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West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude Oil extends its decline on Wednesday, falling more than 3% as stranded crude cargoes in the Strait of Hormuz gradually return to the market following an interim peace agreement betwee…
EUR/USD extends its decline on Wednesday and trades around 1.1340 at the time of writing, down 0.39% on the day, as the US Dollar (USD) benefits from renewed support driven by expectations of additional monetary tighten…
Societe Generale’s Emerging Markets (EM) strategists say the Brazilian central bank, Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) minutes support an easing cycle with pauses to guide inflation back to 3% by 1Q28, leaving USD/BRL appro…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) pushed into fresh record territory again on Wednesday, but the way it got there is worth a second look. The index added roughly 1% and closed near 52,200, just below the all-time …
European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Wednesday that from the present perspective, further interest rate hikes are needed to bring inflation back to the central bank’s 2% target.
The Japanese Yen (JPY) registers minimal losses against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday amid mixed risk appetite, with global equities fluctuating between gains and losses, while investors continue to monitor developme…
The Swiss Franc (CHF) slides to its weakest level in more than ten months on Wednesday as hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) outlook boosts the US Dollar (USD). At the time of writing, USD/CHF trades around 0.8126, extending…
2026 looks set to be another interesting year for Asian economies, with likely divergences in their respective policy and growth paths which can lead to a variety of market outcomes. We explore them in our 2026 Asia Out…
U.S. stocks ended higher on June 12, 2026, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining approximately 382 points, as declining oil prices, improving sentiment regarding developments in the Middle East, and strong inves…
Investing.com – Russia equities were lower at the close on Saturday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
Investing.com -- One year after the United States imposed sweeping tariffs, analysts at Morgan Stanley found limited evidence that American manufacturers have moved production back onshore, with supply chain reorientati…
Investing.com -- Citigroup raised its KOSPI target to 10,000 from 8,500, citing continued memory earnings growth and strong fiscal stimulus by the South Korean government, according to a Citi research note.
Prices of memory are going crazy. SemiAnalysis has been calling this out for over a year since late 2024. The scariest thing is that we aren't even close to the peak. We go through fab by fab production and expansion ve…
Market movements on Wednesday were dominated by the prospects of a ceasefire negotiation between the US and Iran. As Iran adopted a tougher stance, oil prices rebounded from their daily lows and eventually turned positi…
Investing.com - Canada’s main stock index is trading higher on Tuesday, with investors eyeing reports of progress in negotiations between the U.S. and Iran despite an ongoing American naval blockade.
Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumption and Financials sectors led shares higher.
Parabilis Medicines Announces Closing of Upsized Initial Public Offering, Including Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares
The SpaceX public offering could very well be the largest public offering of all time—bringing in even more money than Saudi Aramco’s cosmic $29 billion public listing in 2019. And with the rocketing costs (pun intended…
Korean companies are experiencing a broad-based decline in credit ratings, with more downgrades than upgrades recorded in the first half of this year, according to credit rating agencies and market analysts Tuesday.
Follow updates on the war in the Middle East for Monday, May 25, here. See earlier developments below.
Investing.com -- Online spending grew 13% year-over-year in May, accelerating 2 percentage points from April, according to Bank of America aggregated credit and debit card data analyzed by analyst Justin Post.
On Monday morning, the AI juggernaut announced it had turned in its first IPO proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It's a major step in the rush toward a public listing, as Anthropic and rival OpenAI…
June 11 (Reuters) - Asset manager BlackRock sought to buy at least $5 billion worth of shares in the initial public offering of Elon Musk’s SpaceX , the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar w…
The decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to float the naira freely has come with an unwanted outcome: a historical fall of the value of the currency against the US dollar.
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