• US indices finished Thursday's session higher. The Dow Jones climbed 0.2%, S&P 500 rose 0.4% and Nasdaq gained 0.3%.
• Positive moods prevail in the Asian markets today. Nikkei rose 0.7%, Kospi added 0.08% and Hang Seng gained 0.02%. S&P/ASX 200 added 0.33%
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• President Trump has signed the coronavirus relief bill
• Japan suspended new entries into the country by non-resident foreign nationals through the end of January
• Industrial output in Japan was unchanged in November from the previous month, compared with a 4.0 % advance in October and against market expectations of a 1.2 % expansion, a preliminary estimate showed
• France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal began this weekend a massive logistical effort to distribute coronavirus BioNTech/Pfizer vaccines across the continent
• Yesterday Bitcoin topped $28,000 for the first time
• GBP and EUR are leaders among major currencies while USD and JPY lag the most
Over 410 thousand new coronavirus cases were reported yesterday, however we may be observing periodic dip in new case data that often occurs after the long weekend. Source: worldometers, XTB
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