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Bullion hit a record high of US$4,381.21 on Oct 20, but have fallen close to 10% since Gold traded below the US$4,000 per ounce mark again on Tuesday (Nov 4) as the US dollar remained…
Indonesian bonds have room to rally further, according to strategists, on expectations of further interest-rate cuts by the central bank. Nomura Holdings says the benchmark 10-year yield…
The shutdown has delayed key economic data releases, leaving investors and policymakers in a data vacuum ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting next week Gold prices edged higher on…
Australian shares rose to a record close on Thursday (Oct 16), driven by strong gains in financials, property and gold stocks after an unexpected spike in unemployment bolstered views of…
Non-yielding gold thrives in a low-interest-rate environment and during economic uncertainties Gold prices rose to an all-time high on Tuesday (Oct 7), extending gains to a third session…
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Oct 3) as optimism about an imminent interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve boosted sentiment in the final trading session of a week…
Gold held steady on Friday (Oct 3) and was set for a seventh straight weekly gain, buoyed by expectations of further US interest rate cuts this year and worries over the impact of a US…
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit intraday record highs at market open on Thursday (Oct 2), on the back of renewed expectations for interest rate cuts, while traders brace for a data-light…
Benchmark index closes up 1.7% at 4,395.21 points; lender advances 2.4% to S$52.84 The blue-chip gauge of the Republic, the Straits Times Index (STI), soared to a new record of 4,395.21…
Gold hit a record high on Wednesday (Oct 1) as investors turned to safe-haven assets on growing risks of a US government shutdown, while weak labour data strengthened expectations of…
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Sep 26), after the latest inflation data came in line with expectations, easing concerns that persistent price pressures could delay…
US stocks were lower on Thursday, with most sectors down, as economic data increased uncertainty about the outlook for interest rate cuts. Data showed initial jobless claims dropped 14,000…
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Sep 25), as fresh economic data and remarks from a Federal Reserve official tempered optimism around further rate cuts. The Dow Jones…
The Federal Reserve’s latest move is a shift from the hold-steady, wait-and-see approach to an aggressive defence of the US labour market US STOCKS initially gained after the US Federal…
Gold prices rose on Friday (Sep 12) and were headed for a fourth consecutive weekly gain, as fears of a weakening US labour market eclipsed inflation concerns ahead of an expected US…
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit intraday record highs at the open on Wednesday (Sep 10), after cooler-than-expected producer inflation data boosted bets on interest-rate cuts by the Federal…
Investors are now awaiting US producer price data on Wednesday and consumer prices on Thursday for further clues on the Fed’s policy path Gold prices hovered near a record high on Tuesday…
Investors are favouring Indonesian sovereign debt over Indian bonds in the contest between Asia’s two traditional high-yield markets. Analysts say the trend has room to run. The yield gap…
Gold prices held firm near an all-time high on Monday (Sep 8), inching closer to a key US$3,600 level, bolstered by mounting expectations of a US Federal Reserve rate cut this month…
The PBOC has already had to negotiate an obstacle course of competing priorities to help an economy caught in a second trade war with the US Angst inside China’s halls of power over a…
THE Nasdaq 100 rose on Thursday (Sep 4), closing 218.17 points, or 0.93 per cent higher, at 23,633.01, as investors digested weaker-than-expected labour market data ahead of Friday’s…
Disappointing employment data released on Friday (Sep 5) validated fears that the US labour market may be on the brink of a downturn and lifted expectations for how much the US Federal…
EUROPEAN shares closed higher on Thursday as heightened expectations for a US Federal Reserve interest rate cut lifted markets, while easing pressures on bond market also supported the…
Stocks on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) rebounded on Thursday (Sep 4), tracking a mixed performance in Asian markets amid weak US jobs data and growing rate-cut expectations. The Straits…
