On Friday, at 13:30 GMT, US monthly employment data was published. At the moment of the release, the data caused an USD volatility increase.
This week's jobless claims data revealed that new unemployment in the United States had increased by 7,000. Meanwhile, continuous claims grew by 36,000.
This week, crude oil prices surged due to the unrest in Kazakhstan and outages in Lybian production.
During Thursday's US trading hours, the S&P 500 index ended the day's trading flat at -0.09%. Previously, the index experienced a sell-off.
At 19:00 GMT on Wednesday, the US Fed Meeting Minutes were released. The event revealed that the US monetary policy makers are more hawkish than though. The price for gold reacted to the news by an initial sharp drop, which was followed up by a steep decline. In total, the commodity price lost 2.06% or 37.55 USD.
During Thursday's trading hours, the prices for Ethereum and Bitcoin reached December low levels. Ethereum shortly traded at the $3,300.00 mark. Meanwhile BTC, touched the $42,500.00 level.
This week, Ford revealed that the company's 2021 United States Sales had decreased by 7.00%. The news were met as positive by the markets, as the stock price had surged nearly 20.00% during the first three days of 2022 trading.
On Thursday, at 17:00 GMT the US ISM Services PMI caused US Dollar volatility, as immediately after the release of the worse than forecast data USD dropped and recovered. The EUR/USD increased its volatility to 16 base points or 0.14%.
At the start of Thursday's US trading, the stock price of Netflix declined 2.95% or $16.73. The share price had declined 21.14% since the November 17 high level. The decline could be attributed to a string of bad news.
On Wednesday, Amazon and Stellantis revealed that the companies had partnered to deploy more Eco friendlier delivery vans and smarter cars.
German regulators announced this week that they were investigating Google's use of various personal data and the company's News Showcase.
The IHS Markit Composite Purchasing Managers Index revealed this week that in December economic recovery in the Euro Zone had decreased to 53.3 points from 55.4 points in November.
This week, Volvo announced that the company's December car sales had decreased by 18.1%. Sales dropped by 26.7% in the USA and 15.1% in Europe.
During Wednesday's European trading hours, the stock price of Airbus approached the stock price's July 29 high level at 121.00 Eur. The recent surge of the company's stock price had reached above the 26.00% mark from the November 26 low level.
On Thursday, the German Labour Office revealed that in December unemployment declined by 23,000 members of the workforce.
This week, Volvo Cars announced that the company would appoint Jim Rowan as the new Chief Executive Officer.
During the early trading of 2022, global stock indices had been surging due to signs that damage caused by Omicron might be limited.
On Tuesday, TuSimple revealed that the self-driving truck company would use NVidia chips for its trucks.
This week, it was revealed that Toyota could overtake General Motors as the top US auto seller for the year of 2021.
During Tuesday's trading, the EUR/CZK currency exchange rate reached below the 2020 February low level. The decline to a new record could be attributed to the recent lack of major monetary stimulus in the Czech Republic, compared to the Eurozone.
During Tuesday's trading hours, crude oil price benchmarks remained flat, as the market participants awaited an upcoming OPEC+ meeting.
On Tuesday, the US Dollar reached above the rate's five year high level. The surge was attributed to a leap in US Treasury yields.
During Tuesday's early European trading hours, the German top 40 stock index surged, as it reached above the 16,000.00 mark.
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