London, Monday, 13 December 2021
U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, in anticipation of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy later in the week, while in Europe, market sentiment was determined by the omicron variant possible markets pressure and the coming interest rate decisions from major central banks.
U.S. Stock Market Indexes
S&P 500: -5.26 (-0.11%) to 4,706.76
Nasdaq: -35.94 (-0.23%) to 15,591.80
Dow Jones: -5.26 (-0.08%) to 35,943.90
European Stock Market Indexes
STOXX Europe 600: -2.03, or 0.43%, to 473.53 points
FTSE 100 in London: -60 points, or 0.83%, to end at 7,231
DAX 30 in Germany: -2 points, or 0.01%, to 15,621
CAC 40 in France: the worst performer of the day, -48 points, or 0.7%, to 6,942
FTSE MIB 30 in Italy: -170 points, or 0.64%, to end the day at 26,551.
IBEX 35 in Spain: -37 points, or 0.45%, to close at 8,322
Other markets
Ten-year U.S. Treasury notes: -4.1 bps to yield 1.448%
Dollar index: +0.19, 0.19% at $96.30, as of Dec 6, 2021 4:13 p.m. EST
VIX volatility index: −3.44 (11.22%) at 27.23, as of Dec 6, 3:11 PM CST
Oil prices
Brent crude: -0.03 or -0.04% at 74.36 as of Dec 13, 2021 9:01 p.m. GMT
West Texas Intermediate: -0.47 or -0.66% at 71.19 as of Dec 13, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. EST
Precious metals
Gold: +3.86 or +0.22% at 1,787.09 an ounce
Silver: +0.10 or +0.44% at 22.32 an ounce
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin: −3,689.80 (7.36%) at $46,459.40 as of Dec 13, 9:14 PM UTC
Etherum: −413.61 (9.99%) at 3,725.99 as of Dec 13, 9:20 PM UTC
(Written and edited by: The Decision Maker)