WORLD MARKETS

World Markets Daily News – In Brief – Friday 11/11/2022

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. THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

ASX hits five-month high as US inflation data spurs market optimism

The ASX roared higher on Friday, with tech and real estate stocks enjoying a stellar session, however, the exuberance may be short-lived.

. RTT NEWS

Asian markets a sea of green

Asian stock markets are trading sharply higher on Friday, following the broadly positive cues from global markets overnight, reflecting a positive reaction to the smaller-than-expected increase in US consumer price inflation in October

. CNBC

Stock futures rise after S&P 500 posts its biggest one-day rally since 2020

Stock futures rose early Friday after China said it would ease some Covid measures, building on optimism from better-than-feared inflation data that fueled a broad market rally Thursday.

. REUTERS

Oil crawls higher on U.S. hopes, but Covid rise in China caps gains

Oil prices rose on Friday as fears of a U.S. recession eased but were on track for weekly declines of more than 4% after a jump in COVID-19 cases in top oil importer China raised the spectre of weaker fuel demand.

Gold eyes best week since March on hopes of less aggressive Fed

Gold prices eased on Friday, but were set for their biggest weekly gain in more than eight months, as U.S. data pointing to slowing inflation boosted hopes that the Federal Reserve would slow its aggressive rate hikes

. THE FINANCIAL TIMES

FTX assets frozen by Bahamas regulator as crypto exchange fights to survive

Investors describe chaotic race by Sam Bankman-Fried to secure up to $8bn to bail out his group

. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Elon Musk Raises Specter of Twitter Bankruptcy

Twitter suffered additional senior executive departures as owner Elon Musk said bankruptcy is a possibility for the company.