Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday as investors flocked to bargain financial companies amid lessening banking crisis worries. Attention is now fully on a Federal Reserve interest rate decision later in the day. One of the top performers for the day was Japan’s Nikkei 225, which increased by more than …

Oil fell in early Asian trading on Wednesday, trimming its gains for two consecutive days after a report showed US crude inventories rose unexpectedly last week in a sign of possible weak demand for fuel. Brent crude futures fell 48 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $74.84 a barrel at 0203 …

In March, the Bank of England (BoE) is expected to continue raising interest rates, albeit more slowly as the globe fights off threats to the financial system. On Thursday at 12:00 GMT, the BoE will make its interest rate decision public. It’s not a “Super Thursday” because neither the governor’s …

Wall Street’s main indexes were set to open higher on Tuesday as the rescue of Credit Suisse calmed nerves about a bigger banking crisis, while investors awaited the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meet. Traders now largely expect a 25-basis-point rate hike after the Fed’s two-day meeting concludes …

According to Statistics Canada statistics released on Tuesday, Canada’s annual inflation rate decreased more than anticipated in February as lower gas prices and slower housing cost growth helped down the consumer price index to its lowest point since January 2022. Inflation fell from 5.9% in January to 5.2% in February, …

While the rescue of Credit Suisse allayed concerns about threats to the global banking sector that may hinder economic development and fuel demand, oil prices increased on Tuesday, continuing their rebound from a 15-month low recorded the previous day. In the aftermath of UBS’ acquisition of Credit Suisse and after …

The German ZEW headline number showed that the Economic Sentiment Index worsened in March, arriving at 13.0 from 28.1 in January, missing the market expectation of 16.4. Meanwhile, the Current Situation Index came in at -46.5 from -45.1, worse than the market expectation of -45.8. During the same period, the Eurozone …

The dollar stabilized in Asian markets on Tuesday, but struggled to move away from its lowest levels in five weeks, as dealers believed that banking pressures would prevent the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates by a large amount, or perhaps not at all, at its meeting this week. The …

Gold prices rose on Tuesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s meeting amid growing expectations that it will slow the pace of its monetary tightening in light of the banking sector’s turmoil. Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $1,982.29 an ounce by 0546 GMT. US gold futures jumped 0.1 percent …

The Canadian dollar maintains its negative trading after finding a strong resistance around 1.3740, forcing the pair to trade negatively, recording its lowest level below 1.3685. Technically, we notice the stability of trading below the support of 1.3680, accompanied by the negative pressure coming from the simple moving averages, which …