Global Stock Market

Japan’s Nikkei closed lower on Friday, posting its biggest weekly drop since mid-June, and chip-related stocks led Friday’s declines, trailing their Wall Street counterparts on Thursday. Shipping stocks and other economically sensitive stocks also plunged amid fears that the Federal Reserve and other major central banks will continue to tighten …

Wall Street’s major indexes dropped on Thursday after fresh US economic data underlined the US economy’s strength and erased concerns over the Federal Reserve’s continued monetary policy tightening.Losses in rate-sensitive megacap growth stocks such as Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc pulled technology and consumer discretionary shares lower.The final …

US stocks moved higher during early Wednesday’s US session as Wall Street witnessed strong earnings from Nike and FedEx. These earnings boosted investors looking to fight back recent extensive selling. The S&P 500 rose 1.1%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 400 points, or 1.3%. …

Yields on Japanese government bonds rose and the Nikkei fell on Wednesday after the Japanese central bank surprised the markets on Tuesday with a change in its policy to control the yield curve. The benchmark 10-year government bond yield jumped seven basis points to 0.480%, its highest since July 2015 …

The major US benchmarks are trading up as investors buy ahead of new year holidays. The major US Indexes are moving higher on Tuesday as stocks struggle to hold their gains ahead of the Christmas. However, the limited rebound is considered as a sign that New Year’s Rally is imminent.Equities …

The Japanese Nikkei index ended trading on Tuesday at its lowest level in two months, and the yield on government bonds for ten years recorded the highest rise in seven years, after the central bank surprised investors by allowing a hike in long-term interest rates. The Nikkei fell 2.46 percent …

Wall Street equities were in the red territory on Monday. Nasdaq was leading the prevalent declines as investors’ worries accelerate concerning Fed’s monetary policy tightening that could drag the US economy into a recession.The S&P 500, the Dow Industrials and the Nasdaq have sold off sharply for December, on track …

Japan’s Nikkei index ended Monday’s trading at a six-week low, tracing the impact of Wall Street’s decline in the previous session, while bank stocks rose on speculation of an interest rate hike in the country. The Nikkei fell 1.05 percent to close at 27,237.64 points, its lowest level since November …

US equities sank on Friday. US equities are also heading towards a second-straight weekly loss, as more negative and disappointing news on the US economy accelerate a sure decline. The S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Index were lower around 1.5%, while the Nasdaq fell 1.3%. Earlier in the session, …

US stocks fell on Wall Street on Friday after the Fed raised its forecast for how high it will ultimately push interest rates and attempted to assist investors’ hopes that rate cuts may happen next year. Stocks fell on Wall Street on Friday as worries grew that the Federal Reserve …