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 »Nikkei Continues to Rise, Tracking Gains on Wall Street
Japan’s Nikkei jumped for a second straight session, tracking gains on Wall Street and as investors snapped bargains after sharp declines this month, while Toyota Auto helped the Topix close higher for the first time in 10 sessions. The Nikkei rose 1.34 percent to close at 28,048.94 points, paring gains …
Read More »What could nomination of Lael Brainard mean for Wall Street?
Fed Governor Lael Brainard is getting closer to a key banking position as U. S. President Joe Biden studies who will chair the central bank and who will specifically supervise banks.Even without getting the Chair’s position, Brainard can be a major influence on banks. If she is not nominated as …
Read More »Bank earnings expected to take off, as Wall Street watches closely
Investors will be watching loan numbers like a hawk when banks kick off earnings season next week.Any Fed’s tapering decision in the near future, with the prospected rising in the interest rates could help banks go ahead to widen their net interest margin and consequently the profits they make on …
Read More »U. S. stocks surge as concerns over debt ceiling ease
All 11 major S&P 500 sectors have risen including Dow Jones by 1.49%, S&P by 1.41%, and Nasdaq 1.68%.U.S. stocks climbed on Thursday led by technology stocks, after a temporary bipartisan truce in the debt ceiling deadlock relieving concerns of a possible government debt default.The compromise has contributed an ease …
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