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Global equities markets are mixed currently on profit taking while President Trump tweeted his outrage claiming fraud as vote counting continues. Wall Street extended gains Thursday. Shares of Microsoft outperformed the market rising 3.19%, as did Amazon gaining 2.49%.
Forex news
| Currency Pair | Change |
| EUR USD | +0.14% |
| GBP USD | -0.01% |
| USD JPY | -1.35% |
The Dollar weakening is intact currently ahead of the US non-farm payrolls report at 17:30 CET today. The live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, fell 0.9% Thursday as Labor Department reported above expected 751 thousand Americans filed for first-time benefits instead of forecast of 740,000. Both EUR/USD and GBP/USD reversed their sliding despite euro-zone retail sales dropping above expected 2% over month in September after 4.2% growth a month prior. Euro is higher still against the Dollar currently while Pound is down.
USD/JPY accelerated its sliding while
AUD/USD’s continued rising yesterday with the dynamics intact currently.
Stock Market news
| Indices | Change |
| Dow Jones Index | +0.04% |
| Nikkei Index | +0.91% |
Futures on three main US stock indexes are lower currently after extending gains Thursday. The three main US stock benchmarks recorded gains ranging from 2% to 2.6% as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates at 0%-0.25% and pledged to do whatever it takes to sustain a US economic recovery.
European stock indexes are down today after ending solidly higher Thursday as the Bank of England voted to expand its bond purchases by £150 billion to £895 billion. Asian indexes are mixed currently with
Nikkei and
Australia’s All Ordinaries ASX 200 Index up while Chinese stock benchmarks are all down.
Commodity Market news
| Commodities | Change |
| Brent Crude Oil | -0.37% |
| WTI Crude | -0.13% |
Brent is extending losses today. Oil prices fell yesterday as the European Union’s executive commission lowered its economic forecast, estimating the EU economy would not rebound to pre-pandemic levels until 2023. The US oil benchmark
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures ended lower yesterday:
WTI slid 0.9% and is lower currently.
Brent crude closed 0.7% lower at $40.93 a barrel on Thursday.
Gold Market News
Gold prices are edging down today . Spot gold jumped Thursday sett
