The Trading Room

Mexican stocks, as measured by the IPC Index, returned about 6%. Shares were lifted in part by strength in U.S. equities, as Joe Biden—who is expected to be less aggressive on trade and immigration issues...

Electric car-maker Tesla Inc jumped 7.8%, taking its market capitalization to more than $800 billion for the first time ever. Tesla was the largest percentage gainer on the S&P.

The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange had 4 single stock futures contracts valued at Kes 38,800 transacted. This was a decline in transaction value and deals as compared to the Kes 364,870 concluded...

Russia and Kazakhstan will collectively increase their output by 75,000 bpd while the rest of the group will hold output steady.

The Japanese yen traded at 103.93 per dollar after weakening from levels below 103.2 against the greenback yesterday. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7762, having seen levels above $0.78 earlier this week.