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Hong Kong stocks jumped following a positive phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US president-elect Donald Trump. The Hang Seng Index added 1.7 per cent to 19,917.38 as of 9.50am local time, while the Hang Seng Tech Index rallied 2.4 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index climbed 1 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.6 per cent. Leading the pack was e-commerce giant JD.com, which surged 4.1 per cent to HK$152.70, while peer Alibaba Group Holding rose 2.3 per

Here's what you need to know about trading stocks, bonds, and crypto on Martin Luther King day—January 20th—2025

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Analysts at the U.S. investment bank said in a client note that the estimate is similar to their own 50% subjective probability of a 10% effective tariff on copper by year-end. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange eased 0.3% to $9,167 a metric ton as at 0706 GMT after reaching a one-month peak last week. President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House later in the global day with an inauguration speech which traders will parse for policies to be enacted on day one.

Markets are looking to the first hours of Donald Trump's presidency to set the tone for his second term. U.S. markets are closed for Martin Luther King day, so the immediate focus will fall on foreign exchange markets and stock and bond futures. Often, market performance through presidential terms reverts to more reliable relationships with economic trends, but Trump tends to inject volatility and has foreshadowed bold policy shifts.

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The former CTO of Coinbase and general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz said in a thread on X that memecoins aren’t wealth creation.

Michael Batnick said the outperformance of consumer discretionary stocks relative to consumer staples is "the most bullish chart in the world."

The gigantic national debt is finally starting to spook financial markets. That could hamstring Trump's economic agenda.

The tariffs Trump has threatened would ding profits and stocks. But investors think Trump's threats of a punishing trade war are overblown.