New york cocoa futures rose more than 4% to $11,296 a tonne.Two weeks after the ceasefire in Lebanon, Britain and Japan lowered their travel warnings to Israel. Two weeks after the ceasefire in Lebanon, Britain and Japan announced that they would lower their travel warnings to Israel respectively. Japan lowered its travel warning from level 3 to level 2. Britain followed suit and cancelled all travel warnings to Israel and the West Bank.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.
Japanese yen moves towards the longest losing streak since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will stay put and the yen will move towards the longest losing streak against the US dollar since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will not raise interest rates next week. The yen continued to fall on Friday, falling 0.7% against the US dollar to 153.72 yen, the lowest level since November 26th. The yen has fallen for the fifth day in a row, and is heading for the worst weekly performance in more than two months. Earlier this week, it was reported that the Bank of Japan thought that it would not pay a huge price to wait until January or later, because there were signs that there was little risk that inflation might exceed the target. It is reported that officials are still open to taking action next week, depending on data and market trends.Greece negotiated in advance to buy 36 sets of PULS rocket launcher systems from Israel, worth 600 million to 700 million euros.American natural gas futures fell more than 5% and are now reported at $3.277 per million British heat.
Barclays raised the target price of Hilton Hotels Group from $243.00 to $268.00.Iraqi Prime Minister: No party is allowed to invade Syrian territory. When meeting with visiting US Secretary of State Blinken in Baghdad on the 13th, Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani said that no party is allowed to invade Syrian territory.Two weeks after the ceasefire in Lebanon, Britain and Japan lowered their travel warnings to Israel. Two weeks after the ceasefire in Lebanon, Britain and Japan announced that they would lower their travel warnings to Israel respectively. Japan lowered its travel warning from level 3 to level 2. Britain followed suit and cancelled all travel warnings to Israel and the West Bank.