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After two years, the Chinese government has lifted its unofficial ban on Australian coal imports. While concerns about rising infection rates in China remain, an export boost allowed AUD/USD to jump over 100 pips to 0.6832.
EUR/USD reached a closing price of 1.0599, now stabilized above the 1.0600 level. GBP/USD rebounded more than 80 pips to 1.2053. Although USD/CAD plunged a little below 200 pips to 1.3476, USD/JPY has added 160 pips to 132.62.
Spot gold rose to a seven-month high of $1,863.88 an ounce, then retreated to $1,854.74. WTI oil futures dropped further to $72.84 a barrel, and Bitcoin is currently trading higher at 16,847.0.
Among the major US indices, the S&P 500 enjoyed the highest gain, with a 28-point increase (+0.75%) to 3,852. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq 100 closed higher at 33,269 and 10,914 respectively.