World Markets: Summary of stock market conditions, oil, gold

Stock market indices and conditions, oil, gold and foreign exchange markets on November 9, 2022

— The New York Stock Exchange’s Dow fell more than 600 points on Wednesday (Nov. 9) as investors worried about the outcome of the US midterm elections where it was unclear which party would win the majority. In addition, the sudden fall in cryptocurrency prices had also put pressure on the trading environment on the New York Stock Exchange.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 32,513.94, down 646.89, or -1.95%, the S&P500 closed at 3,748.57, down 79.54, or -2.08%, and the Nasdaq closed at 10,353.18, down 83% or -262.

– European stocks closed lower on Wednesday (November 9) after three straight days of gains, weighed down by a fall in economically-sensitive stocks. Amid uncertainty over US mid-term election results and rising inflation concerns

The STOXX 600 index closed at 420.34, down 1.27 or -0.30%.

The French CAC-40 stock market closed at 6,430.57, down 10.93, or -0.17%, the German DAX stock market closed at 13,666.32, down 22.43, or -0.16%, and the London Stock Exchange FTSE 100 closed at 7,296.25, down 7,296.25 , down . or -0.14%

– London stocks closed lower on Wednesday (November 9), with retail stocks slowing. After Mark & ​​Spencer (M&S) warned of lower full-year profits investors slowed stock trading amid uncertainty over the outcome of the US mid-term elections.

The London Stock Exchange FTSE 100 closed at 7,296.25, down 9.89, or -0.14%.

New York West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures ended lower on Wednesday (November 9) after US crude inventories rose against analysts’ expectations. Oil has also been weighed down by the strong dollar. and concerns about the COVID-19 situation in China

The WTI crude oil contract was executed in December. It fell $3.08, or 3.5 percent, at $85.83 a barrel.

The Brent crude oil contract (BRENT) will deliver in January. It was down $2.71, or 2.8%, to close at $92.65 a barrel.

– New York gold futures ended negative on Wednesday (November 9) as the dollar’s appreciation weighed on the market. While investors eye the release of the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) today.

The COMEX (Commodity Exchange) gold contract will be introduced in December. It was down $2.3 or 0.13% to close at $1,713.7 an ounce.

The silver metal contract for delivery in December was down 17.5 cents, or 0.81%, at $21.327 an ounce.

Platinum contract delivered in January. It was down $17.2, or 1.7%, at $997.3 an ounce.

Palladium contract delivered in December fell $73.40, or 3.8%, at $1,859.20 an ounce.

– The US dollar strengthened against major currencies in trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday (November 9) as investors bought the greenback as a safe haven. Before knowing the results of the US mid-term elections and revealing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of October in the US.

The dollar index, which measures the dollar’s movements against six major currencies in a basket of currencies, rose 0.83 percent to 110.5490.

The dollar strengthened against the yen to 146.64 yen from 145.55 yen, strengthening against the Canadian dollar to $1.3534 from $1.3438. And it appreciated against the Swedish krona to 10.8935 krona from 10.7513 krona, but the dollar was a little weaker against the Swiss franc to 0.9857 francs from 0.9858 francs.

The euro was lower against the dollar to $1.0005 from $1.0077, and the pound fell to $1.1344 from $1.1537.

The New York Stock Exchange DJIA closed at 32,513.94, down 646.89, -1.95%.

The New York Stock Exchange S&P500 closed at 3,748.57, down 79.54, -2.08%.

The New York Stock Exchange NASDAQ closed at 10,353.18, down 263.03, -2.48%.

The London Stock Exchange FTSE 100 closed at 7,296.25, down 9.89, -0.14%.

The French CAC-40 stock market index closed at 6,430.57, down 10.93, -0.17%.

The DAX index of the German stock market closed at 13,666.32, down 22.43, -0.16%.

Indian stock markets SENSEX closed at 61,033.55, down 151.60, -0.25%.

The Jakarta Composite Index closed at 7,070.08, up 19.96, +0.28%.

Malaysia’s FBMKLCI stock market closed at 1,446.19 points, up 4.84 points, +0.34%.

The PSE Composite index closed at 6,241.68, down 47.42, -0.75%.

The FTSE STI index in Singapore closed at 3,165.50, up 19.67, +0.63%.

The HSI index in Hong Kong closed at 16,358.52, down 198.79, -1.20%.

The SSE Composite index closed at 3,048.17 points, down 16.33 points, -0.53%.

The TAIEX index of Taiwanese stocks closed at 13,638.81 points, up 291.05 points, +2.18%.

The KOSPI index closed at 2,424.41, up 25.37, +1.06%.

Japan’s NIKKEI 225 stock market closed at 27,716.43, down 155.68, -0.56%.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 stock market closed at 6,999.30, up 40.40, +0.58%.

Australia’s ALL ORDINARIES stock market closed at 7,187.40, up 37.30, +0.52%.

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