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People wearing Father Christmas outfits take part in the annual “Santa Claus race” through the city center to raise funds for humanitarian actions during the holiday season in Pristina on December 15, 2024. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP)
New York, United States — Global stocks mostly pushed higher on Tuesday in thin Christmas Eve trade, as investors waited to see if a so-called Santa Claus rally would sweep the market.
“Santa Claus comes tonight, but if stock market participants are lucky he will start sprinkling some gifts today, which marks the official start to the ‘Santa Claus rally’ period,” said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O’Hare.
Article continues after this advertisementUS stock markets have traditionally fared well in the last five trading days of the year and the first two in the new year, with experts advancing a number of possible reasons as to why — including the festive holiday mood and purchasing ahead of the end of the tax year.
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cryptoslotsWall Street opened modestly higher on the first day of this seven-day stretch and picked up speed as the session progressed. The S&P 500 finished up 1.1 percent.
Article continues after this advertisementWhile gains were broad-based, some of the biggest positive moves came from tech heavyweights like Facebook parent Meta, Netflix and Amazon, all of which won more than one percent.
Article continues after this advertisement“There’s a pretty fair amount of enthusiasm for momentum” stocks, said Jack Ablin, of Cresset Capital, who also noted that low trading volumes amplified the trend.
Article continues after this advertisementIn Europe, Paris’s CAC 40 closed higher in a pre-holiday short session while Frankfurt was closed all day.
London also closed in the green, despite a week clouded by lackluster economic data that is “stoking concerns about the UK’s slowing momentum heading into the new year,” said Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Article continues after this advertisementHong Kong and Shanghai stock markets closed up over one percent, as China announced fresh fiscal measures to boost its ailing economy.
On Tuesday, state media reported that China will raise its deficit in order to boost spending next year, as the world’s second-largest economy battles sluggish domestic consumption, a property crisis and soaring government debt.
Among individual companies, Honda shares closed more than 12 percent higher after the Japanese auto giant announced a buyback of up to 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion), as it enters merger talks with struggling rival Nissan.
The talks between Honda and Nissan could create the world’s third-largest automaker, expanding development of EVs and self-driving tech.
Honda’s CEO insisted it was not a bailout for Nissan, which announced thousands of job cuts last month and reported a 93 percent plunge in first-half net profit.
Key figures around 1850 GMTNew York – Dow: UP 0.9 percent at 43,297.03 (close)
Data released by the BSP on Tuesday showed the public sector’s foreign borrowings from July to September this year went up by 36 percent from the $2.81 billion in the same period last year.
The federal and state governments’ tax revenue reached a total of 86.2 billion euros ($93.54 billion) last month, according to the ministry’s monthly report.
New York – S&P 500: UP 1.1 percent at 6,040.04 (close)
New York – Nasdaq Composite: UP 1.4 percent at 20,031.13 (close)
London – FTSE 100: UP 0.4 percent at 8,136.99 (close)
Paris – CAC 40: UP 0.1 percent at 7,282.69 (close)
Frankfurt – DAX: Closed
Tokyo – Nikkei 225: DOWN 0.3 percent at 39,036.85 (close)
Hong Kong – Hang Seng Index: UP 1.1 percent at 20,098.29 (close)
Shanghai – Composite: UP 1.3 percent at 3,393.53 (close)
Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.0389 from $1.0405 on Monday
Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2531 from $1.2536
Dollar/yen: UP at 157.31 yen from 157.17 yen
Euro/pound: DOWN at 82.89 pence from 83.00 pence
West Texas Intermediate: UP 1.2 percent at $70.10 per barrel
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