Bank of America: U.S. small-cap stocks outflowed $2.1 billion, the largest level in seven weeks.

Bank of America: High-yield bonds saw $12 billion in inflows, the largest since June 2020; $3.7 billion flowed into U.S. growth stocks, the largest in 11 weeks.

Bank of America: In the week ended Wednesday, there were $75.6 billion in cash, $3.7 billion in bonds, $2.6 billion in stocks and $400 million in gold, according to EPFR data.

The U.S. dollar index DXY rose 10 points in the short term and is currently at 103.44.

Geely Automobile (00175.HK): Sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles in November were 29,705 units.

Geely Automobile (00175.HK): Sales of pure electric vehicles in November were 35,329 units, a year-on-year increase of 13%.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: We have not seen any signal that Ukraine is ready to turn to a political process.

Sources: Oil loading at the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk was suspended again on Friday due to renewed storms.

UN Secretary-General Guterres: I deeply regret the resumption of military operations in the Gaza Strip.

European Commission Vice President Sefcovic: Renewable energy is the only way to replace Russian oil and gas.

Market news: The EU will contribute more than 220 million euros to the climate disaster fund.

According to RIA Novosti: The Russian Defense Minister stated that Russia will hold the "Ocean-2024" military exercise in 2024.

According to RIA Novosti: The Russian Defense Minister stated that the Russian army continues to advance in all directions in Ukraine.

The Russian ruble extended its decline against the US dollar, falling to 90 for the first time since November 20.

Dutch Prime Minister Rutte: The Netherlands will commit (provide) 15 million euros to the climate disaster fund.

Hungarian Finance Minister: We will take measures to solve the deficit problem when necessary.

According to trader information, Russia plans to export 1.469 million tons of petroleum products from the Black Sea port of Tapsa in December, compared with 1.103 million tons planned for November.

S&P Global Market Intelligence comments on UK Manufacturing PMI: Underlying industry dynamics further highlight how this combination of high uncertainty and low confidence affects corporate performance. Weak business-to-business and capital spending were the main drivers of the latest round of production cuts as output and new orders in the intermediate goods and investment goods sectors both shrank. In contrast, consumer-facing manufacturer activity saw solid growth.

The euro fell to 0.86 against the pound EUR/GBP, down 0.29% on the day.