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US indices record slight gains, erasing larger profits at the session's opening. US500 is up 0.15% and US100 0.10%. Despite this, both indices are trading at historical highs set in Friday's session. However, smaller-cap companies, represented by the Russell 2000, are doing relatively well, currently gaining close to 1.2%.
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In Europe, stock indexes also recorded gains. Germany's DAX gained nearly 0.77% at the end of the session, and France's CAC 40 gained nearly 0.56%.
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The dollar (USD) returns to gains despite an uncertain start to the day. EURUSD records slight declines at 0.05%. In the broader FX market, the British pound and the Japanese yen are currently performing the best. Antipodean currencies are currently experiencing significant drops.
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Uncertainty in the Middle East and Ukraine is driving up WTI oil prices. The price of a barrel of oil (OIL.WTI) gains over 2.20% today to $75.25.
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NATGAS records close to 4.50% declines, thereby extending a 5-day sell-off on the instrument that already exceeds 30%.
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In December 2023, the Conference Board's leading economic indicator for the USA slightly fell by 0.1% to 103.1, continuing a weak trend with a 2.9% drop over the last six months of the year.
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Bitcoin loses close to 2.5% in intraday trading and has approached the key zone at the 40,000 USD level. Significant downward dynamics are also observed in Altcoins. Ethereum is currently down 3.5% and is trading in the 2370 USD zone.
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The declines are driven by further reports of transfers from the Grayscale ETF fund, which today sent another tranche of 19k Bitcoins.
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