Sino-Singapore Jingwei Client, December 24, US Eastern Time On Wednesday, the three major US stock indexes diverged. The Nasdaq dived in late trading and closed down nearly 0.3%; the Dow rose more than 100 points and the S&P 500 index rose slightly.

U.S. oil stocks rose sharply, ConocoPhillips rose 2.64%, Occidental Petroleum rose 5.67%; most anti-epidemic concept stocks closed higher, Moderna rose 3.54%, and Pfizer rose 1.91%.

　　In other overseas markets, European stocks continued to pick up, with the three major European stock indexes collectively closing gains. The pound sterling against the U.S. dollar fluctuated higher in the day and is now up nearly 1%.

In addition, international oil prices have risen, the US and Burundi oil both rose by more than 2%, and the gold futures prices rose slightly.

　　Time-sharing chart of the three major U.S. stock indexes.

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　　As of the close of U.S. stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Index rose 114.32 points, or 0.38%, to 30129.83 points; the Nasdaq index fell 36.81 points, or 0.29%, to 12,771.11 points; the S&P 500 index rose 2.75 points, or 0.07%, to 3690.01 point.

　　US energy stocks collectively rose, Exxon Mobil rose 1.3%, Chevron rose 1.55%, ConocoPhillips rose 2.64%, Schlumberger rose 2.62%, and Occidental Petroleum rose 5.67%.

　　Most of the anti-epidemic concept stocks in the US stocks closed higher. Moderna rose 3.54%, Gilead Sciences rose 0.67%, Novavax Pharmaceuticals rose 10.64%, BioNTech fell 0.5%, and Pfizer rose 1.91%.

　　Large technology stocks in the U.S. saw mixed gains. Apple fell 0.7%, Amazon fell 0.66%, Netflix fell 2.44%, Google rose 0.47%, Facebook rose 0.38%, and Microsoft fell 1.3%.

　　Popular Chinese concept stocks were mixed, with Alibaba up 0.12%, JD.com up 3.23%, Baidu up 1.1%; Wunong Technology up 38.77%, Litchi up 11.85%, Wanda Sports up 10.67%, Tuniu up 10%, Ming Chuangyoupin rose 7.03%; Aurora fell 20.67%, Ruineng New Energy fell 19.08%, Tiger Securities fell 11.93%, and Qutoutiao fell 7.37%.

　　In terms of European stocks, the three major European stock indexes closed up across the board. The UK FTSE 100 Index reported 6495.75 points, up 42.59 points, or 0.66%; France's CAC40 Index reported 5,557.59 points, up 60.73 points, or 1.11%; Germany DAX Index reported 13,587.23 points , Up 169.12 points, or 1.26%.

　　International oil prices rose. WTI February crude oil futures prices rose by 1.10 US dollars, or 2.34%, to 48.12 US dollars per barrel.

Brent's February crude oil futures prices rose 1.12 US dollars, or 2.24%, to 51.20 US dollars per barrel.

　　International gold prices rose. COMEX February gold futures prices rose by US$7.8 to close at US$1878.1 per ounce, an increase of 0.42%.

　　The US dollar index fell. As of the end of New York trading, the US dollar index, which measures the US dollar against six major currencies, fell 0.26% to 90.4100.

(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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