U.S. Markets The U.S. stock market was closed yesterday for Thanksgiving. - Markets will be open for a shortened day of trading today.
- Historically stocks have risen on shortened trading days.
- The current 10 Year U.S. Treasury yield is set at 3.70010%
| Dow Jones | 34,194.06 | 0.28% | | S&P 500 | 4,027.26 | 0.59% | | Nasdaq | 11,285.32 | 0.99% | | Russell 2000 | 1,863.52 | 0.17% | *Stock Market data as of the last closing bell. Data received directly from the references indexes through ICE Data Services. Do you not understand any of these figures? Check out our explainer.
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Canadian Markets Statistics Canada has said that the number of job vacancies was up to 994,800 in September. - The number of job vacancies was up 3.8% compared to last year.
- The industry with the highest number of vacancies was the construction industry, which had a 14% vacancy rate.
- Accommodation and food services had a 12% vacancy rate, which remains elevated following the pandemic.
*Canadian stock prices are as of the last close. Data received directly from the references indexes through ICE Data Services
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European Markets European markets were up on Thursday despite U.S. markets being closed. - The Stoxx 600 was up 0.5%, gaining for a third consecutive day.
- Chemicals stocks led the markets to gain 1.1% as all sectors finished up on the day.
- Turkey's central bank cut interest rates by 1.50% to 9% in a bid to support its economy.
| Euro STOXX 50 | 3,961.99 | 0.39% | | UK (FTSE 100) | 7,466.60 | 0.02% | | Germany (DAX) | 14,539.56 | 0.78% | | France (CAC 40) | 6,707.32 | 0.42% | *European stock prices are as of 7am ET. Data received directly from the references indexes through ICE Data Services.
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Asian Markets Stocks in Asia were also down despite the U.S. markets being closed. - Stocks in Malaysia saw the biggest increase as investors benefited from increased political stability. The KLCI index (the largest index in Malaysia) gained 3.86%.
- The Bank of Korea increased its interest rates by 0.25% to 3.25%.
- Stocks in Mainland China were down, with the Shanghai Composite down 0.25% and the Shenzhen Component down 0.15%.
| S&P Asia 50 | 4,229.57 | 1.97% | | Japan (Nikkei 225) | 28,383.09 | 0.95% | | South Korea (KOSPI) | 2,441.33 | 0.96% | | China (Hang Seng) | 17,660.90 | 0.78% | | India (SENSEX) | 62,272.68 | 1.24% | *Asian stock prices are as of 7am ET.Data received directly from the references indexes through ICE Data Services.
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Commodities Oil prices were down slightly on the day, accounting for the decline in demand with U.S. markets closed. - Brent crude was down 0.3%, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was flat.
- The stability comes a day after Brent and U.S. West Texas Intermediate were down 3%.
- Private data shows that crude inventories in the U.S. are at 431.7M.
| Oil (NYSEARCA:OIL) | 29.33 | -3.87% | | Gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) | 163.08 | 0.62% | | Silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) | 19.81 | 1.96% | | Corn (NYSEARCA:CORN) | 26.40 | 0.53% | | Lumber (NASDAQ:WOOD) | 76.53 | 0.45% | *Commodity prices are as of 7am ET. Data from MarketWatch. To understand why investors track the prices of these commodities, click here.
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Cryptocurrency Bitcoin and Ethereum were both flat on the day despite trading volumes falling. - Belgium's financial regulator has claimed that Bitcoin and Ethereum are not securities and should not be regulated as such.
- This is different from the U.S., where the SEC, CFTC and other agencies have fought over the right to regulate cryptocurrencies.
- Binance has bid to purchase Voyager after it was put back on the market following FTX's bankruptcy.
| Bitcoin | $16,511.80 | 2.25% | | Ethereum | $1,192.31 | 0.68% | | Litecoin | $77.22 | -2.13% | | Bitcoin Cash | $114.90 | 5.17% | *Exchange rates as of 7am ET. Data from Morningstar Financial Research. To understand why we track these currencies and the differences between them, click here.
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