Anti-Clickbait News Summaries for January 8, 2025

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The Markets:

Futures Highlights
Energy and metals see modest gains, while equity indexes slip slightly. Natural Gas leads the pack with a solid rise, but the Dow barely budged.

• 🟢 Natural Gas: 3.5820 (+0.1330 | +3.86%)

• 🟢 Crude Oil: 74.58 (+0.33 | +0.44%)

• 🟢 Gold: 2671.40 (+6.00 | +0.23%)

• ⚪ Dow: 42791.00 (-12.00 | -0.03%)

• 🔴 S&P 500: 5947.25 (-7.00 | -0.12%)

• 🔴 Nasdaq 100: 21319.75 (-40.00 | -0.19%)

• 🔴 Russell 2000: 2246.20 (-17.70 | -0.78%)

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Forex & Bonds
The dollar shows strength against the euro and pound, while bond yields continue to climb.

• 🔴 EUR/USD: 1.0293 (-0.0047 | -0.45%)

• 🟢 USD/JPY: 158.29 (+0.25 | +0.16%)

• 🔴 GBP/USD: 1.2336 (-0.0140 | -1.13%)

• 🔴 BTC/USD: 95193.90 (-993.90 | -1.03%)

• 🟢 5-Year Treasury Yield: 4.477 (+0.012 | +0.27%)

• 🟢 10-Year Treasury Yield: 4.714 (+0.031 | +0.66%)

• 🟢 30-Year Treasury Yield: 4.961 (+0.051 | +1.04%)

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Major News
Pharma surges while many tech giants take a hit. MRNA is the biggest winner, and PLTR faces the steepest drop.

• 🟢 MRNA: +11.65%

• 🟢 XOM: +0.94%

• 🟢 PM: +0.33%

• 🟢 CNH: +0.18%

• 🔴 GOOG: -0.63%

• 🔴 GOOGL: -0.70%

• 🔴 AAPL: -1.14%

• 🔴 MSFT: -1.28%

• 🔴 AMD: -1.71%

• 🔴 META: -1.95%

• 🔴 NVO: -1.99%

• 🔴 AMZN: -2.42%

• 🔴 TSLA: -4.06%

• 🔴 NVDA: -6.22%

• 🔴 PLTR: -7.81%

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