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Commodities Wrap: A Third Lower Oil Settlement as Cocoa Falls Again
Oil settled lower for a third straight session and went out close to where the week began. Brent settled 0.91 percent lower…
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Europe Wrap: Two Rate Rises in One Week and the Board Falls End to End
Europe spent Friday pricing the week's tightening. The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 1.11 percent to 635.45 on the administrator's final value, two…
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Euro Area Current Account Surplus Narrows to 28 Billion Euros in July
The euro area recorded a current account surplus of 28 billion euros in July, 7 billion less than the 35 billion recorded…
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Report: The Speed Gap, AI's Fastest Layers and a 3 Percent World Economy
The artificial intelligence economy is growing far faster than the world it is being built to change, and in the week of…
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Asia Wrap: Japan's Highest Rate Since 1995 and the Yen Falls Anyway
The Bank of Japan raised and the yen fell anyway. The Nikkei 225 closed 1.38 percent higher at 65,018.95 on Friday after…
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US Wrap: Stocks Rebound as the 10 Year Slips Back Under 5 Percent
Wall Street bought the day after. The S&P 500 rose 1.14 percent to 7,637.76, its first rise since 11 September on our…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 17 September: Crude Eases on the Hormuz Workaround as Cocoa Breaks and the VIX Unwinds
Crude eased for a second session on Thursday, with Brent down 1.07 percent at 104.70 dollars a barrel and WTI down 0.61…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 17 September: Nine for Nine Again as the FTSE Leads on the Bank of England’s Hold
Europe's first session with the Federal Reserve's quarter point rise on the books ended with all 9 indices we track higher for…
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Middle East Market Wrap 17 September: Cairo Rises 1.23 Percent as the Gulf Trades Its New Rates
Egypt led the region’s first session after Wednesday night’s rate moves, the EGX 30 rising 1.23 percent to 55,498.72, while four of…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 17 September: The Fed Hike Crosses to Hong Kong at 4.25 Percent
Asia split on Thursday over the first session after the Federal Reserve’s quarter point rise: Hong Kong’s Base Rate moved to 4.25…
Read more →US Market Wrap 16 September: The Dow Drops 631 Points as Warsh’s Message Outweighs the Priced Rise
The market bought the Federal Reserve's quarter point rise on Wednesday and sold the press conference. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 16 September: Crude Backs Off on Pipeline Reassurance as the Fed Lifts the Dollar
Crude gave back part of its war premium on Wednesday, with WTI down 3.35 percent at 102.28 dollars a barrel and Brent…
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The Federal Reserve Raises Rates a Quarter Point and Its Projections Add Another Rise This Year
The Federal Reserve raised the target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.75 to 4 percent…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 16 September: The Whole Board Rises as Oil Breaks on a Pipeline Timeline
Every index on our Europe board rose on Wednesday, the mirror of Tuesday's board with no gainers, as crude finally broke and…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 16 September: Doha Leads the Fallers Into the Fed and Cairo’s Fixing Passes 52
6 of the 9 indices on our Middle East board fell on Wednesday, in a session of small moves everywhere but Doha…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 16 September: Kospi Leads a Broad Rebound With the Fed Decision Hours Away
Every index on our Asia board except one rose on Wednesday, with Korea's Kospi the day's best at 1.37 percent higher and…
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US Senate Rejects Cloture 49 to 50 on Digital Asset Market Bill as Coinbase Drops 10.1 Percent
The United States Senate rejected cloture on the motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on 15 September, 49…
Read more →US Market Wrap 15 September: All 5 Indices Fall as the 10 Year Reaches 5 Percent Before the Fed
Every index on our board fell on Tuesday with the benchmark 10 year Treasury yield at 5 percent on the eve of…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 15 September: Diesel Jumps 6 Percent as Saudi Loadings Halt and WTI Outruns Brent
The petroleum complex led everything we track on Tuesday, with ULSD heating oil up 6.07 percent at 5.2626 dollars a gallon at…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 15 September: The Whole Board Slips as Oil Tops 108 and the Fed Looms
Every index on our Europe board fell on Tuesday, though none by as much as half a percent except Switzerland, with Spain's…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 15 September: Riyadh Leads the Gulf Lower While Cairo and Amman Buck the Board
6 of the 9 indices on our Middle East board fell on Tuesday, with Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share the worst at…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 15 September: Singapore Leads the Whole Board Lower as Yields Hit 2007 Highs
Every index on our Asia board fell on Tuesday, with Singapore's Straits Times the worst at 1.39 percent and Japan's Nikkei 225…
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German 10 Year Yields Led a 34 Basis Point Rise as the BIS Names Hormuz the Quarter’s Disruption
10 year government bond yields rose 34 basis points in Germany, 31 in the United States, 27 in Japan and 24 in…
Read more →US Market Wrap 14 September: Chipmakers Sink on AI Slowdown Calls as the 10 Year Touches 5 Percent
The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.56 percent to close at 26,186.41 on Monday, the S&P 500 0.48 percent to 7,619.98 and the Dow…
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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