U.S. and European stock futures declined, while Asian equities traded mostly higher after President Donald Trump said he is asking Congress to amend the pandemic aid legislation that was passed earlier this week. Treasuries ticked higher.
S&P 500 futures slipped, though pared losses. Just a day after Congress passed a $900 billion bipartisan relief package, Trump demanded that lawmakers increase the stimulus checks due to go out to most Americans to $2,000 from $600. Investors also continued to assess the vaccine rollout as a new virus variant is leading to more severe lockdowns. Gold climbed while crude oil retreated. Chinese shares outperformed.
US After Hours Pretty quiet after hours; MGNI +15.1% jumps on positive Needham mention
Nikkei +0.33% Hang Seng +0.57% CSI +0.64% Shanghai +0.59% Shenzen +0.54%
Eur$ 1.2187 CNH 6.5381 CNY 6.5475 JPY 103.44 GBP 1.3403 CHF 0.8879 RUB 75.87 TRY 7.6515 WTI$ 46.17 -1.83%
S&P -0.07% Nasdaq +0.10% EurioStoxx +0.05% FTSE -0.20% Dax +0.08% SMI +0.01%
Macro :
- More Than 670,000 Californians Face a Christmas Eve in the Dark
- SEC Confirms Lawsuit Against Ripple Labs, Two of Its Executives
- Barnier Tells EU Envoys a Brexit Deal Could Be Done by Christmas
- UK to Place More Areas Under Tier 4 Lockdown Dec. 26: Telegraph
- Germany Extends U.K. Travel Ban to Jan. 6: Sky News
Keep an eye on :
- AMZN US : Formula One in Talks With Amazon to Stream Grands Prix: FT
- AAPL US : Musk Says Apple Refused to Discuss $60 Billion Tesla Deal
- ASML NA : How China’s Top Chipmaker Can Evade Trump’s Newest Crackdown
- AZN LN : India Likely to Approve AstraZeneca Vaccine by Next Week: Rtrs
- ATL IM : CDP, Funds Present Revised Non-Binding Bid for Autostrade
- DAI GY : Daimler Mulls Truck-Unit IPO at End of Next Year: Handelsblatt
- DBK GY : Deutsche Bank Says Trump’s Personal Banker Vrablic Has Resigned
- ENGI FP : France’s CRE: Gas Regulated Prices +0.2% From Jan. 1
- HEI GY : HeidelbergCement Is Said to Explore $1.5 Billion U.S. Asset Sale
- NOBI SS : Nobia to Post Write-Downs of About SEK149M in 4Q
- SEBA SS : SEB: German Authority Requested DSK to Repay Withholding Tax
- STLN SW : Swiss Steel Says Liwet Blocked Registration of Capital Increase
- TSLA US : Musk Says Apple Refused to Discuss $60 Billion Tesla Deal (1)
- TFI FP : TF1 To Book 4Q EU75M Write-Down on Unify Unit, No Cash Impact
- URW NA : Woodson Reduces Short Position in Unibail to 0.60%
- VWS DC : Vestas Gets 360-MW Wind Order From Brazil’s Casa dos Ventos