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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 14, 2022

— The Dow New York Stock Exchange ended lower on Friday (Jan 14), with financial stocks weighing on the market heavily. After investors were disappointed with the big US bank’s 4Q21 earnings release at the start of the earnings release season of US listed companies.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 35,911.81, down 201.81, or -0.56%, the S&P500 closed at 4,662.85, up 3.82, or 0.08%, and the Nasdaq closed at 14,893.75, up 86.94, or +0.59%.

— European stock markets closed lower on Friday (Jan 14), pressured by rising inflation in the eurozone. and investors expect The European Central Bank (ECB) will raise interest rates this year.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index closed at 481.16, down 4.89, or -1.01%, and was its worst weekly performance since late November.

The French CAC-40 index closed at 7,143.00, down 58.14, or -0.81%, the German stock market DAX closed at 15,883.24, down 148.35, or -0.93%, and the FTSE 100 in London closed at 7,542.95, down 20.90, or -0.28%

— London stocks closed lower on Friday (Jan 14), pressured by the drop in individual stocks. Despite the rise in banking and oil stocks

The FTSE 100 London Stock Exchange closed at 7,542.95, down 20.90, or -0.28%.

— New York West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures closed higher on Friday (Jan 14) and gained strength this week. Because the trading atmosphere in the market is still bright. After investors eased concerns about the impact on oil demand caused by the Covid-19 epidemic. Omicron species

The WTI crude oil contract was delivered in February. It was up $1.70, or 2.1 percent, at $83.82 a barrel and was up 6.2 percent for the week.

The Brent crude oil contract (BRENT) will be delivered in March. It was up $1.59, or 1.9 percent, to close at $86.06 a barrel and up 5.3 percent for the week. It rose for the 4th week in a row.

— New York gold futures closed negative on Friday (Jan 14), pressured by a stronger US dollar. weigh down the gold contract The New York Gold Exchange will be closed on Monday, Jan. 17 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The COMEX (Commodity Exchange) gold contract will be delivered in Feb. It was down $4.9, or 0.27%, at $1,816.5 an ounce. But in this week Gold futures rose 1.1%.

Silver metal contract delivered in March It was down 24.4 cents, or 1.05%, at $22.918 an ounce.

The platinum contract will be delivered in April. It was down $7.6, or 0.78%, at $964.6/ounce.

Palladium contract delivered in March It was down $11.80, or 0.6%, at $1,878.20 an ounce.

— The US dollar rose against the major currencies in trading at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday (Jan 14), rebounding after three straight days of decline.

The dollar index, which measures the dollar’s movements against six major currencies in a basket of currencies, rose 0.39% to 95.1673.

The US dollar strengthened against the yen to 114.14 yen from 114.06 yen, the US dollar strengthened against the Swiss franc to 0.9137 francs from 0.9107 francs and appreciated against the dollar. Canada to 1.2560 Canadian Dollars from 1.2488 Canadian Dollars

The euro was lower against the dollar to $1.1415 from $1.1460, the pound was lower to $1.3676 from $1.3718, and the Australian dollar was lower to $0.7208 from $0.7288.

The DJIA New York Stock Exchange closed at 35,911.81, down 201.81, -0.56%.

The New York Stock Exchange S&P500 closed at 4,662.85, up 3.82, +0.08%.

The NASDAQ New York Stock Exchange closed at 14,893.75, up 86.94, +0.59%.

The FTSE 100 London Stock Exchange closed at 7,542.95, down 20.90, -0.28%.

The French stock market CAC-40 index closed at 7,143.00, down 58.14, -0.81%.

The German stock market DAX index closed at 15,883.24, down 148.35, -0.93%.

Indian stock market SENSEX index closed at 61,223.03 minus 12.27 points or 0.02%.

The Jakarta Composite Index closed at 6,693.40 points, up 35.05 points, +0.53%.

FBMKLCI Malaysia stock markets closed at 1,555.33, down 14.18, -0.90%.

The PSE Composite index closed at 7,261.34, down 46.41, -0.64%.

The FTSE STI index in Singapore closed at 3,281.97, up 24.67, +0.76%.

The HSI index in Hong Kong closed at 24,383.32, down 46.45, or -0.19%.

The SSE Composite Index closed at 3,521.26 points, down 34 points, or -0.96%.

The TAIEX index of Taiwan stocks closed at 18,403.33, down 33.60, -0.18%.

The KOSPI index closed at 2,921.92, down 40.17, -1.36%.

The NIKKEI 225 Japanese stock market closed at 28,124.28, down 364.85, -1.28%.

The S&P/ASX 200 Australian stock market closed at 7,393.90, down 80.50, -1.08%.

The Australian ALL ORDINARIES index closed at 7,393.90, down 80.50, -1.08%.