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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: WTI Falls 3.48 Percent, Gold Back Above 4,200 Dollars
The barrel finished the round trip on Tuesday: Brent traded at 102.69 dollars after the settlement window, 2.46 percent below Monday's written…
Read more →Europe Wrap: Technology Jumps 2.49 Percent as the Boards Split
Europe split down the middle on Tuesday: technology was the only one of the eight Stoxx supersectors we track to rise, jumping…
Read more →Asia Wrap: The Topix Falls 1.72 Percent as Mainland and Sydney Gain
Asia split on Tuesday with the selling concentrated in Tokyo's broader benchmark: the Topix fell 1.72 percent to 4,041.13 against the Nikkei…
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BoE's Ramsden Details the Path to Unwind 368 Billion Pounds of Gilts
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee judges that the remaining 368 billion pounds of gilts in its Asset Purchase Facility should…
Read more →US Wrap: All Five Index Rows Fall as the 10 Year Closes at 5.24 Percent
Every index on our US board closed lower on Monday as the official 10 year Treasury par yield set a fresh highest…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Gold Falls 3.45 Percent, Crude Keeps Part of Its Jump
The board split around the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and the metals paid for it: gold fell 3.45 percent to 4,172.30…
Read more →Europe Wrap: The Stoxx 600 Closes Flat as Sectors Offset Each Other
Europe closed its first session after the weekend's Hormuz rejection flat at the index level and split underneath: the Stoxx Europe 600…
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The Bond Market Nears Its Recession Signal at a 17 Basis Point Spread
The extra yield investors demand to hold ten year US Treasuries over two year notes shrank to as little as 17 basis…
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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