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Here is what you need to know on Friday, December 27: Trading action in financial markets remain choppy on Friday as trading conditions stay thin following the Christmas break. The US economic calendar will feature preliminary Goods Trade Balance and Wholesale Inventories data for November. Wall Street’s main indexes closed little changed on Thursday and the US Dollar (USD) Index ended the day flat. The USD Index fluctuates in a very tight range above 108.00 in the European morning on Friday and US stock index futures trade in negative territory, reflecting a cautious mood. The US Department of Labor reported on Thursday that the weekly Initial Jobless Claims decreased slightly to 219,000 in the week ending December 21, from 220,000 in the previous week. This reading came in better than the market expectation of 224,000. US Dollar PRICE This week The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies this week. US Dollar was the strongest against the Japanese Yen.   USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF USD   0.23% 0.38% 0.90% 0.27% 0.48% 0.44% 0.83% EUR -0.23%   0.11% 0.61% 0.02% 0.31% 0.19% 0.59% GBP -0.38% -0.11%   0.43% -0.09% 0.18% 0.08% 0.48% JPY -0.90% -0.61% -0.43%   -0.60% -0.35% -0.44% -0.15% CAD -0.27% -0.02% 0.09% 0.60%   0.25% 0.17% 0.57% AUD -0.48% -0.31% -0.18% 0.35% -0.25%   -0.12% 0.28% NZD -0.44% -0.19% -0.08% 0.44% -0.17% 0.12%   0.36% CHF -0.83% -0.59% -0.48% 0.15% -0.57% -0.28% -0.36%   The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen,…

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