The movement of US and Asian Markets Up Thin After Christmas

PT Equityworld - US stocks closed mostly flat in late trading the weekend on Saturday morning (24/12) ahead of the Christmas holidays, supported positive economic data, but the Dow Jones failed again to reach the psychologically important level of 20,000. Dow Jones up 0.07% at 19,933.81 with the highest increase in stock UnitedHealth Group, SP500 rose 0.13% to 2263.79 by the health care sector led the sector higher 8 and the Nasdaq rose 0.28% to 5,462.69.

Trade Asian stocks opened mixed this morning the effect of lower trade volumes Christmas holiday, the Nikkei fell 0.01% to 19395.41, the ASX 200 was down 0.28% to 5627.95 and the Kospi rose 0.14% to 2040.63.

Of the commodity markets, gold prices ended higher 0.2% to $ 1,132.63 per troy ounce in late trading the weekend on Saturday morning (24/12) after the US dollar retreated this week from a 14-year high. WTI crude oil futures prices slightly higher, for the February 2017 contract rose 0.36% to $ 53.21 per barrel in electronic trading on Monday (26/12), with regular trading closed for the season.

Of the foreign exchange market, the rising US dollar against the yen yesterday after the Christmas holiday, EURUSD rose 0.05% to a level of 1.04573, GBPUSD rose 0.03% to a level of 1.22805, USDJPY fell 0.18% to a level of 117 064.

Of the Indonesian capital market, the Composite Stock Price Index at the close of trade on Friday (23/12) fell 0.3% to 5027.70 position, weakening JCI hampered local investor profit taking ahead of the long holiday season. The positive sentiment came from the projected strengthening of rupiah relaunch capital inflow had already begun before the Christmas holiday. But the quiet trade in a holiday mood, limit index that takes a lot of energy that is not out of the range of 5000 Today, JCI is expected to be in the range of support 4950-5010 and 5096-5125 resistance range. Stocks that are interesting to observe this day: ASII, BBCA, KLBF and MPPA.

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