SQUAWK BOX, WEDNESDAY 6TH DECEMBER, 2023

Asian markets are in the green with Japan’s Nikkei leading the charge on strong chip stock performance. Bitcoin reaches $44,000 for the first time since April 2022 on hopes of a potential ETF. U.S. employment positions fall to a low not seen for two and a half years as rate hikes loosen the historically tight labour market Stateside. We hear from BofA CEO Brian Moynihan who says he is confident the economy activity will rebound as rates continue to ease. Apple shares are up 50 per cent this year, pushing the tech company’s market cap to more than $3tn for the first time since August. And in autos news, Brussels is set to delay EV tariffs between the EU and the UK as demand for the vehicles slumps while Danish Tesla workers join their Swedish counterparts in a sympathy strike, railing against the U.S. company’s economic ideology.