Global Stock Market

Gold prices fell Monday, December 6, as appetite for less safe assets improved and the dollar rose on uncertainty over Omicron ahead of US inflation data this week. The dollar rose, making gold less attractive to holders of other currencies, while US 10-year bond yields made up for their losses. …

America and Germany decided to adopt stricter restrictions to circumvent COVID-19 on Thursday, away Austria, there are tailored or modified lockdowns elsewhere all over the globe to combat the emergence of the new Omicron strain. Such measures provoked turmoil across financial markets, lest it could ignite severe global economic slowdown …

Chinese tech stocks popular among US investors have fallen amid the country’s regulatory crackdown on technology firms.Wall Street Journal has explained some of the new risks investors face when buying shares of companies like Didi or Tencent. Investors punished shares of Chinese companies traded in the US on Friday.Didi Global …

The selloff gained force Friday, leaving the NYSE FANG+ Index of Tech Industry’s giants bordering on correction territory, or a 10% drop from the highest. That’s not seen as a good sign heading into the end of the year, the most illiquid trading season. Shares of Tesla, Netflix, Nvidia and …

US President Joe Biden said on Friday that price pressures would ease as the global economy improves.“Gasoline price drops are beginning to reach Americans and this should pick up, he added, saying that China might also decide to release more oil, though it has not done so just yet.Managing Director …

The XAU/USD recovered as the New York session winds down, up by 0.86% and recording a break above USD1,792 that could push gold towards USD 1,800 and even beyond. Gold climbs as the New York session winds down. The precious metal is trading at USD 1,784.The market sentiment was relaxed …

Stocks are churning in mixed trading on Wall Street, Friday, following a disappointing jobs report, as markets continue to twirl at the tail end of a dizzying week.The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower, as of 9:50 a.m. Eastern time, after an early 0.7% gain quickly vanished. It’s coming off a …

Japan’s Nikkei index reversed course to close higher on Friday, led by travel and leisure stocks, as investors cashed in on battered stocks amid concerns about the impact of the mutated Omicron strain of the coronavirus. The Nikkei rose 1%, the largest percentage increase in three weeks, to close at …

The outlook for the US economy is still clouded by the emergence of Omicron strain, this may see the US’s renewed lockdown which would benefit the Swiss franc and other safe havens. Optimism is struggling to find its way through uncertainty ahead to global financial markets until Thursday’s session closing. …

US equity market conditions remained for the most part uneven and unpredictable on Thursday and the S&P 500, which sold off sharply into the Wednesday closing the session under the 21-day moving average in the 4510s, bounced in early Thursday trade and now trades nearly 1.7% higher on the day …