Global Stock Market

This year’s unprecedented global bond rout accelerated after US Fed’s Lael Brainard said the US central bank will likely step up policy tightening by swiftly reducing its massive debt holdings.The prospect of aggressive Fed action drove the yield on benchmark 10-year Treasuries up five basis points to 2.60%, propelling it …

US stock index futures continued to decline for the second day in a row, as US stock indices declined significantly ahead of Wednesday’s trading session, affected by the latest negative escalations in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Where the futures contracts for the Dow Jones decreased to 34,411.00 …

Oil futures rose on Wednesday to recoup losses early in the session as supply concerns increased after new sanctions against Russia were threatened, outweighing concerns of weak demand after an increase in US crude stocks and the extension of the general closure in China’s Shanghai. Brent crude futures rose 49 …

Japan’s Nikkei index posted its biggest decline in nearly four weeks on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street as hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve officials raised the prospect of a further interest rate hike and fueled fears of slowing economic growth. The Nikkei lost 1.58 percent to close at 27,350.30 points, …

Investors, traders and market participants are eying minutes of the Federal Reserve’s March meeting to find direction as well as to gauge US central bank policymakers’ appetite for a half percentage point increase in interest rates in May. The stock market remains within a specific range for now, which should …

Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Tuesday, dragged by weakness in tech and other growth stocks, after comments from Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard spooked investors about potential aggressive actions by the central bank to control inflation.The S&P 500 posted 42 new 52-week highs and 6 new lows; the Nasdaq …

Oil futures extended gains in trading on Tuesday as the United States and Europe plan to impose new sanctions against Russia over alleged war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine, heightening concerns about supply disruptions as Iran nuclear talks falter. Brent crude futures rose 1.20 dollars, equivalent to 1.1%, …

Japan’s Nikkei index closed higher on Tuesday after a choppy session, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight, but investors’ caution about corporate earnings expectations capped gains. The Nikkei rose 0.19 percent to close at 27,787.98 points, after falling as much as 0.26 percent earlier in the session. Shares of oil …

US equities shrugged off geopolitical concerns and advanced on Monday amid outperformance in large-cap tech stocks. Recent Russo-Ukraine war developments raise the risk of an EU embargo on Russian energy imports and peace talk breakdown.But major US banks have been becoming more bullish on the equity market’s outlook. US equity …

The US dollar has reclaimed 99.00 on expectation of strong US Services PMI on Tuesday. A preliminary estimate for the US Services PMI is 58 against the prior print of 56.5. Nearly 80% of the US economy revolves around services, which heightens attention around the US ISM services PMI as …