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After yesterday's euphoric gains, today we see a marked cooling off, with investors preparing to close 2022 in a weak mood. In the last session of the year, the NASDAQ is losing 1.12% against 0.82% declines in the S&P500 and the Dow Jones, down 0.77%. Similar sentiment was seen in Europe, with the DAX index ending the session 1% lower and France's CAC 40 losing 1.5%
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Further restrictions on Chinese travelers are imposed by the UK and France
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The best performing currencies during today's session were the Japanese yen and the Australian dollar. The worst performers were the New Zealand dollar and the US dollar
Source: xStation 5
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Mixed sentiment prevails in the commodity market. Brent crude oil quotations are gaining nearly 0.7%. Platinum is doing very well for another session, gaining 1.6% today, and could book an appreciation of a total of nearly 10% in 2022.
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The proposed changes would show the core consumer price index rising by about 3% in fiscal 2022, at least 1.6%, but less than 2% in fiscal 2023 and nearly 2% in fiscal 2024, said people familiar with the BOJ discussions.
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The creator of Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency and Bitcoin's main competitor, Vitalik Buterin posted a Twitter post yesterday in which he said that the potential of the Solana cryptocurrency blockchain remains significant, and that rogue holders of SOL tokens have likely sold off all of them, which could help unlock its potential in the future. Solana's quotations are gaining more than 7% today. Bitcoin and Ethereum valuations are settling near yesterday's closing levels.
The last session of the year saw declines in the stock prices of most US companies. Source: xStation5
