Anti-Clickbait News Summaries for January 3, 2025

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The Markets:

📈 Futures Highlights

Markets showed mixed movements today with energy and equity futures mostly climbing, while precious metals and some energy commodities faced declines.

• 🟢 Nasdaq 100: 21,258.75 (+91.25 | +0.43%)

• 🟢 Crude Oil: 73.42 (+0.29 | +0.40%)

• 🟢 S&P 500: 5,936.50 (+20.00 | +0.34%)

• 🟢 Dow: 42,829.00 (+135.00 | +0.32%)

• 🟢 Russell 2000: 2,255.50 (+6.10 | +0.27%)

• 🔴 Gold: 2,658.70 (-10.30 | -0.39%)

• 🔴 Natural Gas: 3.4730 (-0.1870 | -5.11%)

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💱 Forex & Bonds Overview

The US dollar experienced slight weakness against major currencies, while Treasury yields dipped across all maturities.

• 🔴 USD/JPY: 157.19 (-0.13 | -0.08%)

• 🔴 BTC/USD: 96,485.00 (-251.00 | -0.26%)

• 🔴 EUR/USD: 1.0296 (-0.0059 | -0.57%)

• 🔴 5-Year Treasury: 4.352 (-0.028 | -0.64%)

• 🔴 10-Year Treasury: 4.539 (-0.036 | -0.79%)

• 🔴 30-Year Treasury: 4.759 (-0.039 | -0.81%)

• 🔴 GBP/USD: 1.2404 (-0.0108 | -0.86%)

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📰 Major Stock Movers

Tech giants faced downward pressure, while energy and select companies led the gains in today's trading session.

• 🟢 VST: +8.55% (▲)

• 🟢 CEG: +8.44% (▲)

• 🟢 NVDA: +2.99% (▲)

• 🟢 PM: +0.62% (▲)

• 🟢 AMZN: +0.38% (▲)

• 🟢 BABA: +0.19% (▲)

• 🟢 GOOG: +0.10% (▲)

• 🟢 GOOGL: +0.07% (▲)

• 🟢 IBM: +0.05% (▲)

• 🔴 MSFT: -0.69% (▼)

• 🔴 LMT: -0.76% (▼)

• 🔴 GD: -0.94% (▼)

• 🔴 AAPL: -2.62% (▼)

• 🔴 BA: -2.90% (▼)

• 🔴 X: -4.09% (▼)

• 🔴 TSLA: -6.08% (▼)

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