Economic Report

European equities drifted lower at the open on Monday, with investors uneasy about global growth and bracing for a pivotal earnings update from AI bellwether Nvidia later this week. At 03:02 ET (08:02 GMT), Germany’s DAX was little changed, France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.1%, and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 fell …

Gold fell in Asian trading Monday, extending last week’s pullback as traders further priced out the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate cut next month and the U.S. dollar nudged higher. Spot gold: $4,053.84/oz (-0.6%) by 00:33 ET Dec futures: $4,055.91/oz (-0.9%) Policy repricing pressures bullion A swift reset in …

Asian equities edged lower Monday, with Japanese shares under pressure after data showed the economy shrank sharply in the third quarter, while caution ahead of Nvidia’s results kept a lid on risk appetite. U.S. equity futures firmed, hinting at a potential rebound on Wall Street after a choppy start to …

Last week in the financial markets was packed with significant developments—both on the economic front, with new data and fresh indicators, and on the political front, culminating in the end of the government shutdown. Beyond that, global equity movements drew considerable attention, accompanied by mounting concerns over a potential bubble …

Oil markets surged on Friday after a new wave of Ukrainian drone strikes hit a major Russian export hub, reigniting concerns about global supply stability and pushing crude benchmarks sharply higher in early Asian trading. The escalation injected fresh volatility into a market that has recently been dominated by worries …

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Friday on the back foot, trailing its major index peers as a resurgent wave of enthusiasm for AI stocks pulled investor attention elsewhere. The index briefly slid by nearly 600 points before trimming losses to roughly 150 points by the close, but the late …

Federal Reserve officials continue to shape expectations around the path of US monetary policy, and the latest voice to enter the debate is the President of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, Jeffrey Schmid. Speaking at a joint energy conference in Denver, Schmid delivered a pointed message: the fight against …

U.S. equity futures edged lower Friday, extending the prior session’s sharp selloff as investors reassessed the likelihood of a December Federal Reserve rate cut and continued to rotate out of high-valuation technology names. At 10:30 GMT, Dow Jones futures fell about 0.1% (-60 pts), S&P 500 futures slipped 0.2% (-12 …

Gold advanced in Asian trading on Friday, drawing support from haven demand as investors weighed a murkier U.S. economic outlook, even as fading bets on a Federal Reserve cut in December capped the rally. Spot prices rose 0.4% to $4,187.43/oz by 05:24 GMT, while December futures eased slightly to $4,190.75/oz. …

Bitcoin fell below the six-figure mark on Friday, mirroring a broader risk-off move as traders sharply reduced bets on a Federal Reserve rate cut in December and institutional inflows stayed sparse. By 05:00 GMT, Bitcoin (BTC) was down 4.2% at $97,795, after touching an intraday low of $96,866—its weakest level …