Francois bayrou, the new French Prime Minister: Reducing French debt is a moral obligation.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. The leaders of the Group of Seven agreed that the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Syria must be respected.Barclays raised the target price of Hilton Hotels Group from $243.00 to $268.00.
Market News: The daily active users of cryptocurrency reached a record high of 18.7 million in December, a significant increase compared with 7.7 million at the beginning of 2024.London cocoa futures rose more than 4% to 8516 pounds a ton. New york cocoa futures rose more than 4% to $11,296 a ton.U.S. stocks continued to fall, with the Dow Jones index dropping 104.99 points, or 0.24%. The Nasdaq Composite Index recently fell 59.41 points, or 0.3%. The S&P 500 index recently fell 13.86 points, or 0.23%.
Reuters survey: All 25 analysts expect the Colombian central bank to cut the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 9.25%.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.The composite index of Athens Stock Exchange of Greece closed up 0.36% at 1469.32 points, up 0.88% this week.