By Steffen Gosenheimer
DOW JONES–Unusual things are happening on the bridge day between the Thanksgiving holiday and the weekend before the start of trading on Wall Street. Futures and options trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has been temporarily halted due to a problem in a data center. The outage hurt pricing for U.S. stock index futures, gold and crude oil, market experts say. This also makes it more difficult to find prices for other asset classes such as government bonds or stocks.
Some participants expressed concern about the timing of the trading halt because it is at the end of the month and is the last day of trading for some contracts. There is therefore a risk of increased volatility as soon as trading resumes. Irrational price movements cannot be ruled out as a result. However, the CME apparently fixed the disruption almost an hour before trading began and is trading again.
The futures on the major stock indices are increasing slightly, indicating a good start to trading on Wall Street. On the bridge day there will only be shortened negotiations, with stock trading ending at 7:00 p.m. CET, three hours earlier than usual, and bond trading at 8:00 p.m. Many players are likely to use the holiday as a long weekend and stay away from business.
On the bond market, the ten-year yield is 4.00 percent, 1 basis point higher than on Wednesday. The dollar is rising slightly, the euro is trading at $1.1576. Little is happening with gold and oil.
The CME Group share is affected by the problems in the Pre-market not very impressed, she hardly moves. For Sandisk it is up 4.3 percent. The shares of the manufacturer of memory products such as memory cards will be included in the highly regarded S&P 500 at the start of trading. Interpublic Group of Companies will have to vacate their place.
The players are still keeping an eye on Alphabet shares, which have recently been in high demand. It’s trading 1 percent tighter on Nasdaq.com. The introduction of the chatbot Gemini 3 and a possible billion-dollar agreement with Meta are causing price fantasy. There are supposedly talks about Meta buying Google chips, which would not only put Alphabet in competition with Nvidia, but would also mean losing a customer. Nvidia tend claims.
GameStop gains 2.8 percent, the video game retailer’s stock, known as a so-called meme stock, is being sought in advance of the business figures expected for Tuesday, it is said.
For Black Friday, the players are focusing on stocks from retail companies, including Amazon, Walmart, Macy’s and Costco Wholesale. Amazon is up half a percent, Macy’s is up 0.7 percent, Costco and Walmart are trending.
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FOREX last +/- % 0:00 Thu, 18:11 % YTD
EUR/USD 1.1574 -0.2% 1.1596 1.1595 +12.0%
EUR/JPY 180.69 -0.3% 181.23 181.25 +11.3%
EUR/CHF 0.9315 -0.2% 0.9335 0.9334 -0.6%
EUR/GBP 0.8754 -0.1% 0.8761 0.8759 +5.9%
USD/JPY 156.11 -0.1% 156.28 156.31 -0.6%
GBP/USD 1.3222 -0.1% 1.3237 1.3239 +5.8%
USD/CNY 7.0569 -0.0% 7.0580 7.0608 -2.1%
USD/CNH 7.0693 -0.1% 7.0744 7.0760 -3.6%
AUS/USD 0.6533 -0.0% 0.6534 0.6531 +5.6%
Bitcoin/USD 92,067.50 +0.8% 91,318.00 91,500.45 -3.5%
CRUDE OIL most recently VT-Settlem. +/-% +/- USD% YTD
WTI/Nymex 58.91 59.07 -0.3% -0.16 -17.8%
Brent/ICE 63.16 63.34 -0.3% -0.18 -15.9%
METALS last day previous +/- % +/- USD % YTD
Gold 4,175.90 4,159.13 +0.4% 16.78 +58.4%
Silver 54.10 53.53 +1.1% 0.57 +85.2%
Platinum 1,412.90 1,388.85 +1.7% 24.05 +58.6%
Copper 5.06 5.06 0% 0.00 +23.0%
YTD based on the previous day’s closing level
(Information provided without guarantee)
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November 28, 2025 09:10 ET (14:10 GMT)
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