US: Wall Street ends mixed; traders look to Nvidia report
WALL Street stocks ended mixed on Friday (Nov 14) as investors looked ahead to Nvidia’s quarterly results next week and worried that the Federal Reserve may hold off on cutting US interest…
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Bitcoin traders are still rattled after US$340 billion wipeout
BITCOIN is struggling to stage a meaningful recovery after last month’s stumble, with signs of fatigue continuing to mount across crypto markets. The token briefly topped US$107,000 on…
US: Dow notches record high close, traders bet on end to government shutdown
THE Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to a record high close on Tuesday, lifted by progress toward ending the longest US government shutdown, while Nvidia and other artificial…
Oil steadies as traders weigh up surplus concerns and sanctions
OIL steadied as traders weighed concerns about a glut and fallout from US sanctions against Russia at the start of a data-heavy week. Global benchmark Brent traded above US$63 a barrel…
Asia: Stocks rally as traders cheer Trump-Xi meeting plan
ASIAN markets rallied on Friday after the White House confirmed President Donald Trump would meet China’s Xi Jinping next week, stoking optimism for a cooling of trade tensions between the…
Gold holds drop as traders focus on US-China trade, credit woes
Gold steadied following a sharp drop for precious metals on Friday (Oct 17), with traders weighing the latest developments in trade tensions as well as jitters surrounding US regional…
Asia: Stocks rise as traders weigh China-US row, rate cut hopes
ASIAN equities edged up on Thursday as investors weighed the latest volleys in the China-US trade war and expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue cutting interest rates this…
US: Wall Street opens slightly higher as traders buy the dip ahead of sentiment data
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Friday, as investors sought to buy the dip following a brief pullback, while awaiting the consumer sentiment data for fresh clues on…
Asia: Stocks mixed as traders assess AI rally, US rates and shutdown
Technology firms have been riding to ever-higher levels this year, dragging equity markets with them as companies pump hundreds of billions of US dollars into all things linked to AI Asian…
Asia: Markets slide as traders prepare for key US data
STOCKS moved narrowly on Thursday as traders continue to pull back from the buying that has propelled markets to record highs in recent months, with upcoming US inflation and jobs data…
Gold hits record high as traders bet on US rate cuts, eye Powell’s signal
Investors are closely awaiting Powell’s speech for signals on the central bank’s policy, alongside remarks from other Fed officials this week Gold prices climbed to a record high on…
Asia: Markets mixed as traders take stock after Fed-fuelled rally
ASIAN markets fluctuated between gains and losses Monday as investors took a step back after last week’s rally fuelled by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut. Tokyo led the winners…
Asia: Stocks swing as traders bide time ahead of US rate decision
ASIAN stock markets were mixed on Wednesday as investors bided their time ahead of an expected US interest rate cut later in the day. Traders took a breather from the global rally that has…
Asia: Markets rise as traders prepare for expected US rate cut
ASIAN stocks rose again on Tuesday to extend another record day on Wall Street as traders locked in bets on a US interest rate cut this week, while they are also keenly eyeing flagged…
US: Nasdaq notches record high close, traders look to Fed meeting
The Nasdaq notched a record high close on Friday (Sep 12) in a mixed trading session, lifted by Microsoft as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting next week, when…
Oil settles higher as traders await Trump’s statement on Russia-Ukraine
Oil prices settled higher on Thursday, bouncing off early losses after the White House said US President Donald Trump was not happy when he learned that Russia attacked Ukraine with…
Mainland Chinese traders sell record amount of Hong Kong stocks
Investors in mainland China sold a record HK$20.4 billion (S$4.1 billion) worth of Hong Kong-listed stocks on Thursday (Aug 28), a sign the country’s army of investors are…
Options traders brace for Big Tech sell-off with ‘disaster’ puts
Options traders are increasingly nervous about a plunge in technology stocks in the coming weeks and are grabbing insurance to protect themselves from a wipeout. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100…
Trafigura hires traders for deeper push into gold and silver
Trafigura Group has hired a team of precious metals traders as it looks to venture deeper into highly profitable gold and silver markets. Joseph Bou Sleiman, Xavier Miserez and Maxime…
Traders trim Fed-cut bets as wholesale inflation clouds outlook
Wall Street traders dialled back expectations for an interest-rate cut next month, sending Treasury yields higher, after fresh data on wholesale prices signalled tariffs are pushing up…
Computer-driven traders are bullish on stocks, humans are bears
THE thing about trading stocks is everyone has an opinion. And right now there’s an unusual divergence in the market that’s as stark as man versus machine. Computer-guided traders haven’t…
Asia: Markets fluctuate as traders weigh tariffs, US jobs
Asian markets flitted between gains and losses on Monday as investors continued to digest last week’s tariff blitz by Donald Trump and a US jobs report that fanned fears about the world’s…
Gold holds dip as traders pare rate cut bets on US job strength
held a decline on Friday - but remained on track for a small weekly gain - as resilient US jobs data reinforced views that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates next…
Asia: Stocks struggle as traders eye Fed saga, trade war
Asian markets fluctuated on Thursday after a rollercoaster day on Wall Street punctuated by fears Donald Trump was considering sacking the head of the US Federal Reserve. Traders have…