The three major U.S. stock indexes closed up, energy stocks, bank stocks fell across the board

　　Sino-Singapore Jingwei Client, December 25th, Eastern Time on Thursday, US stocks closed early due to Christmas Eve, and the three major stock indexes all closed slightly higher.

U.S. energy stocks fell across the board, Exxon Mobil fell 0.38%, Chevron fell 0.3%; most bank stocks closed down, JPMorgan Chase fell 0.44%, Citigroup fell 0.38%, Wells Fargo fell 1.61%.

　　In other overseas markets, stock markets in many European countries were closed or closed ahead of schedule, the UK FTSE 100 index closed slightly higher, and the French CAC40 index closed slightly lower.

The pound continued its upward trend against the US dollar, rising nearly 0.3%; crude oil and gold futures prices rose slightly.

　　On the news, according to Xinhua News Agency, the European Commission announced on the 24th local time that after multiple rounds of fierce negotiations, the EU and the UK finally reached an agreement on a series of cooperative relations including trade that day, for the UK to end in 2020 as originally planned. The "Brexit" transition period cleared away obstacles.

According to reports, this agreement makes arrangements for the EU-UK trade in goods and services, the distribution of fishing rights in British waters, and the cooperation between the two parties in the fields of transportation, energy, and justice.

　　Time-sharing chart of the three major US stock indexes.

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　　As of the close of U.S. stocks, the Dow rose 70.04 points, or 0.23%, to 30199.87 points; the Nasdaq index rose 33.62 points, or 0.26%, to 1,2804.73 points; the S&P 500 index rose 13.05 points, or 0.35%, to 3,703.06 points .

　　US energy stocks fell across the board, Exxon Mobil fell 0.38%, Chevron fell 0.3%, ConocoPhillips fell 1.45%, Schlumberger fell 1.23%, and Occidental Petroleum fell 1.17%.

　　Most US chip stocks rose. TSMC rose 2.1%, Applied Materials rose 1.6%, Broadcom rose 1.4%, Qualcomm rose 1.3%, and Intel rose 1.1%.

　　Bank of America stocks fell collectively. JPMorgan Chase fell 0.44%, Goldman Sachs fell 0.09%, Citigroup fell 0.38%, Morgan Stanley fell 0.18%, Bank of America fell 0.28%, and Wells Fargo fell 1.61%.

　　Popular Chinese concept stocks were mixed. Alibaba fell 13.37% and its market value fell below US$600 billion; JD.com fell 1.14%, Baidu fell 1.21%; Wu Nong Technology fell 21.01%, Jinko Solar fell 9.64%, and Renren fell 8.64%, Qutoutiao fell 6.82%, Weilai Automobile fell 2.51%; Pinduoduo rose 8.91%, Eggshell Apartment rose 5.43%, GSX rose 5%, MINISO rose 4.87%.

　　In terms of European stocks, the stock markets in Germany and other countries were closed. The British FTSE 100 index rose 6.36 points to 6,502.11 points, or 0.10%; the French CAC40 index fell 5.58 points, or 0.10%, to 5,522.01 points.

　　International gold prices rose. COMEX February gold futures prices rose by US$5.1 to close at US$1883.2 per ounce, an increase of 0.27%.

In addition, the United States and Burundi oil rose slightly, and the US dollar index rose slightly.

(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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