US: Wall Street opens little changed as markets brace for Fed
WALL Street’s main indexes opened flat Wednesday (Dec 18), as investors turned cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve’s final rate decision of the year and awaited signals on whether…
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US: Wall St opens higher after Broadcom’s upbeat forecast
WALL Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Dec 13) after an upbeat forecast from Broadcom kept alive the euphoria around artificial intelligence and boosted chip stocks. The Dow…
Wall Street banks predict biggest China rate cuts in a decade
CHINA’S central bank will deliver the biggest interest-rate cuts in a decade next year as policymakers intensify efforts to shore up growth and arrest deflation, in the view of a number of…
US: Wall Street opens muted with jobs data in focus
WALL Street’s main indexes opened subdued on Thursday (Dec 5) following record high closes for all three main indexes in the previous session, as investors awaited upcoming employment data…
US: Wall St opens slightly lower ahead of data, Fed commentary
WALL Street opened a touch lower on Tuesday (Dec 3) after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq notched record high levels in the last session, with focus on a crucial jobs report later this week…
US: Wall St opens slightly higher as caution prevails in data-packed week
Wall Street’s main indexes opened flat-to-higher on Monday (Dec 2), with focus on a slew of economic data this week, while Intel shares rose after its CEO retired following its struggles…
US: Wall St opens higher in shortened Black Friday session
US STOCKS opened slightly higher on Black Friday (Nov 29), with Wall Street’s main indexes set for monthly gains as the holiday shopping season kicked off, putting retail companies in the…
US: Wall St opens higher as Trump’s Treasury selection boosts sentiment
WALL Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Nov 25), with the blue-chip Dow scaling a record high, driven by investor optimism following Scott Bessent’s nomination as Treasury…
US: Wall Street closes higher after business activity data
WALL Street closed higher on Friday (Nov 22), with all three major indexes posting weekly gains, as investors took comfort from data pointing to robust economic activity in the world’s…
US: Wall St opens higher after jobless claims data, Nvidia results
Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened higher on Thursday (Nov 21) after data reflected a robust labour market, and AI-heavyweight Nvidia advanced after reporting upbeat quarterly results…
Wall Street ends lower after Powell erodes hopes for December rate cut
Wall Street’s main indexes closed lower on Thursday (Nov 14) after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell dampened investor hopes for another interest rate cut this year by saying the US…
US: Wall Street at record highs as post-election rally continues
WALL Street’s main indexes opened at record highs on Monday (Nov 11) as optimism on proposed tax cuts and expectations of an easier regulatory environment after Donald Trump won the US…
Wall Street bets on new riches ahead in markets all-in on Trump
ALL year, a slew of Wall Street pros have questioned the durability of an indiscriminate risk rally that has fattened stock prices by trillions of dollars, sent Bitcoin soaring, fueled a…
Berlin pays tribute to Wall and Kristallnacht victims on fateful date
At an event marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Saturday, the city's mayor, Kai Wegner, said November 9 remains a fateful day for Germany - both in a positive…
US: Wall Street hits all-time highs, Fed decision on tap
WalL Street’s main stock indexes hit record highs in the run-up to an interest-rate decision from the Federal Reserve on Thursday (Nov 7), extending a sharp rally sparked by Donald Trump’s…
Trump win casts fresh doubts over Wall Street’s China strategy
MORE US financial firms may pull back from China, hive off local units to minimise risks or pause expansion plans on concerns about geopolitical tensions in a Donald Trump presidency,…
US: Wall St opens higher as Americans head to polls
US STOCK indexes opened higher on Tuesday (Nov 5), as voting began in a tightly contested presidential election, with traders girding up for volatile trading over the next few sessions…
US: Wall St opens higher, boosted by Amazon
Stock indexes opened higher on Friday (Nov 1), as Amazon’s strong earnings mitigated Apple’s weaker China sales and investors weighed a sharp reduction in US jobs growth in October. The…
Apple results top Wall Street targets on strong iPhone sales, shares slip on outlook
APPLE’S AI-enhanced iPhone made a strong start, helping push quarterly sales ahead of Wall Street expectations, but questions about whether the rollout will continue apace were underscored…
US: Wall St subdued at open as investors weigh earnings, data
US stock indexes were subdued at the open on Wednesday (Oct 30), as investors assessed mixed earnings reports and data that showed the economy maintained a solid pace of growth in the…
US: Wall Street slips amid earnings deluge, rising Treasury yields
Wall Street opened lower on Tuesday (Oct 29) as investors assessed a host of corporate results and looked ahead to Google-parent Alphabet’s earnings later in the day, while gains in US…
US: Wall Streets opens higher as yields ease
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Oct 25), as Treasury yields eased and investors looked ahead to quarterly results from some of the biggest companies. The Dow Jones…
US: Wall St dips at the open as yields rise, earnings weigh
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday (Oct 23), pressured by rising Treasury yields and as investors focused on earnings from companies including Coca-Cola, Boeing and…
GM results exceed Wall Street targets; company is upbeat on full-year earnings
General Motors continued to defy Wall Street’s expectations this year, posting third-quarter results ahead of analyst projections on the back of steady petrol-engine truck and SUV sales…