Friday, December 31, 2021
Evening
- Wall Street ends tumultuous year near record highs
- Commodities Notch Their Best Year Since Financial Crisis Rebound
- Oil Posts Its Biggest Annual Gain Since 2009 as Demand Recovers
- Stocks End Banner Year Few Imagined in January: Markets Wrap
- Bull Market Overcame Virus Waves, Fed Pivot in Tempestuous 2021
- Omicron’s New Year’s cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022
- Omicron hospitalization risk lower than delta, vaccines provide good protection, U.K. study says
- U.S. Schools Push Covid Tests After Anxiety of Holiday Surge
- Wave of canceled flights from omicron closes out 2021
- Cases Rise ‘Through the Roof’ as Omicron Sweeps Across U.S.
Afternoon
- S&P 500 is little changed in final trading day of the year, set for 27% gain in 2021
- U.S. 10-year Treasury yield finishes 2021 above 1.5%
- Colorado Fires Burn up to 1,000 Homes, Spread in Blink of an Eye
- Some cautious, many fed up, Americans prepare to ring in the New Year
- Fed Repo Facility Use Jumps to Record High on Final Day of 2021
- China warns Walmart over alleged removal of Xinjiang-sourced products from stores
- Bitcoin Ends Its Bang of a 2021 With a December Whimper
General
- Stocks Waver as Year Draws to a Close: Markets Wrap
- Global stocks retreat from gains, oil dips as investors reassess COVID look-ahead
- Oil heads for biggest annual gain since at least 2016
- Global M&A volumes hit record high in 2021, breach $5 trillion for first time
- COVID-driven flight delays, cancellations persist on 2021's final day
- U.S. hits record high with nearly 500,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day
- US sets WORLD record 489,267 COVID cases in 24 hours as country risks grinding to a halt
- China Manufacturing Momentum Intact Amid Property Slump
- China’s big challenge for 2022: Getting people to spend money
- Hong Kong says Omicron has breached its strict COVID-19 restrictions
- Global equity funds lure big inflows as Omicron fears ease - Lipper
- 'Serious' talk between Biden and Putin sets stage for diplomacy
- Wind-Whipped Wildfires Devour Hundreds of Homes in Colorado
- Russia test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles from frigate, submarine
- Turkey Tweaks New Deposit Tool Meant to Ease Lira Fall
- Omicron Spreads in Hong Kong; New South Wales High: Virus Update
- China Punishes People Trying to Flee Covid Controls in Xi’an
- Air Travel Is No Holiday as Covid and Storms Cancel Flights
- Fed Rate-Setting Panel Gets New Members in 2022 Amid Rate-Rise Expectations
- Beijing Fell Short on Trade Deal Promises, Creating Dilemma for Biden
- China Evergrande Revises Payment Plan for Wealth-Management Products
- Debuts in active ETFs surge as US investors’ appetite grows
- How NFTs became a $40bn market in 2021
- US will respond ‘decisively’ if Russia invades Ukraine, Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin