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World Markets: Summary of stock market, oil, gold

Indices and stock market conditions, oil, gold and foreign money markets on Jan 11, 2022

— The Dow New York Stock Exchange ended higher on Tuesday (Jan 11), with energy and technology stocks leading the market. After Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Fed) did not signal a different interest rate direction. The Fed’s plan to tighten its monetary policy will not affect the US economy and jobs.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 36,252.02, up 183.15, or +0.51%, the S&P500 closed at 4,713.07, up 42.78, or +0.92%, and the Nasdaq closed at 15,153.45, up 210.62, or +1.41%.

— European stock markets closed positive on Tuesday (Jan 11), with markets recovering. Investors jumped to buy technology stocks in hopes of better-than-expected fourth-quarter results after fears about rising interest rates have dragged them down sharply over days. past

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index closed at 483.08, up 4.04, or +0.84%.

The French stock market CAC-40 closed at 7,183.38, up 67.61, or +0.95%, the German stock market DAX closed at 15,941.81, up 173.54, or +1.10%, and the FTSE 100 London Stock Exchange closed at 7,491.37, up 46.12, or +0.62%

— London stocks closed higher on Tuesday (Jan 11), recovering in tandem with global equities. After falling heavily in the past due to concerns about tightening monetary policy. Meanwhile, mid-cap stocks rebounded from their lowest in nearly three weeks.

The FTSE 100 London Stock Exchange closed at 7,491.37, up 46.12 points, or +0.62%.

New York’s West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil (WTI) ended up hitting a two-month high on Tuesday (Jan 11), helped by tightening oil prices. including the prediction that the COVID-19 virus The Omicron strain will not affect global oil demand.

The WTI crude oil contract was delivered in February. It rose $2.99, or 3.8%, to close at $81.22 a barrel. This is the highest closing level since Nov 11, 2021.

The Brent crude oil contract (BRENT) will be delivered in March. It rose $2.85 3.5% to close at $83.72 a barrel. This is the highest closing level since Nov 9, 2021.

— New York gold futures closed up nearly $20 on Tuesday (Jan 11), helped by a weakening dollar. And as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell did not signal a sharper rate hike than the Fed had previously signaled.

The COMEX (Commodity Exchange) gold contract will be delivered in February. It was up $19.7, or 1.1%, at $1,818.5 an ounce.

Silver metal contract delivered in March It was up 35 cents, or 1.56%, at $22.812 an ounce.

The platinum contract will be delivered in April. It rose $39.6, or 4.24 percent, at $973.2 an ounce.

Palladium contract delivered in March It was up $12.90, or 0.7%, at $1,922.10 an ounce.

— The US dollar weakened against the major currencies. In trading at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday (Jan. 11), after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gave no signal about a different interest rate trend. While investors are eyeing the release of the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) today.

The dollar index, which measures the dollar’s movements against six major currencies in a basket of currencies, fell 0.37% to 95.6314 overnight.

The US dollar was lower against the Swiss franc to 0.9237 franc from 0.9272 franc and was lower against the Canadian dollar to 1.2581 CAD from 1.2680 CAD. But the US dollar strengthened against the yen at 115.36 yen from 115.21 yen.

The euro was higher against the dollar at $1.1366 from $1.1322, while the pound rose to $1.3627 from $1.3570, and the Australian dollar rose to $0.07208 from $0.71169.

The DJIA New York Stock Exchange closed at 36,252.02, up 183.15, +0.51%.

The New York Stock Exchange S&P500 closed at 4,713.07, up 42.78, +0.92%.

The NASDAQ New York Stock Exchange closed at 15,153.45, up 210.62, +1.41%.

The FTSE 100 London Stock Exchange closed at 7,491.37, up 46.12, +0.62%.

The French stock market CAC-40 index closed at 7,183.38, up 67.61, +0.95%.

The German stock market DAX index closed at 15,941.81, up 173.54, +1.10%.

Indian stock market SENSEX index closed at 60,616.89 points, up 221.26 points, +0.37%.

The Jakarta Composite Index closed at 6,647.97, down 43.15, -0.64%.

The FBMKLCI index of Malaysian stocks closed at 1,564.29 points, up 14.12 points, +0.91%.

The PSE Composite index closed at 7,085.69, down 54.98, -0.77%.

The FTSE STI index in Singapore closed at 3,246.37, up 19.32, +0.60%.

The HSI index in Hong Kong closed at 23,739.06, down 7.48, -0.031%.

The SSE Composite index closed at 3,567.44, down 26.08, -0.73%.

The TAIEX index of Taiwan stocks closed at 18,288.21, up 48.83, +0.27%.

The KOSPI index closed at 2,927.38 points, an increase of 0.66 points, +0.02%.

The NIKKEI 225 Japanese stock market closed at 28,222.48, down 256.08, -0.90%.

The S&P/ASX 200 Australian stock market closed at 7,390.10, down 57.00, -0.77%.

The Australian ALL ORDINARIES index closed at 7,710.70, down 55.40, -0.71%.


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