Gold futures moved slightly higher while equity futures held firm, indicating investors are hedging macro risks without rotating heavily out of stocks. This balanced flow adds stability to live market futures outlooks. This past week, the Trump administration formally announced its foothold in the lithium market — first reported in September — by taking a 5% stake in Lithium Americas Corp ( LAC ) and a 5% stake in a Lithium Americas-General Motors ( GM ) joint venture lithium mining project. The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's performance against six rival currencies including the euro and the Japanese yen , lost 0.2% to trade at 97.54. The move put the benchmark down 10% for 2025. That would mark the U.S. currency's biggest annual loss since 2003 — when it fell 14.6%. Tech-led rallies in live market futures coincide with improving global PMI numbers, pointing to synchronized growth expectations across major economies. Traders eye earnings season as the next catalyst.
