EUR/USD suffered a contracting triangle breakdown on Friday, courtesy of heightened global growth fears and resulting risk aversion in the equities. The pair is now trading flat as investors look to FOMC meet for forward guidance.

Liv-ex 100—a benchmark for the fine wine market—has eluded the roller coasters experienced by global equities, trading within a 2% range throughout 2018, according to a report by London-based Liv-ex released Thursday.

If one sees continued benign data on the inflation front, one can hope for increased liquidity from RBI, going forward, to support credit growth

• Gold is trading in a sideways manner around the 200-hour MA in Asia.
• Risk-off in equities and a slight drop in the treasury yields is likely helping the yellow metal defend the MA support.

Bearish pressure on prices also came from the IEA’s latest monthly oil market

Carbonite Inc. (CARB) had a rough trading day for Friday December 14 as shares tumbled 5.08%, or a loss of $-1.37 per share, to close at $25.61. After opening the day at $26.57, shares of Carbonite Inc. traded as high as $26.87 and as low as $25.31. Volume was 302,695 shares over 3,701 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 34.56 million.

Sotheby’s (BID) traded on unusually high volume on Dec. 14, as the stock gained 1.67% to close at $37.67. On the day, Sotheby’s saw 938,763 shares trade hands on 9,231 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 545,962 shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.

GMS Inc. (GMS) traded on unusually high volume on Dec. 14, as the stock gained 6.12% to close at $15.78. On the day, GMS Inc. saw 1.58 million shares trade hands on 10,732 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 609,417 shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.

Callon Petroleum Company (CPE) had a rough trading day for Friday December 14 as shares tumbled 8.83%, or a loss of $-0.68 per share, to close at $7.02. After opening the day at $7.54, shares of Callon Petroleum Company traded as high as $7.58 and as low as $7.00. Volume was 5.9 million shares over 29,265 trades, against an average daily volume of 4.52 million shares and a total float of 227.58 million.

AMERISAFE Inc. (AMSF) had a rough trading day for Thursday December 13 as shares tumbled 5.51%, or a loss of $-3.49 per share, to close at $59.90. After opening the day at $60.08, shares of AMERISAFE Inc. traded as high as $61.14 and as low as $59.15. Volume was 86,492 shares over 1,091 trades, against an average daily volume of n/a shares and a total float of 19.27 million.