New york cocoa futures rose more than 4% to $11,296 a tonne.British Prime Minister's Spokesman: Stamer told G7 that Assad should be welcomed to step down, but we must be cautious about what happens next.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.
Francois bayrou, the new French Prime Minister: (Debt reduction) This is a very serious problem. This is why in the face of such a serious situation, my approach will be not to hide anything, not to neglect any problems, and not to abandon any aspects. First of all, of course, it is the budget issue, then the political issue, and then the problem of our society. I know all about it. I think we must try hard. Maybe we can find a new way.Google spokesperson: Google intends to appeal the decision of the Turkish Competition Authority.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.
Goldman Sachs: Preliminary data from EPFR show that the allocation of global mutual funds to China stocks declined in November. On the asset-weighted basis, active mutual funds still underallocate China stocks by 290 basis points. This week, China stock funds ushered in a strong inflow of $5.6 billion, breaking the previous trend of outflow for seven consecutive weeks.Polish Central Bank Governor Glapinski: There is no basis for adjusting interest rates.Central Bank of Peru: Peru's economy may grow by more than 3% this year.
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide