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US Markets Stock futures rose overnight after the U.S. published stronger-than-expected consumer confidence data. - Micron Technologies lost 2% overnight after its quarterly results missed expectations.
- Under Armour's stock was volatile all night as investors remained undecided about the company's future following the announcement that Stephanie Linnartz, currently an executive at Marriott, will be its new CEO.
- The current 10 Year U.S. Treasury yield is set at 3.66740%
| Dow Jones | 33,376.48 | 1.60% | | S&P 500 | 3,878.44 | 1.49% | | Nasdaq | 10,709.37 | 1.54% | | Russell 2000 | 1,776.94 | 1.65% | *Stock Market data as of the last closing bell. Data received directly from the reference 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 published inflation data for the country's provinces. - November's annual inflation rate rose from the previous month in Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Manitoba from October to November.
- The inflation rate was down in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columba from October to November.
- The inflation rate was the highest in PEI at 9.7% and the lowest in Alberta at 6.6%.
*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 rose on Wednesday despite the negative sentiment in markets recently. - The Stoxx 600 was up 1.7% on the day, with all sectors rising.
- The retail sector saw the biggest gains, up 2.8%, financial stocks rose 2.5%, and mining stocks gained 2.2%.
- Puma surged 9.5% and Adidas soared 6.8% as sportswear brands saw strong gains.
| Euro STOXX 50 | 3,872.15 | 1.83% | | UK (FTSE 100) | 7,497.32 | 1.72% | | Germany (DAX) | 14,097.82 | 1.54% | | France (CAC 40) | 6,580.24 | 2.01% | *European stock prices are as of 7 am ET. Data received directly from the reference indexes through ICE Data Services.
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Asian Markets Stocks in Asia were mixed on Thursday morning after falling on Wednesday. - Australian markets rose, following news reports that the foreign minister plans to meet with the Chinese government to ask Beijing to lift trade sanctions.
- Indonesia said it plans to ban bauxite exports as of June 2023.
- India's central bank has raised concerns about the impact of private cryptocurrencies on its financial system.
| S&P Asia 50 | 4,389.59 | 0.36% | | Japan (Nikkei 225) | 26,387.72 | -0.68% | | South Korea (KOSPI) | 2,328.95 | -0.19% | | China (Hang Seng) | 19,160.49 | 0.34% | | India (SENSEX) | 61,067.24 | -1.03% | *Asian stock prices are as of 7 am ET. Data received directly from the reference indexes through ICE Data Services.
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Commodities Oil prices were up on Wednesday, with new data indicating that the U.S. will add more than expected to its stockpiles. - The potential gains were limited by concerns surrounding fuel demand over the holidays due to severe winter weather that has grounded planes in Canada and the U.S.
- Brent rose 2.76% on the day and US West Texas Intermediate crude gained 2.7%.
- The U.S. Energy Information Administration said that its crude inventories were down 5.89 million barrels last week, more than the 1.66 million estimated.
| Oil (NYSEARCA:OIL) | 29.55 | 2.57% | | Gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) | 168.80 | -0.18% | | Silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) | 22.07 | -0.72% | | Corn (NYSEARCA:CORN) | 26.31 | 1.19% | | Lumber (NASDAQ:WOOD) | 73.41 | 0.52% | *Commodity prices are as of 7 am ET. Data from MarketWatch. To understand why investors track the prices of these commodities, click here.
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Currency Exchange Rates The Japanese Yen was very volatile on Wednesday, the day after the Bank of Japan unexpectedly changed its monetary policy. - The Yen was up as much as 4% on the day against the U.S. Dollar but finished down by 0.4%.
- The Canadian Dollar stayed aligned with the USD but has also been volatile, with investors unsure about whether the Bank of Canada will continue hiking interest rates aggressively.
- The U.S. Dollar is up nearly 9% so far this year.
| UK(GBP) | £0.83 | 0.60% | | Europe (EURO) | €0.94 | 0.04% | | Canada (Canadian Dollar) | $1.36 | -0.22% | | Japan (Yen) | ¥132.26 | -3.45% | *Exchange rates as of 7 am ET. Data from Morningstar Financial Research. To understand why we track these currencies and the differences between them, click here.
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Cryptocurrency The Attorney General of the Bahamas said that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) will be extradited to the U.S. - SBF had previously signaled that he intended to fight the extradition.
- The co-founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is expected to appear in front of a New York judge on Thursday.
- Paxful, a peer-to-peer crypto market exchange, has announced that it is removing Ethereum from its platform.
- The U.K.'s advertising regulator has banned another advertisement by Crypto.com.
| Bitcoin | $16,824.40 | 2.34% | | Ethereum | $1,213.95 | -0.30% | | Litecoin | $65.48 | -0.33% | | Bitcoin Cash | $100.53 | 2.13% | *Exchange rates as of 7 am ET. Data from Morningstar Financial Research. To understand why we track these currencies and the differences between them, click here.
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 |  | Liam Gill is a founder, lawyer and investor.
He previously founded Fumarii Technologies, which became a top 20 ranked cloud computing service (Yahoo Finance! 2019) valued at over $30M. He holds an LLB Laws (UK), MSc Management and Master of Laws and currently practices law in Vancouver, Canada.
|   | | Editor | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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