloc has a busy economic calendar on Thursday with business climate, consumer confidence, CPI, Retail Sales data scheduled.
London’s FTSE 100 is down by 0.23% at press time after opening higher. Construction PMI data is due today.
Germany’s DAX is trading higher by 0.51% at publication time after Factory orders showed 2.3% MoM growth.
France’s CAC 40 is up by 0.38%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 has slipped 0.40% on the last check.
Forex Trading: U.S. Dollar Index futures are up 0.17% to 89.657. The dollar has gained 0.30% against the Euro, 0.02% against the Sterling Pound, 0.40% against the Japanese Yen, and 0.02% against the Chinese Yuan.
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