shares in Australia edged higher, with the S&P/ASX 200 up around 0.5%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.15%.

The Derivatives Market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange closed the week higher, with a total of 117 contracts valued at Kes.3,262,600 concluded

Stocks in Brazil, as measured by the Bovespa Index, returned about 1.2%. Early in the week, Brazil reported that inflation rose 0.89% in November on a month-over-month basis.

The Global Forum Secretariat provided technical assistance in 2020 to 59 developing country members, including training to thousands of officials, as part of efforts to strengthen tax collection capacity worldwide.

Volume on U.S. exchanges was 9.92 billion shares, compared with the 11.48 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.