THE U.S. STOCK MARKET WILL CLOSE EARLY TODAY IN OBSERVATION OF CHRISTMAS EVE

Highlights

• Both the markets, stock and bond market will remain completely closed on Friday for Christmas Day

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average Index is trading 44.80 points or 0.15 percent upwards at 30,174.63 and the S&P 500 index is 7.18 points or 0.19 percent upwards at 3,697.13.

• Among global stocks, Alibaba American depository shares went down by over 11 percent in New York courtesy of ....