Monday, November 16th, today’s news—China and 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region sign a major trade deal that excludes the US. The region's markets are rising amid the deal, positive economic data in China and the vaccine cheer, European markets also rise, total number of COVID-19 cases in the US surpasses 11 million, the dollar is weaker, oil is up on the output curb hopes. The price of Brent oil is $43.34, WTI—$40.80, EUR/USD is at 1.1852, GBP/USD—1.3194, gold is $1,892.50 per ounce.