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US Markets: Broader indices in the United States traded in green - particularly, the S&P 500 index traded 32.64 points or 0.89 per cent higher at 3,696.10, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index surged by 242.99 points or 0.81 per cent higher at 30,289.36, and the technology benchmark index Nasdaq Composite traded higher at 12,535.76, up by 157.89 points or 1.28 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 key indices of Wall Street traded in green reflecting positive investor sentiments riding on the hopes of Covid-19 vaccine. Among the gaining stocks, Alexion soared up by around 31% after the company received a bid of $39 billion from AstraZeneca. Pfizer stock gained around 1.3% as its Covid-19 vaccine will be provided to the US population starting this week. Among the declining stocks, shares of SolarWinds fell by close to 10.0% after the IT firm said that it had hit a manual supply chain attack by the nation state. Alphabet shares dropped by around 0.4% after the company’s services were down for thousands of users across the globe.
US Stocks Performance*
European News: The London and European markets traded in the green amid the news of an extension of Brexit agreement. Among the gaining stocks, Polypipe went up by around 12.69% after the company announced that annual profit would beat expectations. Shares of Sareum Holdings soared up by 23.08% driven by the news that TYK2 is identified as a causative genetic mechanism for Covid-19. Natwest Group rose about 7.25% and gained the most on the FTSE-100 index. Among the decliners, AstraZeneca was down by about 7.38% after the company said that it was purchasing US drug developer, Alexion Pharmaceuticals. Dignity slipped by around 6.06% after its finance director resigned from the board.
European Indices Performance (at the time of writing):
FTSE 100 Index One Year Performance (as on 14 December 2020)
1 Year FTSE 100 Chart (Source: EODHD/Others, Thomson Reuters)
Top 3 Volume Stocks in FTSE 100*: Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LLOY); BT Group Plc (BT.A); Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (RR.).
Top 3 Sectors traded in green*: Consumer Cyclicals (+2.16%), Financials (+2.06%) and Technology (+1.20%).
Top 3 Sectors traded in red*: Healthcare (-4.33%), Consumer Non-Cyclicals (-0.39%) and Energy (-0.14%).
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 $50.63/barrel and $47.27/barrel, respectively.
Gold Price*: Gold price was quoting at US$1,831.05 per ounce, down by 0.68% against the prior day closing.
Currency Rates*: GBP to USD: 1.3332; EUR to GBP: 0.9118.
Bond Yields*: US 10-Year Treasury yield: 0.898%; UK 10-Year Government Bond yield: 0.217%.
*At the time of writing
