<div id="readability-page-1"><div><div><table><tbody><tr><td>Stock Markets </td><td>closing level)</td><td>Net Chng</td><td>Stock Markets</td><td></td><td>Net Chng</td></tr><tr><td>S&amp;P/ASX 200**</td><td>8614.1</td><td>-3.2</td><td>NZX 50**</td><td>13489.15</td><td>52.62</td></tr><tr><td>DJIA</td><td>47716.42</td><td>289.3</td><td>NIKKEI**</td><td>50253.91</td><td>86.81</td></tr><tr><td>Nasdaq</td><td>23365.686</td><td>150.996</td><td>FTSE**</td><td>9720.51</td><td>26.58</td></tr><tr><td>S&amp;P 500</td><td>6849.09</td><td>36.48</td><td>Hang Seng**</td><td>25858.89</td><td>-87.04</td></tr><tr><td>SPI 200 Fut</td><td>8628</td><td>4</td><td>STI**</td><td>4523.96</td><td>14.62</td></tr><tr><td>SSEC**</td><td>3888.5962</td><td>13.3368</td><td>KOSPI**</td><td>3926.59</td><td>-60.32</td></tr></tbody></table></div> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><table><tbody><tr><td>Bonds</td><td></td><td></td><td>Bonds</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>JP 10 YR Bond</td><td>1.805</td><td>0.01</td><td>KR 10 YR Bond</td><td>9543.11</td><td>15.92</td></tr><tr><td>AU 10 YR Bond</td><td>97.765</td><td>0.055</td><td>US 10 YR Bond</td><td>99.859375</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>NZ 10 YR Bond</td><td>98.851</td><td>-</td><td>US 30 YR Bond</td><td>99.359375</td><td>-</td></tr></tbody></table></div> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <div><table><tbody><tr><td>Currencies</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>SGD US$ </td><td>0.0000</td><td>0</td><td>KRW US$ </td><td>1,467.470</td><td>5.24</td></tr><tr><td>AUD US$</td><td>0.0000</td><td>0</td><td>NZD US$</td><td>0.5731</td><td>-0.0003</td></tr><tr><td>EUR US$</td><td>1.1600</td><td>0.0005</td><td>Yen US$</td><td>156.0500</td><td>-0.1</td></tr><tr><td>THB US$ </td><td>32.1000</td><td>0</td><td>PHP US$</td><td>58.5730</td><td>-0.172</td></tr><tr><td>IDR US$</td><td>16,650</td><td>15</td><td>INR US$ </td><td>89.3520</td><td>0.007</td></tr><tr><td>MYR US$</td><td>4.1300</td><td>0</td><td>TWD US$ </td><td>31.4080</td><td>0.068</td></tr><tr><td>CNY US$</td><td>7.0740</td><td>-0.006</td><td>HKD US$</td><td>7.7858</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table></div> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <div><table><tbody><tr><td>Commodities </td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spot Gold</td><td>4230.37</td><td>73.1</td><td>Silver (Lon)</td><td>56.71</td><td>3.27</td></tr><tr><td>U.S. Gold Fut</td><td>4254.9</td><td>171.7</td><td>Brent Crude</td><td>63.20</td><td>-0.24</td></tr><tr><td>Iron Ore</td><td>747</td><td>5</td><td>TRJCRB Index</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>TOCOM Rubber</td><td>342.1</td><td>-0.8</td><td> Copper</td><td>11175.5</td><td>236</td></tr></tbody></table></div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** indicates closing price All prices as of 1834 GMTEQUITIESGLOBAL - U.S. stocks ended higher in a truncated, post-holiday session on Friday that was complicated by an outage at an exchange operator as investors closed the book on a tumultuous month and kicked off the holiday shopping season.MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe EURONEXT:IACWI rose 4.29 points, or 0.43%, to 1,004.99.For a full report, click on - - - -NEW YORK - U.S. stocks climbed on Friday in thin trading volume during a shortened session after Thanksgiving, driven by gains in retail and a recovery in tech stocks.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.61%, to 47,716.42 points, the S&amp;P 500 gained 0.54%, to 6,849.09 points and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.65%, to 23,365.69.For a full report, click on - - - -LONDON - European shares ended higher on Friday, capping a strong weekly advance and closing the month on a robust note, supported by optimism over potential U.S. rate cuts.The pan-European STOXX 600 closed 0.23% higher at 576.34, hitting its longest monthly winning streak since March 2024.For a full report, click on - - - -TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average added to a weekly advance on Friday as investor attention turned towards major central bank decisions next month.The Nikkei 225 index swayed between gains and losses before closing up 0.2% at 50,253.91. For a full report, click on - - - -SHANGHAI - China and Hong Kong stocks ended the week higher, as investors kept favouring artificial intelligence-related shares while turning cautious with key benchmarks near multi-year highs.China's blue-chip CSI300 Index and the Shanghai Composite Index both closed up 0.3% on Friday.For a full report, click on - - - - AUSTRALIA - Australian shares were likely to open little changed on Monday as potential gains in mining stocks, moving in tandem with resilient commodity prices, were expected to parry possible losses in energy stocks, on the back of weak oil prices. The local share price index futures (YAPcm1) were flat, a 13.9-point premium to the underlying S&amp;P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark closed unchanged on Friday.For a full report, click on - - - -SEOUL - South Korean shares fell more than 1% on Friday, ending the month with the biggest loss in 22 months, as