Although the holidays have somewhat thinned out trading process, that doesn’t mean that markets are going to stand still while Thanksgiving passes by. There are changes in the performance of the major indices in both Europe and Asia together. And this time we see losses in Europe and gains in Asia, even though this occasion is pretty rare for the markets.

S&P 500 futures gained 0.05 percent.

MSCI Asia Pacific rose 0.3 percent.

Nikkei Stock Average 225 grew 0.65 percent.

Topix gained 0.8 percent.

Stoxx Europe 600 lost 0.4 percent.

FTSE 100 declined 0.4 percent.

DAX from Germany rose 0.3 percent.

MSCI Emerging Market fell 0.05 percent.

With dollar being traded less than the usual, the greenback has lost points and sank against the six major rivals. Pound and euro are using this time to stabilize and grow.

Dollar lost 0.1 percent against the basket of six major rivals.

Euro added 0.1 percent - $1.1401.

Pound advanced 0.05 percent - $1.2783.

Oil is true to form – recovery in the morning and loss in the afternoon. It is a peculiar price pattern to have; gold is up; other commodities are looking down.

WTI oil lost 1.48 percent - $53.82.

Brent crude declined 1.26 percent - $62.68.

Natural gas lost 2.65 percent - $4.33 per MMBtu.

Heating oil is down by 0.62 percent - $195.79.

Gold added 0.01 percent - $1228.1 per ounce.

Silver lost 0.26 percent - $14.47 per ounce.

Platinum is down by 0.1 percent - $845.48.