Asia

The S&P 500 index hit an all-time high Wednesday for a second straight record close

Singapore has granted regulatory allowance for the sale of lab-grown meat.

Traders will digest the first of this week's employment-related reports with the ADP report on private sector jobs

The International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government were forced to put off the Games for a year in March

One day after Americans celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday and markets were closed, stock futures traded cautiously early Friday with Asian stocks mixed over questions about the effectiveness of one possible coronavirus vaccine weighing on investor optimism.

Core consumer prices in Tokyo suffered their biggest annual drop in more than eight years, data showed on Friday, an indication the hit to consumption from the coronavirus crisis continued to heap deflationary pressure on the economy.

The Dow is up roughly 60% from its March low

President Tsai Ing-wen's administration lifted a long-standing ban on U.S. pork and beef imports in August, in a move seen as one of the first steps toward possibly negotiating a bilateral trade agreement with the U.S. The ban is due to be lifted in January.

On Wall Street on Thursday, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% after spending much of the day flipping between small losses and gains

Investors will also get to digest reports on manufacturing and housing