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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…
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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…
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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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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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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,…
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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 →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…
Read more →Coffee Leads Commodities at 3.64 Percent as Grains Rally
Coffee led the commodity complex on Tuesday, up 3.64 percent at 303.20 cents a pound on the December contract by the 19:05…
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Skydance Closes Warner Bros. Deal, Revenue Near 70 Billion Dollars
Skydance, the company formerly called Paramount Skydance, completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on 6 October, creating a combined group with…
Read more →All Nine European Markets Rise as Milan Adds 0.87 Percent
All nine European markets closed higher on Tuesday, giving the Stoxx Europe 600 a third straight gain at 636.63, up 0.48 percent…
Read more →Nikkei Posts First Close Above 70,000 Since July as Kospi Falls
The Nikkei 225 rose 1.05 percent to 70,683.98 on Tuesday, its first close above the 70,000 line since 1 July, and every…
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Taiwan's Reserves Ease to 600.7 Billion Dollars in September
Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves stood at 600.745 billion dollars at the end of September, down 1.159 billion dollars from the end of…
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South Korea's Reserves Ease to 440.56 Billion Dollars in September
South Korea's official foreign reserves stood at 440.56 billion dollars at the end of September, down 1.72 billion dollars from 442.28 billion…
Read more →Nasdaq Rises 1.05 Percent to a Record Close as Yields Climb
The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.05 percent on Monday to 27,477.31, its first record close since 22 September on our records and a…
Read more →Sugar Jumps 4.26 Percent Again as Brent Slips Below 100
Sugar jumped 4.26 percent on Monday to lead our commodities board for a second straight session, and the crude rows told the…
Read more →Madrid Jumps 1.12 Percent as Paris Is the Only Board Lower
Madrid's IBEX 35 jumped 1.12 percent on Monday to 19,299.70 and eight of the nine European boards we track closed higher, with…
Read more →Every Open Board Rises as Taipei Jumps 2.55 Percent
Every board open on our Monday set closed higher, with Taipei's weighted index jumping 2.55 percent to 49,712.04 and the Nikkei 225…
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US ETF Inflows Top 1.54 Trillion Dollars, Beating 2025's Record
Investors poured more than 1.54 trillion dollars into US listed exchange traded funds in the first 9 months of 2026, already above…
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- Europe Market Wrap 9 October: All Nine Indices Rise as Basic Resources Jump 2.99 Percent
- US Market Wrap 12 October: The Dow Alone Rises 0.38 Percent as the Nasdaq 100 Falls 0.71 Percent
- Asia Market Wrap 7 October: All Eight Indices Fall as Seoul Drops 1.98 Percent
- The Week Ahead: The Federal Reserve Decides on 29 July, US Growth and Inflation Data Land, and the Megacap Technology Earnings Peak
- Asia Market Wrap 8 October: All Ten Indices Fall as Singapore Drops 3.49 Percent