EUR/USD
1.16376
0.009%
Gold
4192.80
0.052%
Oil
58.649
-0.012%
USD/JPY
155.903
-0.011%
GBP/USD
1.33223
0.009%
GBP/JPY
207.704
0.004%
Real-time News
1. The three major U.S. stock indexes closed slightly lower: the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.45% to 47,739.32 points, the S&P 500 fell 0.35% to 6,846.51 points, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.14% to 23,545.9 points. 2. The three major European stock indexes closed mixed: the German DAX rose 0.07% to 24,046.01 points, the French CAC40 fell 0.08% to 8,108.43 points, and the UK FTSE 100 fell 0.23% to 9,645.09 points. 3. US Treasury yields rose across the board. The 2-year Treasury yield rose 1.68 basis points to 3.575%, the 3-year Treasury yield rose 2.55 basis points to 3.610%, the 5-year Treasury yield rose 3.67 basis points to 3.746%, the 10-year Treasury yield rose 2.92 basis points to 4.164%, and the 30-year Treasury yield rose 1.11 basis points to 4.802%. 4. Crude oil transport has resumed at the Lukoil West Qurna 2 oil field storage facility in Russia, with prices at $58.85 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures fell 1.98% to $62.49 per barrel. 5. International precious metals futures generally closed lower. COMEX gold futures fell 0.54% to $4219.90 per ounce, and COMEX silver futures fell 0.94% to $58.50 per ounce. 6. Most London base metals fell. LME zinc rose 1.05% to $3,130.50/ton, LME copper rose 0.47% to $11,675.00/ton, LME lead fell 0.20% to $1,998.50/ton, LME nickel fell 0.37% to $14,885.00/ton, LME aluminum fell 0.38% to $2,886.50/ton, and LME tin fell 0.67% to $39,800.00/ton.US President Trump: Mexico continues to violate our comprehensive water treaty. Due to Mexicos failure to fulfill our treaty obligations, it still owes the United States more than 800,000 acre-feet of water.On December 9th, a new social media platform filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cancel the "Twitter" trademark so it could take over. The company claims that Elon Musks X Inc. has abandoned these trademarks. Operation Bluebird, a Virginia-based startup, filed a petition on December 2nd seeking permission to use the words "Twitter" and "tweet" on its competing social platform "twitter.new," and has already applied to register the "Twitter" trademark. Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion in 2022 and renamed it X. Operation Bluebird stated in its filing that X Inc. has "completely removed" the Twitter brand from its products, services, and marketing. Musk posted on the X platform in 2023 that the company would "say goodbye to the Twitter brand and gradually say goodbye to all the birds (Twitters original logo)."European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: In the long run, it is essential to ensure the security of Ukraine and make it the first line of defense for our alliance.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: Ukraines sovereignty must be respected.
