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US Markets: Broader indices in the United States traded in green - particularly, the S&P 500 index traded 9.79 points or 0.27 per cent higher at 3,699.80, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index surged by 56.38 points or 0.19 per cent higher at 30,186.21, and the technology benchmark index Nasdaq Composite traded higher at 12,817.75, up by 46.63 points or 0.37 per cent against the previous day close (at the time of writing, before the US market close at 10:45 AM ET).
US Market News: The major indices of Wall Street traded in the green as the pre-Christmas trading period partially offset the concern expressed by Donald Trump on the Covid-19 relief package announced by Congress. Among the gaining stocks, Voya Financial stock grew by around 2.76% after the company announced its share repurchase program of around US$150 million. Alphabet surged by almost 0.52% after the company announced its plans in collaboration with Saudi Aramco to provide cloud services in Saudi Arabia. Apollo Global Management stock gained around 0.44% riding on the news that it leads the group of investors who are buying a 49.9% stake in AB InBev’s. Among the declining stocks, Alibaba shares dropped by about 10.59% due to the Chinese government’s antitrust investigation. Shares of Altimmune fell by around 9.67% after the FDA put a clinical hold on the human trials of its Covid-19 vaccine.
US Stocks Performance*
European News: The London and European markets traded in the green as the Brexit trade deal was completed with the European Union today. The European Parliament will do further analysis of the post Brexit trade deal in 2021, before giving final consent on the same. First free trade agreement was signed based on no tariffs and zero quotas. Among the gaining stocks, shares of Yourgene Health moved up by 5.08% after it was added to the UK Government’s approved Covid-19 private testing providers list. Supply@ME gained by around 4.40% after the company updated regarding the diversification of its investors base. Shares of Ixico grew by 1.74% after the company received a four-and-a-half-year contract worth £3.4 million. Among the decliners, Cobra Resources plunged by about 27.45% after the company announced significant gold intercepts at the Baggy Green deposit. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund fell by around 0.44% after the company updated its acquisition of a 30 MW battery project in Scotland. Shares of Rightmove had dropped the most on the FTSE-100 index.
European Indices Performance (at the time of writing):
FTSE 100 Index One Year Performance (as on 24 December 2020)
1 Year FTSE 100 Chart (Source: EODHD/Others, Thomson Reuters)
Top 3 Volume Stocks in FTSE 100*: Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LLOY); Barclays Plc (BARC); International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (IAG).
Top 3 Sectors traded in green*: Real Estate (+1.35%), Financials (+0.68%) and Consumer Non-Cyclicals (+0.45%).
Top 3 Sectors traded in red*: Energy (-0.59%), Healthcare (-0.19%) and Basic Materials (-0.19%).
London Stock Exchange: Stocks Performance (at the time of writing)
Crude Oil Future Prices*: Brent future crude oil (future) price and WTI crude oil (future) price were hovering at $51.34/barrel and $48.24/barrel, respectively.
Gold Price*: Gold price was quoting at US$1,883.25 per ounce, up by 0.27% against the prior day closing.
Currency Rates*: GBP to USD: 1.3538; EUR to GBP: 0.9001.
Bond Yields*: US 10-Year Treasury yield: 0.930%; UK 10-Year Government Bond yield: 0.254%.
*At the time of writing
