U.S. Stocks Looking Ahead | The three major stock index futures rose together, and Tesla (TSLA.US) rose more than 7% in the pre-market

Zhitong Finance APP learned that on January 3 (Monday) before the US stock market, the three major stock index futures of the US stock market rose together. As of press time, Dow futures are up 0.45 percent, S&P 500 futures are up 0.55 percent, and NASDAQ futures are up 0.68 percent.

As of press time, WTI crude oil fell 0.24% to $75.39 a barrel. Brent crude fell 0.48 percent at $78.15 a barrel.

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Libya's National Oil Company said in a statement that the main oil pipeline linking the Samar and Dula oil fields with Libya's Sidra oil port will begin maintenance on Jan. 3. Less than two weeks ago, the country's army shut down Sharara, Libya's largest oil field. Libya expects the pipeline repair to cause oil production to fall by 200,000 bpd in a week; Coupled with production cuts from the Sharara field, Libya's production will fall to around 700,000 barrels per day, the lowest level in more than a year.

Fauci, Biden's chief medical adviser, said in an interview Sunday: "There is no doubt that the accelerated increase in cases we are seeing is truly unprecedented, far beyond anything we have seen before." Fauci said that while research suggests the virus may have "lower intrinsic pathogenicity," it could still put stress and burden on the hospital system.

According to a report released Monday by trade credit insurer Euler Hermes, chipmakers are growing hot during the pandemic, and the strong momentum in the semiconductor sector will continue into 2022. Analysts predict that global semiconductor sales are expected to grow another 9 percent, topped $600 billion for the first time in 2022. In addition, they added that in 2021, semiconductor sales increased by 26% to $553 billion.

According to the latest "Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER)" data released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the dollar's share of global foreign exchange reserves fell from 59.23% in the second quarter to 59.15% in the third quarter, falling to a 26-year low in the past four quarters.

The Turkish lira has weakened after data showed inflation rose to a 19-year high in December. Turkey's inflation-adjusted benchmark interest rate was negative 22.08% due to rising inflation, the lowest real yield among emerging markets.

AT&T (T.US) and Verizon (VZ. US) declined a request from the U.S. side to delay the deployment of a new 5G wireless service plan this week, after media reports that Boeing (BA. US) CEO Dave Calhoun and Airbus (EADSF. JEFFREY Knittel, CEO of the US company, urged the Biden administration to delay deploying the plan, saying it could hurt aviation safety.

Future FinTech Group (FTFT. US) today announced that its Dubai subsidiary, FTFT Capital Investments LLC ("FTFT Capital"), has launched FTFTX, an innovative global cryptocurrency market data platform. The platform provides institutional and individual investors with real-time, high-quality and reliable cryptocurrency market data and aggregated trading solutions, covering the market data of a full range of digital assets such as Bitcoin, ETH, EOS, Litecoin, TRON and so on.

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In terms of technology stocks, large technology stocks collectively moved higher. Apple (AAPL. US) up 0.44% ahead of hours, with Amazon (AMZN. US) up 0.85% ahead of hours, microsoft (MSFT. US) up 0.38% ahead of hours, Alphabet (GOOGL. US) up 0.50% ahead of hours, Meta Platforms (FB. US) up 0.65% pre-hours, Adobe (ADBE. US) up 1.05% ahead of hours, NVDA. US) up 1.87% in pre-hours, PayPal (PYPL. US) up 1.90%.

The new energy vehicle sector is higher, Tesla pre-market (TSLA. US) rose 7.58 percent, and Tesla delivered 308,600 vehicles worldwide in the fourth quarter of last year, breaking the company's previous record. Stellantis(STLA. US) up 3.41% before market hours; Tata Motors (TTM. US) was up 3.05% before market hours. Ideal Auto (LI.US) rose 2.87% before market hours, and ideal ONE delivered more than 14,000 units in December, setting a new high in deliveries; NIO.COM. US) rose 2.27 percent pre-market, delivering 10,489 new vehicles in December, up 49.7 percent year-over-year. A total of 25,034 units were delivered in the fourth quarter, an increase of 44.3% year-on-year, achieving seven consecutive quarters of positive growth; XPEV. US) up 2.64% pre-market, delivering 16,000 smart cars in December, up 181% year-on-year; A total of 41,751 smart cars were delivered in the fourth quarter of 2021, an increase of 222% year-on-year.

In terms of popular Chinese stocks, TSM. US) up 3.05% ahead of hours, BZ. US) up 2.78% ahead of hours, Alibaba (BABA. US) fell 0.13% pre-market, FUTU. US) up 0.81% pre-market, Daqo New Energy (DQ. US) up 2.65% before market hours, as INX. US) fell 1.28% before market hours, UMC. US) fell 0.94% before market hours.