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Major currencies and other assets are still maneuvering to find their way amidst uncertainties imposed by the worldwide pandemic. The US dollar kept advancing on Tuesday, posting the most advance against the Japanese yen. USD/JPY pair jumped to 116.34, its highest since January 2017, as the dollar surged alongside US …

Tesla stock traded above $1,200 a share early Tuesday, putting it close to its all-time high of $1,243.49. As the stock rises, it soared by double digits on Monday, expect more debate about how to value shares of the EV leader.Wall Street, for its part, appears to believe the stock …

Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday as traders gear up for economic reports and company earnings to resume after the year-end holidays.The S&P 500 rose 0.3% as of 10:20 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 299 points, or 0.8%, to 36,883 and the tech-heavy …

The biggest sequential drop in more than a decade for the prices paid component and shorter wait times for desperately needed supplies were the two primary drivers of the 2.4-point decline in the ISM manufacturing index to 58.7 in December “The drop in December’s ISM manufacturing index to 58.7 from …

US manufacturing slowed in December amid some cooling in demand for goods, but supply constraints are starting to ease and a measure of prices paid for inputs by factories fell by the most since early 2020 when the pandemic disrupted economic activity.The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said on Tuesday …

US stock index futures rose in trading on Tuesday morning, in light of the market’s anticipation during the next few days, the start of the season of announcing the quarterly business results for companies for the last quarter of last year. It began with the rise in the futures prices …

European shares extended their rally on Tuesday, led by travel, banking, and commodity-related shares amid fresh indications that the mutated Omicron strain of coronavirus may be less severe than previously thought. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.6 percent to 493.1 points, setting a new record, after the US Standard …

The Japanese Nikkei index jumped on Tuesday to close at its highest level in six weeks, supported by shares of companies related to chips and shares of the auto industry, after a strong closing of US stocks last night, and with the decline of the yen, which supported auto stocks. …

US Vice President Kamala Harris defended the Build Back Better (BBB) stimulus plan during an interview on CBS’ “Face The Nation” TV show. Harris stressed inflation and coronavirus as major concerns and top priorities in 2022. “The United States must address the rising cost of consumer goods”, she added.Risk sentiment …

The S&P 500 is flat in subdued trade on the final session of 2021, having slipped back under 4800 on Thursday. The index is on course to post an annual return of more than 27%.All the major US indices were powered higher in 2021 by massive fiscal and monetary stimulus …