Markets mixed after Wall Street advance - 24.1.2025

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Todays’ Market Summary

The Dollar weakening is intact
US stock index futures are lower
Brent is advancing currently.
Gold is rebounding presently.

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Global stocks are trading mixed currently ahead of US Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reports at 15:45 CET today after Wall Street rally renewed on Thursday. Google’s parent Alphabet shares slipped 0.22% while former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reported purchase of Alphabet and Amazon stock made in December and early January, Meta shares advanced 2.08% on Thursday outperforming market after Wedbush raised its Meta price target from $680 to $700 while Bank of America upped its price objective to $710 from $660.

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Forex news

Currency Pair	Change
EURUSD	+0.1%
GBPUSD	+0.1%
USDJPY	-0.3%
AUDNZD	+0.4%

The Dollar weakening is intact today. The live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar’s strength against a basket of six rival currencies, ended 0.1% lower on Thursday.

Both GBP/USD and EUR/USD reversed their sliding yesterday while Eurostat reported euro area consumer confidence indicator edged up in January. Both euro and Pound are higher against the dollar currently. USD/JPY reversed its advancing while AUD/USD resumed its climbing on Thursday with both the yen and Australian dollar higher against the Greenback currently.

Stock Market news

Indices	Change
DJI	-0.1%
NIKKEI	+0.1%
HK50	+1.3%
AU200	+0.2%

US stock index futures are lower currently with the yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes down at 4.629%. The three main stock benchmarks ended higher on Thursday with the three main US stock benchmarks recording daily gains in a range from 0.2% to 0.9% as president Trump said he would “demand that interest rates drop immediately” while renewed the threat of tariffs on companies that plan to import items and pledged to cut corporate taxes further in his remarks to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

European indexes futures are up today after stock indexes closed higher yesterday. Asian stock indexes futures are mostly rising today with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng leading gains while the Bank of Japan hiked rates as purchasing managers index data showed Japan's manufacturing sector shrank for a seventh consecutive month in January but growth in services picked up sharply.

Commodity Market news

Commodities	Change
#C-BRENT	+0.1%
OIL	+0.2%

Brent is advancing currently. Prices ended lower on Thursday after president Trump urged Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down its price during his address at the World Economic Forum. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported yesterday that US crude oil stockpiles slipped to their lowest level since March 2022 last week even as refining activity slowed. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures fell 1.1% but are higher currently. Brent futures lost 0.9% to $78.29 a barrel on Thursday.