Morning wrap (12.02.2021)

7:33 AM 12 February 2021
  • US indices finished yesterday's trading higher. S&P 500 gained 0.17%, Russell 2000 added 0.13% and Nasdaq jumped 0.28%. Dow Jones closed 0.02% lower

  • Stock indices in Asia were trading lower. Nikkei dropped 0.25% while S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.63%

  • DAX futures point to a lower opening of the European session

  • Five Star Movement supported Draghi's government

  • Fed's Barkin said that the US economy does not need herd immunity to recover. 

  • A 5-day lockdown will be imposed on Victoria, Australia in an attempt to contain a coronavirus outbreak. Japan will extend state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and 8 other prefectures until early-March

  • US Justice Department subpoenaed Robinhood and other brokers as part of investigation into market manipulation

  • Wall Street Journal reports that AstraZeneca plans to double coronavirus vaccine production by April

  • Precious metals trade mixed - silver and palladium gain while gold and platinum drop. Oil trades slightly lower

  • Bitcoin trades near $47,000

  • EUR and USD are top performing major currencies while CAD and NZD lag the most

Total number of coronavirus recoveries exceeded 80 million. Total case count sits at 108.3 million while the death toll stands at almost 2.38 million. Source: worldometers, XTB

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