European stocks fell as investors’ concerns about rising energy prices and events in China are building up. Stock indexes have been dragged lower in choppy trading in recent weeks. Frankfurt’s DAX was 0.3% lower, underperforming other European indexes. Germany’s ZEW survey of economic sentiment weakened for the fifth straight month …
Read More »European Shares Decline Ahead of Corporate Results
European shares fell on Tuesday, October 12 as investors feared higher commodity prices would hurt the recovery of corporate earnings, and the sentiment was also affected by fresh evidence of problems at Chinese real estate investment group Evergrande. The European STOXX600 index fell 0.9% by 07:11 GMT after similar declines …
Read More »U.S. material and energy stocks rose over oil prices surge
Oil prices surged on Monday to significant highs, the move is boosting U.S. materials and energy stocks, but concerns that rising prices would worsen supply chain caused Wall Street to give up early gains.U.S. crude jumped 2.5% to $81.31 per barrel, a level not seen since late 2014, and Brent …
Read More »U. S. stocks rise on Big Tech strength
U.S. stock indexes rose on Monday as growth and financial stocks gained, shrugging off inflation concerns in the run up to third-quarter earnings reports from later this week.The S&P 500 financial sector index rose 0.7%, while banks added 0.6% ahead of earnings reports from JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank …
Read More »Dubai TV Interview, Oct 11, 2021
Speaking to Dubai TV on Monday, Mohamed Hashad, Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital, discussed the current situation across global markets, with anticipation for a number of developments over the course of the week. ECB Hashad explained that we had seen a lot of hints from the European …
Read More »Nikkei Rises For Third Day on Weak Yen
Japan’s Nikkei rose for a third straight session Monday, October 11, extending recovery from last week’s six-week low, as a sharp drop in the yen boosted exporters while a drop in COVID-19 infections revived hopes of reopening the economy. The index closed up 1.60% to 28,498.20 points, advancing more than …
Read More »Stocks close lower but S&P 500 still on weekly gain
Stocks closed in the red on Friday as investors digested a key report on the labor market’s recovery, which showed a much weaker than expected growth of hiring in September. The S&P 500 fluctuated between gains and losses throughout the day, trading choppily like recurrent waves after three successive sessions …
Read More »Indexes step into confusion zone after NFP data
Investors’ prevalent sentiment tends to be overwhelmed by hesitation and confusion which have become an inseparable part of the scene because the implications of the NFP jobs data announced Friday.The stock market was wavering on Friday after the September jobs report missed estimates, though the data were better than the …
Read More »Wall Street shows no big panic at mixed jobs data
America added far fewer jobs in September than expected, but investors didn’t seem too disappointed. Stocks were flat Friday as Wall Street took to some comfort that the unemployment rate continues to drop after the pandemic-fueled spike last year.The Dow rose about 20 points, or 0.1%, shortly after the opening, …
Read More »European Shares Fall as Tech Decline
European shares fell, as a decline in the technology sector offset the impact of gains in oil and auto stocks, while investors remained cautious ahead of the US jobs data. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.2 percent after technology shares fell 0.9 percent, while oil and gas shares jumped …
Read More »