U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite dropping more than 100 points on Tuesday.
Following the market opening Tuesday, The Dow traded down 0.16% to 33,149.78 while the NASDAQ fell 1.18% to 10,374.27. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.56% to 3,823.34.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
In trading on Tuesday, communication services shares fell by 1.5%.
Top Headline
The US trade deficit in goods shrank by 15.6% from a month ago to $83.3 billion in November, recording the smallest gap since December 2020.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.7% to $80.12 while gold traded up 0.9% at $1,821.00.
Silver traded up 1.6% to $24.305 on Tuesday while copper rose 2.1% to $3.8880.
Euro zone
European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.1%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 0.1%. The German DAX gained 0.3%, French CAC 40 rose 0.7% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 0.2%.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed higher on Tuesday, with the Japan’s Nikkei gaining 0.16% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.98%.
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COVID-19 Update
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 102,247,570 cases with around 1,116,090 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,678,540 cases and 530,690 deaths, while France reported over 39,159,750 COVID-19 cases with 161,150 deaths. In total, there were at least 662,415,920 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,687,740 deaths.
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