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Gold
4969.75
0.473%
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63.429
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155.869
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1.36946
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GBP/JPY
213.461
0.045%
Real-time News
U.S. Trade Representative Greer: The government will work with Congress to modernize and reform the Africa Trade Preference Program.U.S. Trade Representative Greer: The African Growth and Opportunity Acts trade preference program has been authorized to be extended to December 31, 2026, with retroactive effect until September 30, 2025.U.S. Trade Representative Greer: President Trump has signed legislation reauthorizing the African Growth and Opportunity Act.A South Korean trade negotiator stated that discussions regarding the proposed additional tariffs on South Korea are currently underway among various U.S. departments.1. All three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.34% to 49,240.99 points, the S&P 500 fell 0.84% to 6,917.81 points, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.43% to 23,255.19 points. Salesforce fell nearly 7%, and IBM fell more than 6%, leading the Dows decline. Walmart rose nearly 3%, pushing its market capitalization above $1 trillion. The Wind U.S. Tech Big Seven Index fell 1.62%, with Microsoft and Nvidia both falling nearly 3%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 0.94%, with Daqo New Energy and Bilibili both falling more than 4%. Investors sold off tech stocks, and the Nasdaq almost completely wiped out its year-to-date gains. The partial U.S. government shutdown will prevent the January jobs report from being released this Friday as scheduled. 2. European stock markets closed slightly lower. The German DAX index fell 0.07% to 24,781.38 points, the French CAC40 index fell 0.02% to 8,179.5 points, and the UK FTSE 100 index fell 0.26% to 10,314.59 points. A market correction was triggered by a sharp decline in global AI stocks, uncertainty surrounding the pace of the Federal Reserves interest rate cuts, fundamental problems in the European economy, high market valuations, and profit-taking pressure. 3. US Treasury yields were mixed. The 2-year Treasury yield rose 0.01 basis points to 3.570%, the 3-year Treasury yield rose 0.01 basis points to 3.643%, the 5-year Treasury yield fell 0.34 basis points to 3.832%, the 10-year Treasury yield fell 0.59 basis points to 4.266%, and the 30-year Treasury yield fell 1.76 basis points to 4.895%. 4. International precious metals futures generally closed higher. COMEX gold futures rose 6.83% to $4,970.50 per ounce, and COMEX silver futures rose 10.27% to $84.92 per ounce. Signals of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, the end of the US government shutdown, and progress on the US-India trade agreement, coupled with adjustments to risk control measures by exchanges, all boosted market sentiment and drove prices higher. 5. The main WTI crude oil contract closed up 2.83% at $63.9 per barrel; the main Brent crude oil contract rose 2.55% to $67.99 per barrel. Data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed that US crude oil inventories fell by 11.079 million barrels last week, far exceeding expectations, indicating a contraction in market supply and pushing up oil prices. 6. Most London base metals rose, with LME tin up 7.95% to $50,295.0/ton, LME copper up 4.02% to $13,410.0/ton, LME nickel up 3.38% to $17,395.0/ton, LME aluminum up 1.41% to $3,099.0/ton, LME zinc down 0.02% to $3,323.0/ton, and LME lead down 0.08% to $1,961.5/ton.
