Japanese yen moves towards the longest losing streak since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will stay put and the yen will move towards the longest losing streak against the US dollar since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will not raise interest rates next week. The yen continued to fall on Friday, falling 0.7% against the US dollar to 153.72 yen, the lowest level since November 26th. The yen has fallen for the fifth day in a row, and is heading for the worst weekly performance in more than two months. Earlier this week, it was reported that the Bank of Japan thought that it would not pay a huge price to wait until January or later, because there were signs that there was little risk that inflation might exceed the target. It is reported that officials are still open to taking action next week, depending on data and market trends.Shanghai Nickel closed down over 2%, Shanghai Tin fell over 1%, alumina rose about 1%, international copper closed down 0.51%, Shanghai Copper closed down 0.51%, Shanghai Aluminum closed down 0.22%, Shanghai Zinc closed up 0.25%, Shanghai Lead closed down 0.69%, Shanghai Nickel closed down 2.40% and Shanghai Tin closed down 1.62%. Alumina closed up 1.09% at night. Stainless steel night plate closed down 0.92%.According to sources, the US Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation involved Musk's purchase of Twitter shares in 2022 and whether he intended to benefit from it.
U.S. stocks continued to fall, with the Dow Jones index dropping 104.99 points, or 0.24%. The Nasdaq Composite Index recently fell 59.41 points, or 0.3%. The S&P 500 index recently fell 13.86 points, or 0.23%.Liquid, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, received a valuation of $2.3 billion in the latest round of financing.Morgan stanley capital international's MSCI Nordic Countries Index fell 1.4%, the worst one-day performance since November 15th, to 376.43 points, with a cumulative decline of more than 2.27% this week. Novo Nordisk closed down 3.9%, the worst performance among the constituent stocks.
The U.S. military said that drones were found over the U.S. military base in Germany. A spokesman for the U.S. Air Force said that drones were found flying over the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, in early December, and the residents, facilities or assets of the base were not affected. A source said that the German authorities did not find the operator of the drone, but ruled out the possibility that the drone was operated by amateurs.Francois bayrou, the new French Prime Minister: I want to say something very simple. First of all, no one else knows the difficulty of the current situation better than me.Barclays raised the target price of Hilton Hotels Group from $243.00 to $268.00.