US
S&P500 +2.86%(2,485.74); NASDAQ +3.97% (6,584.52); DJIA +2.75% (23,062.40)
November’s Chicago Fed National Activity Index rose to 0.22 from October’s reading of 0.00
December’s Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index fell to -8 from November’s 14
December’s Chicago PMI fell to 65.4 from November’s 66.4
November’s Pending Home Sales fell 0.7% from October’s -2.6%
October’s S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices rose 5.0% y/y versus September’s +5.2% y/y
Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending December 21st fell by 1K to 216K
Continuing Jobless Claims for the week ending December 14th fell by 4K to 1,701K