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GERMANY: – ROBUST – Without any impetus from the US stock exchanges, things are likely to be quiet in German stock trading on the last trading day of the week. The Dax (DAX 40), which rose above the round mark of 16,000 points the day before for the first time since the end of August, is initially expected to remain little changed. The broker IG estimated the leading German index to be slightly up at 16,000 points just two hours before the start of trading. After a profitable month of November so far, the Dax recorded an increase of eight percent in just over three weeks. The leading index is only a good three percent short of the record high of 16,529 points at the end of July.
USA: – CLOSED – US stock markets were closed on Thursday for the North American Thanksgiving holiday. On Friday, shopping bargain day “Black Friday” in New York will only be traded for a short time, so many investors will use the moment for a long weekend. Therefore, relatively thin trading activity is expected on Friday.
ASIA: – MIXED – In Asia, the stock market trend is different on Friday. While the Japanese leading index Nikkei 225 achieved an increase of half a percent after its holiday-related break the day before, the stock exchanges in China revised their previous day’s gains. The CSI 300, which includes values from the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, fell 0.7 percent in late trading. In the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Hang Seng Index (Hang Seng) even fell by 1.6 percent.
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DAX 15994.73 +0.23%
XDAX 16004.57 +0.29%
EuroSTOXX 50 4361.32 +0.21%
Stoxx50 3969.39 +0.34%
DJIA 35273.03 +0.53%
S&P 500 4556.62 +0.41%
NASDAQ 100 16001.39 +0.43%
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BONDS / FOREX / CRUDE OIL
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PENSIONS:
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Bund future 130.50 -0.08%
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CURRENCY:
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Euro/USD 1.0909 +0.03%
USD/Yen 149.28 -0.19%
Euro/Yen 162.85 -0.17%
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CRUDE OIL:
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Brent 81.42 +0.00 USD
WTI 76.46 -0.64 USD
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