Stock market today Asian markets are steady in holidaythinned trade The Associated Press
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- Asian markets were steady in holiday-thinned trading on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, with some markets in the region closed for holidays..
- (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)Asian markets were steady in holiday-thinned trading on Tuesday, with some markets in the region closed for holidays..
- On Friday, Wall Street closed its eighth straight winning week with a quiet finish following reports showing inflation is on the decline even as the economy appears stronger than expected..
- In other trading on Tuesday, a barrel of U.S. crude picked up 26 cents to $73.82 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange..
- and European markets were closed on Monday and some in Europe will remain closed for Boxing Day..
- Wall Street closed on Monday for the Christmas holiday.On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% to sit less than 1% below its record set nearly two years ago, at 4,754.63..
BANGKOK (AP) Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday after Wall Street capped its eighth straight winning week with a quiet finish following reports showing inflation on the way down and the econom [+2875 chars]