On Tuesday, the stock price for Deutsche Bank dropped 1.8%, and Commerzbank lost 2.9%. The drop was caused by the US investment firm Cerberus selling its holdings in the two banks.
On Monday, the International Monetary Fund announced that emerging economies should prepare for the incoming Federal Reserve monetary policy tightening.
This week various entities reported that more than 70% of UK manufacturers expect an increase of productivity in 2022.
At the start of Monday's US trading, the stock price of NVidia started the day's trading below the December low level of $271.00.
Chinese aviation regulators recently revealed that they expect international air travel to recover in 2023-2025.
A Reuters poll revealed last week that the Canadian Dollar could gain value in 2022, as Canada recovers from COVID-19.
On Friday, published statistics revealed that retail sales in November in the Euro zone had increased by 1.00%, compared to an expected 0.5% decline.
Daimler has revealed that the company's sales decreased by 5.00% in 2021, as the company sold 2.05 million automobiles.
Data released on Friday revealed that Euro zone annual inflation had increased to 5.00% in December, compared to 4.9% in November.
This week, the Canadian statisticians revealed that the country's trade surplus had increased to a 13-year high level.
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.