Tech stocks drag, dollar plumbs lows on rate cut expectations
Tech stocks dragged on U.S. indexes and the dollar touched a more than one-year low against the yen on Monday as all eyes looked to a Federal Reserve meeting later
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Tech stocks dragged on U.S. indexes and the dollar touched a more than one-year low against the yen on Monday as all eyes looked to a Federal Reserve meeting later
September 15, 2024U.S. stocks advanced on Friday and gold continued to hit record highs as investors looked to whether the Federal Reserve might move more aggressively to cut rates at its
September 13, 2024The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq gained ground while Brent crude prices hit a 3-1/2-year low on Tuesday amid concerns over softening global demand a day ahead of key
September 10, 2024The dollar rose on Thursday after new U.S. labor market data showed that unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, easing fears of an imminent
August 08, 2024Equities around the world rebounded on Tuesday from the previous day's aggressive sell-off while Treasury yields rose and the dollar was
August 05, 2024Global markets have kicked off the week in full selloff mode, with measures of volatility shooting up by the most on record in a single day, while equity futures
August 05, 2024An index of global shares steadied on Monday as investors weighed President Joe Biden's decision to end his reelection bid over the
July 21, 2024Expectations U.S. interest rates will fall, preventing a hard landing for the economy, has kept investors bullish, although geopolitics pose the biggest risk to that
July 16, 2024World stock indexes mostly rose and the U.S. dollar gained against the yen on Tuesday after solid U.S. retail sales data was taken as
July 16, 2024The yen hit an almost four-week high against the U.S. dollar on Friday, raising speculation that Japanese authorities may have intervened
July 11, 2024British domestic-focussed mid-cap stocks were the biggest gainers on Friday after the centre-left Labour Party surged to a comprehensive win in a
July 04, 2024Global stocks hit record highs on Wednesday, driven by a rally in tech shares that has made AI chipmaker Nvidia the world's most valuable company, while the dollar
July 02, 2024The U.S. dollar regained some ground on Tuesday and hovered near a one-week high against a basket of currencies, ahead of a flurry of employment data that could
July 02, 2024Global stocks rose on Tuesday, as a wave of risk appetite swept through markets after Federal Reserve officials signaled the recent yield surge could justify caution
April 26, 2024Global stock markets rose to record highs while U.S.
July 02, 2024The dollar gained on Wednesday as investors continued to bet on the U.S. economy outperforming peers and was higher for the third day
May 08, 2024The pound is playing catch-up with the dollar as investors beef up their bullish positions, and may get extra oomph from data this week showing British business
February 20, 2024The dollar edged lower on Thursday as traders waited for U.S. inflation data to confirm whether bets on as many as five Fed interest rate cuts this year were
January 11, 2024The dollar headed for its biggest weekly drop in five months on Friday as the prospect of rate cuts from the Federal Reserve versus a tough line from central banks
April 26, 2024Investors in Japan's yen have jumped at what they see as the clearest sign yet from the country's monetary authorities that the end of ultra-low interest rates is
December 07, 2023MSCI's global stock index turned higher on Tuesday while the dollar fell as a Federal Reserve official suggested that the U.S. central bank
July 02, 2024The pound rose on Friday nearing its highest in almost three months, lifted in part by a broad-based retreat in the dollar, but also by a rise in UK bond yields
April 26, 2024Global shares hovered around three-month highs on Wednesday and the dollar found support as investors tempered some of their earlier enthusiasm about the prospect
July 02, 2024The dollar nudged higher on Thursday after a volatile two days that saw sharp declines followed by a rebound as traders took incoming economic data as signalling
November 16, 2023Stocks wobbled on Wednesday after the latest round of earnings prompted concern among investors over the economic outlook, as even Google parent Alphabet
April 26, 2024