Global equity markets appear to continue to move weakly with the lack of new catalysts negating buying interest by investors ahead of this new year.
Nevertheless, the news of the end of the quarantine period for tourists entering China was seen to have an impact on the market with the dollar down and Treasury yields surging.
But that was seen as failing to boost equities and closed mixed, with a downward trend after being dragged down by technology-themed stocks.
At the close on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.11% at 33,241.76 while the S&P 500 lost 0.40% at 3,829.26 and the Nasdaq Composite was down 1.38% at 10,353.23.
Most markets in Europe remained closed yesterday in conjunction with Boxing Day as MSCI's broadest index of global shares lost 0.15%, down 19.8% year to date.
In Asia this morning, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.58%, Topix fell 0.32%, South Korea's Kospi fell 1.77% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 reversed gains of 0.27%.
Shares of China-related firms such as Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduoduo that trade in the United States (US) are seen to have successfully recorded gains.
Meanwhile, the benchmark 10-year note rose 3.854% from 3.747% while the 30-year bond rose 3.9417% from 3.822% and the 2-year note jumped 4.3891% from 4.323%.
The currency king dollar was relatively flat as investors tried to digest news from China, where changes in Covid policy could boost economic growth but the impact of infections is understood to continue to rise.
The greenback index rose slightly 0.086% with the Euro adding 0.04% at $1.0639 while the Yen was down 0.49% at $133.54 and the Pound fell 0.28% at $1.2026.
