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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Paramount Skydance to Become Skydance and Trade as SKYD
Paramount Skydance said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 2 October that it intends to change its…
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OPEC+ Meets, Fed Minutes Land and Mainland China Reopens
Oil policy opens the week and monetary policy fills the rest of it. On Sunday the seven OPEC+ countries that met on…
Read more →Nasdaq Rises 1.19 Percent After Payrolls Miss as Yields Rebound
Wall Street ended the week with a broad rally after the September payrolls miss, led from the technology heavy end. The Nasdaq…
Read more →Sugar Jumps 5.12 Percent as Fuels Fall and the VIX Slides
The soft complex set the pace on Friday. Sugar jumped 5.12 percent to 19.91 cents a pound on its March 2027 contract,…
Read more →All Nine European Boards Rise After the US Payrolls Miss
Europe turned the week's pattern over in one session. All nine boards we track closed higher on Friday, after two straight sessions…
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UK 30-Year Gilt Yield Tops 6 Percent, First Time Since 1998
The yield on Britain's 30-year government bond rose as high as 6.029 percent on 1 October, its highest since 1998, Reuters reported…
Read more →Hong Kong Falls 2.60 Percent as the Kospi Closes Above 7,000
Hong Kong set the tone for a thinned out Friday board. The Hang Seng returned from Thursday's holiday and fell 2.60 percent…
Read more →Stocks Start October Higher as Treasury Yields Retreat From 2002 Highs
Stocks opened the fourth quarter higher and the bond market set the tone. The S&P 500 added 0.19 percent to close at…
Read more →Brent Jumps 4.40 Percent as December Takes the Front Month
The barrel changed series and surged on Thursday. Brent crude jumped 4.40 percent to 102.34 dollars a barrel in its first session…
Read more →Banks Drop 3.74 Percent as All Nine European Boards Fall
Every index on our European board closed lower for a second straight session on Thursday, and the declines ran deeper: the banks…
Read more →Tokyo Rallies 3.30 Percent as China Begins Golden Week
The Nikkei 225 rose 3.30 percent, or 2,203.00 points, to 68,956.72 on Thursday, the board's strongest row by a wide margin, with…
Read more →US Wrap: Dow Falls 444 Points as the S&P 500 Fades
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 443.87 points, or 0.86 percent, to 50,906.05 on Wednesday, the S&P 500 lost 0.25 percent to…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Gasoline Jumps 5.21 Percent, Corn Falls 3.98 Percent
The fuels complex led from the top of the board on Wednesday. RBOB gasoline jumped 5.21 percent to 3.449 dollars a gallon…
Read more →Europe Wrap: All Nine Boards Fall in the Quarter's Final Session
Every one of the nine rows we track closed lower on Wednesday, the quarter's final European session: Paris's CAC 40 fell 0.89…
Read more →Asia Wrap: Nikkei Jumps 1.94 Percent as China's Factory Gauge Grows
Tokyo led Asia's board higher on the final session of September. The Nikkei 225 closed 1.94 percent higher at 66,753.72 and the…
Read more →US Wrap: Nasdaq 100 Alone Higher as the 10 Year Closes at 5.26 Percent
The Nasdaq 100 was the only index on our US board to close higher on Tuesday, up 0.21 percent at 30,339.33, as…
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