On Wednesday, December 20th, the U.S. stock markets closed with significant losses, with the S&P 500 impacted heavily by FedEx's performance and the Dow Jones ending its nine-day streak of gains.

In economic data, the U.S.'s current account deficit decreased to $200.3 billion in the third quarter, down from the revised $216.8 billion in the previous quarter and slightly above market expectations of $196 billion.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.27% at 37,082.00, the S&P 500 declined by 1.47% to 4,698.35, and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 1.50%, ending the session at 14,777.94.

Asia Markets Today

Eurozone at 06:00 AM ET

• The European STOXX 600 index was down 0.52%.
• Germany's DAX declined 0.57%.
•  France's CAC slid 0.48%.
• The U.K.'s FTSE 100 traded lower by 0.44%.

Commodities at 06:00 AM ET

• Crude Oil WTI was trading lower by 0.20% at $74.07/bbl, and Brent was down by 0.21% at $79.54/bbl.
• Natural Gas gained 0.90% to $2.468.
• Gold was trading lower by 0.08% at $2,045.80, Silver fell 0.56% to $24.493, and Copper declined 0.44% to $3.8887.

US Futures at 06:00 AM ET            

Dow futures were up 0.39%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.44%, while Nasdaq 100 Futures gained by 0.59%.

Forex at 06:00 AM ET

The U.S. Dollar Index declined 0.11% to 102.29, USD/JPY was down 0.39 to 143.00, and AUD/USD slid 0.26% to 1.4821.

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