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Real-time News
According to TankerTrackers, a US-sanctioned oil tanker that departed Venezuela last week is currently anchored off the coast of Colombia.1. The three major U.S. stock indexes closed mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.55% to 49,266.11 points, the S&P 500 rose 0.01% to 6,921.46 points, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.44% to 23,480.02 points. Nike rose more than 3%, and Home Depot rose nearly 3%, leading the Dow Jones gains. The Wind U.S. Tech Big Seven Index fell 0.26%, with Nvidia falling more than 2%, Microsoft falling more than 1%, and Apple falling 0.5%. Most Chinese concept stocks rose, with 21Vianet rising nearly 11% and GDS Holdings rising more than 8%. Investors continued to withdraw funds from technology stocks and invest in other sectors, and sector rotation put pressure on the Nasdaq. Apple closed lower for the seventh consecutive trading day. 2. European stock indices closed mixed. The German DAX rose 0.02% to 25,127.46 points, the French CAC40 rose 0.12% to 8,243.47 points, and the UK FTSE 100 fell 0.04% to 10,044.69 points. The market as a whole exhibited a volatile pattern, with the divergence mainly influenced by currency movements, sector rotation, and overnight external market sentiment. 3. US Treasury yields rose across the board. The 2-year Treasury yield rose 1.86 basis points to 3.488%, the 3-year Treasury yield rose 2.83 basis points to 3.550%, the 5-year Treasury yield rose 2.78 basis points to 3.729%, the 10-year Treasury yield rose 2.17 basis points to 4.169%, and the 30-year Treasury yield rose 0.71 basis points to 4.838%. 4. The WTI crude oil futures contract closed up 4.3% at $58.4 per barrel; the Brent crude oil futures contract rose 4.57% to $62.7 per barrel. 5. International precious metals futures closed mixed. COMEX gold futures rose 0.57% to $4487.90 per ounce, while COMEX silver futures fell 1.19% to $76.69 per ounce. 6. Most London base metals fell. LME aluminum rose 0.15% to $3088.0 per tonne, LME zinc fell 0.92% to $3131.0 per tonne, LME copper fell 1.27% to $12702.0 per tonne, LME lead fell 2.04% to $2016.5 per tonne, LME tin fell 2.18% to $43675.0 per tonne, and LME nickel fell 3.34% to $17065.0 per tonne.The Central Bank of Peru kept its benchmark interest rate at 4.25%.Nick Timiraos, the Feds mouthpiece, reports that Trump has instructed his representatives to purchase $200 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities to narrow mortgage spreads and lower interest rates. The primary mechanism for achieving this is through Fannie Mae and Freddie Macs retained portfolios, under which each company is limited to holding no more than $225 billion in mortgage investments under their existing agreements with the U.S. Treasury. As of November 2025, each company holds approximately $124 billion in these portfolios, meaning they can each purchase an additional $100 billion in mortgage-backed securities.January 9th - On January 8th local time, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three government funding bills, taking another step towards providing funding for the federal government before the January 30th government shutdown deadline. These three funding bills, known as the "minibus," will provide funding for the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, as well as water projects, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and federal research projects, covering the remainder of the fiscal year. The bills are expected to be submitted to the Senate for consideration next week. Senate Majority Leader John Thune stated that the funding package could be considered as early as next week.
