After Monday’s stunning late-session recovery that saw the major US indices post and incredible recovery from intra-day lows, sentiment has taken a turn for the worse again. The S&P 500, which recovered a more than 4.0% dip to as lows as the 4220s on Monday to close above 4400, is …
Read More »Pfizer and Biotech launch a trial of a vaccine targeting Omicron
Pfizer and Biotech said Tuesday they have started a clinical trial to test a new version of their vaccine specifically designed to target the omicron mutant of COVID-19 that has eluded some of the protection provided by the original two-dose vaccine regimen. The two companies intend to test the immune …
Read More »IBM Shares Rise About 7% After Results
IBM shares jumped 7% in after-hours trading on Monday, January 24, after the software and services company said revenue jumped 6% in the fourth quarter, beating expectations. Revenue came in at $16.7 billion, versus analyst expectations of $15.96 billion, according to Refinitiv. The company showed the fastest revenue growth since …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 24 January
Markets were ghosted by a wave of risk aversion on Monday, only safe-havens benefitted but risk-sensitive currencies were hurt, though the latter group had pared back on much of their earlier underperformance by the end of US trading session as risk appetite recovered.The US dollar was the safe haven of …
Read More »Oil falls 2% as Fed rate hike talk ghosts risk markets
At the time of writing, WTI picks up bids towards $84.00, extending the late Monday’s recovery during the initial Asian session on Tuesday. The oil benchmark’s latest recovery takes clues from a bullish Doji candlestick and Momentum line. Oil prices fell about 2% on Monday, hit by investor concerns over …
Read More »US Equities Hit lowest Level Since July
US equity markets are trading sharply lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 index on course to confirm a correction, a close of more than 10% below the recent highs printed back in the first week of 2022. The index slumped below the 4300 level on Monday, to hit its …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei Compensates For Its Losses
The Nikkei index reversed course to close higher on Monday as investors snapped up cheaper stocks after a rally in US stock futures, but the rally was limited by caution ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting this week. The Nikkei rose 0.24 percent to 27,588.37 points. Earlier, the …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 21-01-2022
The US dollar declined on Friday, along with US Treasury yields, while investors looked ahead to next week’s Federal Reserve meeting for more clarity on the outlook for rate hikes.US Treasury yields fell as stock market declines reflected poor risk appetite, while concerns about potential conflict in Ukraine drove demand …
Read More »IMF Warns China Over Cost Of COVID Lockdowns
China, the world’s second largest economy, should review its zero-tolerance approach to the pandemic or risk damaging the global recovery, according to the head of International Monetary Fund.Kristalina Georgieva said Beijing should reassess the use of lockdowns to limit the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant since it became …
Read More »US Equities Drop As Investors Startled By Poor Netflix Guidance
US equity markets continued to sell off on Friday, as downbeat earnings from tech giant Netflix weighed on sentiment and its competitors. NFLX shares dropped over 20% on Friday after the company on Thursday issued significantly worse than expected guidance for subscriber growth in Q1 2022. That weighed on other …
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