Sino-Singapore Jingwei, December 24th, on Thursday, Eastern Time, the three major US stock indexes continued to rise, all closing gains for three consecutive days.

On the same day, the three major indexes collectively opened higher and then oscillated higher, but quickly fell back in the late trading session, and all closed slightly. The Dow rose nearly 200 points, and the S&P 500 index hit a record closing high.

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

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　　As of the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Index rose 196.67 points, or 0.55%, to 35,950.56 points; the Nasdaq index rose 131.48 points, or 0.85%, to 15,653.37 points; the S&P 500 index rose 29.23 points, or 0.62%, to 4,725.79 points. .

　　According to Reuters, the previous encouraging developments caused investors to decline in concerns about the economic impact of the Omi Keron variant of the new crown virus, boosting sentiment before the Christmas holiday.

　　According to the report, vaccine manufacturers AstraZeneca Plc and Novavax Inc said their vaccines can protect against Omi Keron because British data indicate that their vaccines may cause fewer hospitalizations than the new coronavirus delta variant, despite warnings from public health experts. The fight against the new crown virus is far from over.

　　Most of the major technology stocks in the U.S. stocks closed up. Apple rose 0.36%, Amazon rose 0.02%, Netflix fell 0.02%, Google rose 0.34%, Facebook rose 1.45%, and Microsoft rose 0.45%.

　　Most of the new energy auto stocks rose, Nikola rose 17.98%, Tesla rose 5.76%, Weilai rose 2.21%, Xiaopeng Motors rose 0.83%, Ideal Motors rose 0.07%; Sono Group fell 2.61%, Lucid Group fell 2.71%.

　　Popular Chinese concept stocks were mixed, with Hailiang Education up 17.72%, Renren up 15%, Puxin Education up 8.96%, Huaneng Power up 8.68%, 1 Medicines up 7.12%, Qutoutiao down 8.21%, JD.com It fell 6.92%, Merit Interactive fell 5.88%, Bright Scholar fell 5.78%, and Yunji fell 5.18%.

　　In terms of European stocks, the three major European stock indexes collectively closed up. The UK FTSE 100 Index reported 7373.34 points, an increase of 31.68 points, an increase of 0.43%; the French CAC40 Index reported 7106.15 points, an increase of 54.48 points, an increase of 0.77%; the German DAX Index reported 15756.31 points. , Up 162.84 points, or 1.04%.

　　International oil prices rose, and the WTI February crude oil futures settlement price rose by 1.03 US dollars, or 1.41%, to 73.79 US dollars per barrel.

Brent's February crude oil futures settlement price rose 1.56 US dollars, or 2.07%, to 76.85 US dollars per barrel.

　　International gold prices rose. COMEX's February gold futures price rose by 9.5 US dollars to close at 1811.7 US dollars per ounce, an increase of 0.53%.

　　The U.S. dollar index fell. By the end of New York trading, the U.S. dollar index, which measures the U.S. dollar against six major currencies, fell 0.07% to 96.0243.

(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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