Anti-Clickbait News Summaries for January 12, 2025

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The Markets:

Futures Highlights
Oil and natural gas both posted solid gains, while equity indexes across the board saw modest to notable declines. Gold remained steady in positive territory, reflecting a mixed sentiment going into today.

• 🟢 Crude Oil: 76.57 (+2.65 | +3.58%)

• 🟢 Natural Gas: 3.9810 (+0.2800 | +7.57%)

• 🟢 Gold: 2717.40 (+26.60 | +0.99%)

• 🔴 Dow: 42213.00 (-609.00 | -1.42%)

• 🔴 S&P 500: 5861.50 (-83.25 | -1.40%)

• 🔴 Nasdaq 100: 20997.75 (-303.75 | -1.43%)

• 🔴 Russell 2000: 2197.40 (-48.80 | -2.17%)

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Forex & Bond Moves
The U.S. dollar strengthened against major peers, while cryptocurrency traded slightly higher. Treasury yields continued to climb, signaling potential shifts in interest rate expectations.

• 🔴 EUR/USD: 1.0240 (-0.0059 | -0.57%)

• 🔴 USD/JPY: 157.69 (-0.41 | -0.26%)

• 🔴 GBP/USD: 1.2196 (-0.0107 | -0.87%)

• 🟢 BTC/USD: 94354.10 (+357.00 | +0.38%)

• 🟢 5-Year Treasury: 4.593 (+0.126 | +2.82%)

• 🟢 10-Year Treasury: 4.776 (+0.083 | +1.77%)

• 🟢 30-Year Treasury: 4.965 (+0.033 | +0.67%)

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Stock Market Movers
Several stocks soared on significant news catalysts, while others experienced double-digit losses. Overall, market action was mixed, highlighting ongoing volatility and investors' selective risk-taking.

Biggest Winners to Biggest Losers

• 🟢 WBA: +27.55%

• 🟢 CEG: +25.16%

• 🟢 DAL: +9.00%

• 🟢 META: +0.84%

• ⚪ TSLA: -0.05%

• 🔴 GOOGL: -0.98%

• 🔴 DIS: -1.01%

• 🔴 GOOG: -1.14%

• 🔴 MSFT: -1.32%

• 🔴 JPM: -1.34%

• 🔴 AMZN: -1.44%

• 🔴 AAPL: -2.41%

• 🔴 NVDA: -3.00%

• 🔴 AMD: -4.76%

• 🔴 EIX: -6.47%

• 🔴 STZ: -17.09%

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