London, Thursday, 9 December 2021
U.S. and European stock markets closed lower on Thursday, as investors on both sides of the Atlantic, continue to assess the impact of omicron variant of covid on global economic recovery.
GameStop was down 10.7%, Tesla dropped 6.3%, and Amazon traded 1.1% lower.
U.S. Stock Market Indexes
S&P 500: -33.68 (-0.72%) to 4,667.53
Nasdaq: -269.62 (-1.71%) to 15,517.37
Dow Jones: +0.53 (+0.00%) to 35,755.28
European Stock Market Indexes
STOXX Europe 600: -0.37 point, or 0.08%, to 476.99
FTSE 100 in London: -15.79 points, or 0.22%, to end at 7,321
DAX 30 in Germany: off 47 points, or 0.3%, to 15,639
CAC 40 in France: -6 points, or 0.1%, to 7,008
FTSE MIB 30 in Italy: the only gainer of the day, +65 points, or 0.24%, to end the day at 26,817
IBEX 35 in Spain: -78 points, or 0.93%, to close at 8,399
Other markets
Ten-year U.S. Treasury note: -2.2 bps to yield 1.4870%
Dollar index: +0.33 or 0.34% at $ 96.22 as of Dec 9, 2021 at 5:01 p.m. EST
VIX volatility index: +1.68 (8.44%) at 21.58 as of Dec 9, 3:15 PM CST
Oil prices
Brent crude: +0.31 or 0.43% at $72.36 per barrel
West Texas Intermediate: +0.38 or 0.50% at $75.82 per barrel
Precious metals
Gold: -8.39 or -0.47% at 1,775.24 an ounce
Silver: -0.49 or -2.19% at $ 21.96 an ounce
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin: −2,275.80 (4.50%) at $48,243.80 as of Dec 9, 10:19 PM UTC
Etherum: −255.35 (5.75%) at $ 4,184.89 as of Dec 9, 10:20 PM UTC
(Written and edited by: The Decision Maker)
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