The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 226 points, or 0.7%. The S&P 500 added 0.6%, while the Nasdaq Composite added 0.8% on Thursday. Disney shares gained more than 2% after the company posted smaller-than-expected subscriber losses along with earnings and revenue that beat estimates. The stock pared gains after CEO …

The GBP/USD pair trades around 1.2070, holding on to modest intraday gains. The Euro is one of the weakest rivals of the US dollar. The shared currency is trading at 1.0716 as ECB policymakers repeated their hawkish language. ECB’s Klaas Knot said that headline inflation appears to have peaked but …

US President Biden confirmed that relations with China have not taken a big hit. “We intend to compete completely with China but we are not seeking conflict, as that has been the case so far,” Biden said during a PBS interview late Wednesday.Biden’s comments join the recent statements from US …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday “Over the past two years, we have worked successfully to ease supply chain pressures, and that includes funding pop-up container yards and moving several ports to 24/7 operations.”“While inflation remained elevated, there were encouraging signs that supply-demand mismatches were easing in many …

The USD/CAD bulls are moving ahead despite Tuesday’s bearish close. The US Dollar has firmed on hawkish sentiment around the US Fed again versus seemingly dovish stance adopted by the Bank of Canada.. There is a 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level near 1.3350 below the neckline near 1.3380. However, given that …

An account of the deliberations of the Bank of Canada’s Governing Council leading to the monetary policy decision on January 25, 2023 was released on Wednesday as follows:“Members framed the decision along two dimensions: • whether to leave the policy rate where it was or to increase it by 25 …

WTI is registering solid gains of 0.43% on Wednesday. Less hawkish comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell seem to reinforce oil prices.The US crude oil benchmark, edges up by a margin of 0.50% as a risk-on impulse hits the market, which, worried about an astonishing US jobs report, expected a …

British fighter jet deliveries to Ukraine would have military and political ramifications for the entire European continent according to the Russian embassy in London.The headlines from Tass follow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for deliveries of British warplanes to ensure a victory that would “change the world.”There has been little …

Uber reported Q4 earnings on Wednesday that beat analysts’ estimates. In a prepared statement, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Uber ended 2022 with its “strongest quarter ever,” capping off its “strongest year.”For the first quarter of 2023, Uber said it expects gross bookings to grow between 20% and 24% year over …

On Wednesday, ECB policymaker Klaas Knot said that the headline inflation appears to have peaked, adding that keeping current pace of hikes into May could well be needed if underlying inflation does not materially abate.Knot’s comments do not seem to be helping the Euro gather strength against its rivals. As …