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Japanese yen moves towards the longest losing streak since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will stay put and the yen will move towards the longest losing streak against the US dollar since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will not raise interest rates next week. The yen continued to fall on Friday, falling 0.7% against the US dollar to 153.72 yen, the lowest level since November 26th. The yen has fallen for the fifth day in a row, and is heading for the worst weekly performance in more than two months. Earlier this week, it was reported that the Bank of Japan thought that it would not pay a huge price to wait until January or later, because there were signs that there was little risk that inflation might exceed the target. It is reported that officials are still open to taking action next week, depending on data and market trends.Liquid, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, received a valuation of $2.3 billion in the latest round of financing.The Brazilian real fell by 1% against the US dollar, the worst among emerging market currencies.

Polish Central Bank Governor Glapinski: There is no basis for adjusting interest rates.Russia is negotiating with the new Syrian authorities to maintain its two military bases in Syria.Barclays raised the target price of Hilton Hotels Group from $243.00 to $268.00.

European members of NATO are considering increasing the proportion of military expenditure. On December 12th, the Financial Times reported that some European members of NATO are considering increasing the proportion of national defense expenditure in their gross domestic product (GDP) from the current 2% to 3%, which will bring budgetary pressure to many European countries.Brazil's central bank will provide at least $1 billion in spot dollar auctions. The decline of the Brazilian real against the US dollar narrowed.The composite index of Athens Stock Exchange of Greece closed up 0.36% at 1469.32 points, up 0.88% this week.