- US indices finished yesterday's trading higher with S&P 500 gaining 0.41%, Dow Jones moving 0.53% higher and Nasdaq adding 0.46%. Small-cap Russell 2000 gained almost 0.6%
- Indices from Asia-Pacific traded mixed today - S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.6%, Kospi gained 0.2%, Nifty 50 traded 0.1% lower and indices from China gained 0.3-0.5%. Stock exchanges in Japan were shut for holiday
- DAX futures point to a flat opening of the European cash session today
- OPEC+ meeting has been delayed from November 26 to November 30 amid output disagreements among members
- According to exit polls, far-right populist Freedom Party has won the most seats in Dutch parliamentary elections. Referendum on EU exit is among Freedom Party's proposals
- Australian manufacturing PMI dropped from 48.2 to 47.7 in November. Services PMI dropped from 47.9 to 46.3
- Chinese National Development and Reform Commission said that it will increase regulation in iron ore spot and futures trading
- Major cryptocurrencies trade slightly lower - Bitcoin drops 0.5%, Ethereum and Dogecoin decline 0.3% while Ripple slides 1.1%
- Energy commodities pull back - oil trades 0.8% lower, while US natural gas prices drop 1%
- Precious metals benefit from USD weakness - gold and silver gain 0.3%, platinum adds 0.5% and palladium trades 0.2% higher
- AUD and NZD are the best performing major currencies, while USD and CHF lag the most
OIL continues to drop after failure to break above the $82.50 resistance zone, marked with 200-session moving average (purple line). Source: xStation5
