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📅 Market Review for Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Tuesday, December 16, 2025, was a challenging day for the broader market. A delayed and disappointing jobs report sent the unemployment rate to its highest level since 2021, while crude oil plummeted to nearly five-year lows, triggering a sharp sell-off in energy stocks.

📈 Equities (Stocks)

US indices turned in a mixed performance as investors balanced weak labor data against a slight recovery in tech:

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by -0.62% (approx. 300 points), closing at 48,114.27.
• The S&P 500 fell for the third straight session, losing -0.24% to close at 6,800.26.
• The Nasdaq Composite bucked the trend, gaining +0.23% to close at 23,111.46, snapping a three-day losing streak.

Market Movers: The energy sector was the biggest laggard; Phillips 66 (PSX) plunged nearly -7% and Exxon Mobil (XOM) fell -2.6% as oil prices crumbled. However, Tesla (TSLA) was a bright spot, surging +3.1% to a new all-time high following Elon Musk’s confirmation of robotaxi testing in Austin. AI favorites Nvidia (+1%) and Palantir (+2.5%) also helped support the Nasdaq.

🪙 Crypto

The digital asset market faced significant selling pressure, mirroring the "risk-off" mood seen in the broader macro environment.

• Bitcoin (BTC) fell by approximately -4.0%, sliding to trade near $86,280. Earlier in the session, it touched lows near $85,200, its weakest level in two weeks.
• Ethereum (ETH) suffered even sharper losses, dropping -6.9% to trade below the $3,000 level at approximately $2,930.
• The decline was attributed to heavy liquidations in the derivatives market following the weak US jobs data, which cooled appetite for speculative assets.

🏛️ Bonds

US Treasury yields saw their largest one-day decline in weeks as investors sought the safety of government debt following the weak employment data.

• The yield on the benchmark US 10-Year Treasury note fell by 0.033 percentage points to 4.148%. This drop reflects growing concerns that a softening labor market may force the Federal Reserve to consider more aggressive rate cuts in early 2026.

💰 Commodities

Energy hit the headlines yesterday for all the wrong reasons, while precious metals held firm:

• WTI Crude Oil plummeted nearly -3%, briefly slipping below $55 per barrel—its lowest point in four years—due to a growing global surplus and fears of slowing demand.
• Gold (XAU/USD) remained a pillar of strength, trading near $4,302 per ounce. The combination of falling bond yields and general market jitters continues to support the bullish case for gold.
• US Natural Gas continued to trade near the $4.40 - $4.50 per MMBtu range, showing resilience relative to the crash in crude oil.

💱 Foreign Exchange (FX)

The US Dollar Index (DXY) weakened as the disappointing jobs data weighed on the greenback.

• The Dollar eased against major peers like the Euro (EUR) and the Japanese Yen (JPY). The rise in unemployment to 4.6% has markets questioning the "higher for longer" narrative, naturally putting downward pressure on the currency.

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