Global Stock Market

The US dollar briefly edged higher at the beginning of the week but closed with modest losses against most rival currencies as equity markets changed direction. European indexes closed mixed, but Wall Street managed to post gains. Safe-haven currencies posted modest gains against the US dollar as well.Economic DataThis week, …

The bitcoin miner, Stronghold known for using waste coal for energy, had its shares retreating slightly in after-hours trading.Stronghold reported Q1 revenues of $28.7 million versus estimated $26.2 million. But its adjusted net loss of 66 cents per share exceeded the consensus estimate for an adjusted net loss of 8 …

The S&P 500 dropped, dragged lower by a slide in megacaps including Tesla Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. The risk of an economic slowdown amid price pressures and rising borrowing costs is still the major concern for markets.Equities fell back toward session lows in the last hour of trading …

The former Federal Reserve chairman warned of a coming economic morass in the next decade. Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke warns in his new book that the United States could face simultaneous sky-high unemployment and inflation on levels not seen since the 1970s.Bernanke, who ran the US central bank from …

Treasury yields were little changed to lower Monday morning as weak factory data in the US and an unexpectedly big drop in retail sales in China reinforced concerns about a global slowdown.Weak data from China also underscored worries about a demand slowdown, sending oil futures lower in the New York …

The US inflation data dominated the markets in the week ending May 13th. The safe-haven assets ended the trading in a bearish direction led by gold as a result of the rise in the US dollar. Wall Street ended trading higher on Friday, ending a week of wild market volatility, …

On Friday, financial markets witnessed some kind of improvement in risk sentiment and a correction of the US dollar. The euro is still headed toward the lowest weekly close since December 2002.Economic Data Risk sentiment is the key market mover on Friday. Economic data from the US showed a larger-than-expected …

Wall Street surged on Friday to close higher after a week’s wild market rotations. The surging US equities received a push from relief signs denoting that peaking inflation vied with concerns that policy tightening by the Fed could slope the US economy into unwanted recession.Equity gains were led by a …

The EUR/USD pair has rebounded from the lowest intraday level since 2017 and reversed direction upwards above 1.0400 late on Friday amid a prevalent improvement or risk sentiment and a correction of the US dollar. The euro is still headed toward the lowest weekly close since December 2002.Recovery in equity …

The Japanese Nikkei index recorded the highest increase in more than a month and a half as investors flocked to cheap stocks, with SoftBank Group leading the gains. The Nikkei jumped 2.64 percent to close at 2,6427.65, the highest daily increase since March 23, recovering from a decline to a …