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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At the end of the year, Chinese regulators revealed that they would increase foreign exchange market monitoring in 2022.
The Chinese government stated this week that in 2022 it would implement new fiscal policies that would be aimed at stabilising growth.
This week, the Dutch government announced that Apple's App Store had broken the country's competition laws.
The Chinese government announced this week that it would require local firms to get clearance from regulators before listing their stock outside China.
This week, new data revealed that retail sales had increased in Japan in November by 1.2% on a month-to-month basis.
Data published this week, revealed that industrial profits in China had grown by 9.00% on a year to year basis in November.
During early Monday's trading hours, the stock price of Tesla reached above the $1,100.00 mark, as the recovery from the December low had extended to 25.00%.
On Monday, the stock price for Advanced Micro Devices surged above the $148.50 mark. Recently, the shares of the company had regained almost 15.00% from the mid-December low level.
At the start of Monday's US trading hours, US 500 stock index reached all-time-high levels, as the day was started with a 0.42% surge.
MasterCard revealed on Monday that US holiday retail sales had increased by 8.5%, as online shopping grew.
As flights were being cancelled globally due to the spread of new coronavirus variant, crude oil prices declined.