+++ Stock market ticker +++ – Wall Street changed little – European stock markets end the year with 20 percent plus

Find out what’s going on in the Dow Jones here.

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15:35

Die US-Indices Dow Jones, S&P 500 und Nasdaq Composite rise only slightly after the start of trading on Wall Street. On the last trading day of the year, however, the US markets can look back on a good time. Thanks to the economic recovery after the corona lockdowns, broadly supported by a loose monetary policy, the indices saw double-digit growth.

The Dow Jones is up almost 19 percent, the S&P 500 27 percent. The Nasdaq comes to 22 percent price increase.

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15:20

European stocks have 2021 with a Plus of more than 20 percent closed. The broad STOXX 600 index was 22 percent higher for the year at almost exactly 488 points on Friday after the close of the last major trading venues, the second largest increase since 2009.

A shortened trade took place in Paris and London on New Year’s Eve. The CAC40 ended the year 29 percent higher overall, the FTSE 100 up 14 percent. The Dax ended the year on Thursday with an increase of around 16 percent. However, experts do not expect the share rally to continue in the coming year.

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15:00

Quiet trading is becoming apparent on the last trading day of the current year on the US stock exchanges. The broker IG valued that Dow Jones Industrial almost an hour before the start of trading with minus 0.10 percent to 36 387 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 saw IG 0.05 percent higher at 16,436 points.

There was initially no market-moving news from either the corporate or the economic world. Experts expect trading to be thin, and important world exchanges such as Frankfurt, Tokyo and Zurich will remain closed on this day.

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12:20

the Oil prices gave in on New Year’s Eve. On Friday, a barrel (159 liters) of North Sea Brent cost 78.89 US dollars. That was 64 cents less than the day before. The price of a barrel of American West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell 69 cents to $ 76.30.

The trade is still determined by the Uncertainty about the effects of the omicron variant of the corona virus. The rapid spread of the variant speaks for falling oil prices, while the apparently lower disease burden speaks for rising prices. The trade shortly before the end of the year is, however, not very meaningful. Many investors have already withdrawn from the market.

In the full year 2021 have oil prices until now significantly increased. It amounts to the largest increase since 2009. The WTI price rose by around 60 percent over the course of the year. The prices were supported by the vaccinations against the corona virus. In this way, restrictions on travel could be lifted. This supported the demand for crude oil. In addition, the oil cartel Opec + has been reluctant to expand its funding.

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— CNBC (@CNBC) December 31, 2021

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11:20

the European stock markets gave in a little on New Year’s Eve. The EuroStoxx 50, the leading index for the Eurozone, was down 0.14 percent on Friday morning at 4,300.10 points. In Paris, the Cac 40 fell 0.30 percent to 7149.94 points. The London FTSE 100 was down 0.30 percent to 7380.65 points.

There is only one in London and Paris shortened trade instead of. The stock exchanges in Frankfurt and Rome will remain closed. There is no trading in Switzerland either.

The most significant price gains in the EuroStoxx 50 were achieved by the Dutch internet holding Prosus. The share rose by 0.54 percent. The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi posted the greatest losses. The share fell by 0.86 percent.

After the significant price gains in the current year, profit-taking had already taken place on Thursday. The trading volume is very thin before the turn of the year. Most of the market participants have already closed their books for this year. Only a few investors still use the opportunity to adjust some securities account positions.

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Stock exchange – This share with a month-long price decline ended the stock market year clearly on a positive note https://t.co/E8T1xxHUdj pic.twitter.com/PY46s9OGJM

— cash (@cashch) December 31, 2021

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07:20

the Euro confirmed its decline in European business in US trade on Thursday. To the Franken Meanwhile, the common currency fell at 1.0344 francs, a new low since the turmoil surrounding the abolition of the minimum exchange rate in 2015.

At the hour the currency pair is in the ratio of 1 to 1,0345 acted.

(cash/AWP/Reuters)

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