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Wall Street extends post-election gains; Bitcoin hits new high – Nov 12

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Index Last Change % Change
trading higher

44,293.13 +304.14 0.69%Positive
trading higher

19,298.76 +11.99 0.06%Positive
trading higher

6,001.35 +5.81 0.10%Positive
Index Last Change % Change
trading higher

39,720.85 +187.53 0.47%Positive
unchanged

20,426.93
trading higher

79,496.15 +9.83 0.01%Positive

Source: LSEG, opens new tab – data delayed by at least 15 minutes

Trump’s victory and pro-crypto candidates voted to Congress pushed bitcoin to new all-time high above $82,370.

Fixed Income

U.S. bond markets were closed on Monday for Veterans Day. Markets focus on U.S. CPI on Wed

Equities

MSCI’s global (.MIWD00000PUS), opens new tab rose 0.1%.  STOXX 600 (.STOXX), opens new tab added 1.15%.
TSLA jumped 10% after touching $1 trillion in market value on Friday.
COIN.O, MARA.O,  RIOT.O, all gained more than 10%. Goldman, JPM  jumped 2% and 1.6%, respectively.
China’s CSI300 closed up 0.6%, led by a 6.8% jump in semiconductor stocks after US ordered  TSMC  to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers, sending SMIC stock up 4.7% to a record high.
Nikkei closed up 0.08% as gains were capped by domestic firms’ weak outlook forecasts.

Forex

DXY not far from last week’s four-month peak.
EUR dropped to its lowest level in 6-1/2 months on Monday as investors worried about possible U.S. tariffs on euro economy.

Commodities

XAU fell 2.58% to $2,614 an ounce, dropping back from last month’s record high of $2,790.15.
Oil prices continued to fall on expectation that Trump’s pro-drilling rhetoric will increase world supplies.
U.S. crude fell 3.28% to $68.07, Brent fell to $71.69 per barrel, down 2.95% on the day.
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