Oil from the United States and Bulgaria rose by more than 1.00% in a day, and now they are reported at $68.88/barrel and $72.53/barrel respectively.African stock market | South Africa's stock index closed down more than 0.4%, led by basic metal mining stocks Glencore, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton. On Tuesday (December 10th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradeable Index closed down 0.44% to 78,703.60 points. Glencore, a constituent stock, closed down 2.56%, Anglo-American Company fell 1.99%, BHP Billiton Group fell 1.74%, ranking third from the bottom, Jintian Company rose 0.75%, ranking sixth, and harmony Gold rose 0.81%, ranking fifth. The South African rand is currently down 0.56% against the US dollar, temporarily reporting 17.8720 rand, which is the highest level since November 11, which was set on Monday.Syria's new rulers have told business leaders that they seek to turn to a free market economy.
CEO of Goldman Sachs: The bank expects that the regulatory environment will be more favorable.United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): It is estimated that the total inventory of wheat in the United States at the end of the period will be 795 million bushels, and analysts expect 815.08 million bushels. USDA had previously expected 815 million bushels.ANZ: The market expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and demand for safe haven to boost the price of gold. Before the release of US consumer price index data, gold futures rose by 0.3% to $2,725.60 per ounce. ANZ research analysts said that the market is ready for the US consumer price index data released on Wednesday, which is expected to show the path of the Fed's interest rate cut in December. Although the market expects the possibility of interest rate cuts to be about 90%, any sign in the data that shakes the path of interest rate cuts may adversely affect interest-free gold assets. Analysts added that in the case of geopolitical tensions, the demand for safe haven also boosted the price of precious metals.
Morgan stanley capital international's MSCI Nordic Countries Index fell 0.5%, the worst one-day performance since November 15th (down 1.7%), at 383.03 points. Nibe Industrier AB, a heating technology company, fell 2.0%, which was the worst among the constituent stocks.Bank of Japan officials believe that there is little risk that the depreciation of the yen will push up inflationary pressure at this stage.The Singapore Straits Times Index fell 0.5% to 3,792.82.