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The Week Ahead 11 to 17 October: Bank Earnings Open, US CPI Lands and the IMF Meets in Bangkok
The week of 11 to 17 October runs on three engines. The Wall Street banks open the third-quarter earnings season on Tuesday, the US September consumer price index prints on Wednesday as one of the…
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US Market Wrap 9 October: All Five Indices Rise as the Dow Gains 0.83 Percent
All five US indices we track closed higher on Friday, led by the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 0.83 percent gain to 51,654.95.…
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AI-Related Debt Issuance Set to Approach 600 Billion Dollars, IIF Says
Debt issuance by companies linked to artificial intelligence is on track to approach 600 billion dollars in 2026 and could top 1…
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Platinum Jumps 3.67 Percent as Corn Drops 3.95 Percent
The metals complex led the commodity panel on Friday as energy gave back part of Thursday's surge. Platinum rose 3.67 percent to…
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All Nine Indices Rise as Basic Resources Jump 2.99 Percent
All nine European indices we track closed higher on Friday as oil eased from Thursday's spike and the week's bond selloff paused.…
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Six of Eight Indices Rise as Hang Seng Gains 1.79 Percent
Six of the eight Asian indices that traded on our panel closed higher on Friday, with Seoul and Taipei shut for public…
Read more →Nasdaq Falls 1.25 Percent as the Dow Edges 0.10 Percent Higher
Three of the five US indices we track closed lower on Thursday as chip stocks slid, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Read more →Brent Settles 4.07 Percent Higher as Sugar Drops 3.07 Percent
Energy led the commodity complex on Thursday as attacks on shipping and a hurricane aimed at the US Gulf Coast lifted the…
Read more →Eight of Nine Markets Fall as Energy Shares Rise 2.42 Percent
Eight of the nine European indices we track closed lower on Thursday as a fresh bond selloff and oil prices above 100…
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FTSE Russell Keeps Egypt Secondary Emerging as Oman Joins Watch List
On 7 October, the Egyptian Exchange welcomed Egypt's removal from FTSE Russell's Watch List, announced the previous evening, after the index provider…
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Emerging Markets See 26.3 Billion Dollars of September Outflows
Nonresident investors withdrew 26.3 billion dollars from emerging market stocks and bonds in September, the first net outflow since June, after an…
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Seven of Eight Markets Fall as Doha Drops 2.21 Percent
Seven of the eight Middle Eastern markets that traded on Thursday closed lower, with Doha's QE Index down 2.21 percent in the…
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Samsung Guides Q3 Operating Profit to 107.4 Trillion Won
Samsung Electronics estimates its operating profit for the third quarter of 2026 at approximately 107.40 trillion won, equivalent to 80.1 billion dollars,…
Read more →All Ten Indices Fall as Singapore Drops 3.49 Percent
All ten Asian indices on our panel closed lower on Thursday, the first session with Shanghai and Shenzhen back from the National…
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Morgan Stanley Sees Gold Averaging 5,050 Dollars by 2027
Gold is the top commodity investment pick of a Morgan Stanley analyst, who expects it to average 5,050 dollars an ounce by…
Read more →All Five Indices Fall as the Dow Drops 0.66 Percent
All five of the US indices we track closed lower on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.66 percent as…
Read more →Metals and Softs Slide as Palladium Drops 4.25 Percent
Palladium led the commodity complex lower on Wednesday, down 4.25 percent at 1,124.50 dollars an ounce on the December contract by the…
Read more →Eight of Nine Markets Fall as Milan Drops 2.51 Percent
Eight of the nine European indices we track closed lower on Wednesday, led by Milan's 2.51 percent drop, as a global bond…
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BofA Puts US Tech Atop Its 32-Category Bubble Risk Ranking
The Nasdaq 100's run to record highs rests on a handful of artificial intelligence stocks, Bloomberg reported on 6 October, and Bank…
Read more →Seven of Nine Markets Fall as Doha Drops 0.54 Percent
Seven of the nine Middle East markets we track closed lower on Wednesday, led by Doha's 0.54 percent decline and Riyadh's 0.45.…
Read more →All Eight Asian Indices Fall as Seoul Drops 1.98 Percent
All eight Asian indices on our panel closed lower on Wednesday, led by Seoul, where the Kospi fell 1.98 percent to 6,803.90…
Read more →S&P 500 Closes Above 7,800 as Nasdaq Sets Another Record
The S&P 500 rose 0.58 percent to 7,818.93 on Tuesday, its first close above 7,800 on CNBC's count, after setting a fresh…
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- Asia Market Wrap 8 October: All Ten Indices Fall as Singapore Drops 3.49 Percent
- Asia Market Wrap 6 October: Nikkei Posts First Close Above 70,000 Since July as Kospi Falls
- Europe Market Wrap 9 October: All Nine Indices Rise as Basic Resources Jump 2.99 Percent