chipmakers were weighed by worries about over-valuation of artificial intelligence stocks.The benchmark KOSPI closed down 60.32 points, or 1.51%, at 3,926.59.For a full report, click on - - - -FOREIGN EXCHANGENEW YORK - The U.S. dollar was heading for its worst weekly performance since late July on Friday as traders increased bets that the Federal Reserve will cut rates again next month.The dollar index , which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six major peers, was last down 0.09% at 99.44, and on track for a 0.61% weekly loss, its largest since July 21.For a full report, click on - - - -SHANGHAI - The yuan headed for its longest string of monthly gains against the dollar in four years on Friday, even as traders turned more cautious about taking the Chinese currency higher amid signs the central bank wants to cool its advance.The onshore yuan edged up less than 0.1% to 7.0756 per dollar as of 0415 GMT, keeping it on course for a 0.6% appreciation for November, which would be a fourth straight monthly rise. For a full report, click on - - - -AUSTRALIA - The Australian and New Zealand dollars were set for solid weekly gains on Friday as markets bet the policy easing cycles in both countries could be over while the Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut rates next month.The Aussie steadied at $0.6536 but was headed for a weekly gain of 1.2%, the biggest since early September.For a full report, click on - - - -SEOUL - The won was quoted at 1,470.6 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform , 0.54% lower than its previous close at 1,462.7.For a full report, click on - - - -TREASURIESNEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday amid low volumes after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and as CME Group, the world's largest exchange operator, suffered an outage that halted futures trading.Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields were last at 4.015%, about two basis points up from Wednesday.For a full report, click on - - - -LONDON - Euro zone benchmark bond yields rose slightly on Friday, but were set for a second straight modest weekly decline as traders stuck to their expectations for the European Central Bank’s rate path after economic data and the ECB account.Germany’s 10-year yields (DE10YT=RR), the euro area’s benchmark, were up 0.2 basis points (bps) at 2.7% but on track for a weekly1-bp drop.For a full report, click on - - - -TOKYO - Benchmark Japanese bonds slid on Friday on expectations the government will sell more of the securities as it seeks to fund massive new spending.The 10-year Japanese government bond (JGB) yield (JP10YTN=JBTC) rose 3 basis points (bps) to 1.825%, set to rise 17 bps in November in what would be its steepest monthly climb in six. For a full report, click on COMMODITIESGOLD - Spot gold rose 1% to a two-week high on Friday, as expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will trim interest rates next month lifted demand for the non-yielding asset, while silver hit a fresh record high.Spot gold was up 1.3% to $4,210.94 per ounce by 03:11 p.m. EST (20:11 GMT), after reaching its highest price since November 13 earlier today.For a full report, click on - - - -IRON ORE - Iron ore futures prices dipped on Friday, but logged their third straight weekly gain on recent infrastructure demand.The most-traded January iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) closed daytime trade 0.19% lower at 794 yuan ($112.18) a metric ton.For a full report, click on - - - -BASE METALS - Copper powered to a record high above $11,200 a metric ton on Friday, as supply of the metal outside the United States tightened and a weaker dollar fuelled the rally further.Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose as much as 2.5% to $11,210.50, surpassing the previous all-time peak of $11,200 hit on October 29.For a full report, click on - - - -OIL - Crude futures fell marginally on Friday as investors considered oil's geopolitical risk premium amid drawn-out Russia-Ukraine peace talks, while keeping an eye on Sunday's OPEC+ meeting for clues about potential output changes.Front-month Brent crude futures for January , which expire on Friday, settled down 14 cents, or 0.22%, at $63.20 a barrel.For a full report, click on - - - -PALM OIL - There will be no palm oil market closing report on Friday, as the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange has said it will not resume trading following a system outage.For a full report, click on - - - -RUBBER - Japanese rubber futures rose on Friday and posted their fourth straight weekly gain, as floods in top producer Thailand disrupted supply.The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for May delivery , was up 5.9 yen, or 1.75%, at 342.9 yen($2.19) per kg.For a full report, click on - - - -</div></div>

Global markets saw mixed performances with U.S. stocks rising post-Thanksgiving, European shares closing higher, and Asian markets showing varied results. The U.S. dollar weakened, while the yuan and Australian dollar gained. Commodity prices were resilient, and U.S. Treasury yields increased amid low trading volumes.

UPDATE 1-Asia Morning Call-Global Markets