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.Market News: Belarusian President Lukashenko approved the budget of Belarus in 2025.Georgian President: He will not leave the presidential palace after his term ends. On December 13th, local time, Georgian President Zurabishvili said that he would not leave the presidential palace after his term ends. Georgian President Zurabishvili said on November 30th local time that although her term of office is coming to an end, she will not hand over power because the current parliament is illegal. She will remain president "until a new parliament is legally elected". According to the Georgian Constitution, Zurabishvili's six-year term will expire on December 16th. The Georgian Parliament passed a resolution on November 26th, deciding to hold the presidential election on December 14th and the inauguration ceremony of the new president on December 29th. Georgia held a new parliamentary election on October 26, and the Georgian Dream Party won more than half of the votes. Four opposition coalitions, which also entered the parliament, refused to recognize the election results and demanded a new parliamentary election. Zurabishvili announced on October 27th that it would not recognize the results of the new parliamentary election.
Citigroup raised the target price of Broadcom from $205.00 to $220.00.According to sources, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the time limit for elon musk to respond to the Twitter investigation and settlement proposal until Monday.The total number of wells drilled in the week of December 13th in the United States was 589, with the previous value of 589.
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%.Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman: Kiev tried to use the resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency on nuclear power plants to divert the world's attention from the attack on the employees of the agency.Alumina broke away from last week's record high, and panic buying related to Guinea subsided. LME copper futures closed down 39 US dollars to 9052 US dollars/ton. LME aluminum closed up $6 to $2,605/ton. LME zinc futures closed up $20 to $3,096/ton. LME lead closed up $4 to $2010/ton. LME nickel futures closed down $306 to $15,862/ton. LME tin closed down $437 to $29,097/ton. LME cobalt was flat at $24,300/ton.