Today, December 5, European stock indices are on the rise, as are gold prices, while the focus of investors is on the peace talks on Ukraine and the latest data from the United States of America, which will provide additional information to the American Federal Reserve (Fed) before the key decision on interest rates on December 10.
Delayed data on US personal spending for September, the University of Michigan consumer survey for December and the movement of the personal consumption expenditure index (PCE), which the Fed uses to make monetary policy decisions, will be released today, reports CNBC.
The DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange rose by 0.41 percent to 23,990.51 points, the French CAC 40 by 0.21 percent to 8,110.40 points, the British FTSE 100 by 0.26 percent to 9,733.19 points, and the Moscow MOEX by 1.24 percent to 2,689.16 points.
The value of the American stock index Dow Jones fell by 0.07 to 47,850.94 points, while the value of the S&P 500 index increased by 0.11 percent to 6,857.12 points, and the value of the Nasdaq index by 0.22 percent to 23,505.14 points.
European gas futures for January were sold today at the opening of the TTF stock exchange at a price of EUR 27.215 per megawatt-hour.
According to current data from the stock exchange, the price of crude oil fell to $59,659, and the price of Brent oil rose to $63,294.
The price of gold rose to $4,225.84 per ounce, and the price of wheat fell to $5.3961 per bushel (a bushel equals 27.216 kg).
The value of the euro against the dollar on the Forex exchange is $1.16594, which is 0.13 percent higher than at the beginning of trading, reports Tanjug.
