Notable news highlights from the past 24 hours:
1. Netflix agrees to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for 72 billion USD – a major deal in the entertainment industry.
2. OECD update: Global economy resilient in 2025 (growth 3.2%), but slows down in 2026 (2.9%) due to trade risks, high debt, and geopolitical instability. The US decreases from 2.0% to 1.7-1.9%; Eurozone ~1.2-1.3%; China ~4.4-5.0%.
3. UK: Inflation in November decreased to 3.2% (lowest in 8 months), mainly due to falling food and service prices, almost certainly the BoE will cut interest rates today (18/12).
4. Japan: Exports increased by 6.1% in November (the strongest since February), thanks to a weak yen and demand from the US. The BoJ plans to raise interest rates to 0.75% at the meeting on 18-19/12.
5. Eurozone: Service inflation rose higher than expected (3.5% YoY in November), prompting the ECB to possibly cut interest rates slightly today.
6. Stocks: After a decline on December 17 (S&P 500 -1.2%, Nasdaq -1.8% due to concerns about AI funding and Oracle down 5.4%), the market rebounded strongly today. S&P 500 rose 1.16% to 6,721.43; Nasdaq increased by 1.81% to 22,693.32; Bloomberg 500 up 1.19%. Asia fell slightly due to a pullback from tech, but Japan and China had highlights from AI IPOs and exports.
Highlights:
Tesla (+4.62%, new record ~490 USD thanks to robotaxi); Oracle rebounded +5.36% after clarifying the data center agreement; Broadcom +4.48%; Amazon increased due to investment negotiations of 10 billion USD in OpenAI; Micron rose 7% thanks to strong AI profit forecasts. bloomberg.com +2 Medline IPO increased by 41.38% after raising 6.26 billion USD.
1. Netflix agrees to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for 72 billion USD – a major deal in the entertainment industry.
2. OECD update: Global economy resilient in 2025 (growth 3.2%), but slows down in 2026 (2.9%) due to trade risks, high debt, and geopolitical instability. The US decreases from 2.0% to 1.7-1.9%; Eurozone ~1.2-1.3%; China ~4.4-5.0%.
3. UK: Inflation in November decreased to 3.2% (lowest in 8 months), mainly due to falling food and service prices, almost certainly the BoE will cut interest rates today (18/12).
4. Japan: Exports increased by 6.1% in November (the strongest since February), thanks to a weak yen and demand from the US. The BoJ plans to raise interest rates to 0.75% at the meeting on 18-19/12.
5. Eurozone: Service inflation rose higher than expected (3.5% YoY in November), prompting the ECB to possibly cut interest rates slightly today.
6. Stocks: After a decline on December 17 (S&P 500 -1.2%, Nasdaq -1.8% due to concerns about AI funding and Oracle down 5.4%), the market rebounded strongly today. S&P 500 rose 1.16% to 6,721.43; Nasdaq increased by 1.81% to 22,693.32; Bloomberg 500 up 1.19%. Asia fell slightly due to a pullback from tech, but Japan and China had highlights from AI IPOs and exports.
Highlights:
Tesla (+4.62%, new record ~490 USD thanks to robotaxi); Oracle rebounded +5.36% after clarifying the data center agreement; Broadcom +4.48%; Amazon increased due to investment negotiations of 10 billion USD in OpenAI; Micron rose 7% thanks to strong AI profit forecasts. bloomberg.com +2 Medline IPO increased by 41.38% after raising 6.26 billion USD.