Weekly Market Overview

The US stock market closed lower on Tuesday.
The Dow Jones declined 0.38%, the S&P 500 slipped 0.09%, while the Nasdaq edged up 0.13%. The US 10-year Treasury yield decreased by 0.14 b.p. to 4.18%.
Gold futures eased 0.03% to $4,234.85, while Brent crude rose 0.16% to $62.04.
The KASE index fell 0.50%.
Across the S&P 500 sectors, Basic Materials led the gains, while Healthcare was among the sectors finishing in the red.

U.S. bond yields surged, and financial markets started the week shakily ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting, though yields later steadied as investors braced for a likely rate cut.
Most U.S. stock indexes dipped while the dollar and Treasury yields rose ahead of the Fed decision, as investors await fresh signals on monetary policy.
Ahead of the Fed’s rate decision, U.S. investors poured roughly $105 billion into money-market funds — the largest weekly inflow since early November — reflecting a shift toward safer assets

Google’s Gemini is rapidly closing the gap with ChatGPT, growing its monthly active users by about 30% to 346 million and expanding usage across Google Search and mobile apps, while ChatGPT remains the market leader with around 800–900 million users and slower recent growth.
Chinese shares fell after data showed inflation rose to 0.7% in November, dampening expectations for further monetary easing.
SpaceX is preparing for an IPO that could raise more than $30 billion and become the largest offering in history.

Vladimir Kim and Eduard Ogai agreed to sell Kazakhmys' new shareholder. Copper mining company Kazakhmys is preparing for a shareholder change. According to the signed document, the upcoming shareholder change will not impact production and operational processes, and contractual obligations, employee social security, and job stability will be fully maintained.