Friday, December 4th, today’s news—German factory orders in October surpassed the pre-pandemic levels. European and Asian markets rise on the US stimulus hopes, China's export and import growth continues to gain pace, gold and oil are up, the weakest job data in six months is expected in the US. The price of Brent oil is $49.72, WTI—$46.58 EUR/USD is at 1.2158, GBP/USD—1.3418, gold is $1,844.35 per ounce.