Market Update

US stock index futures fell slightly in trading on Thursday, after major indexes posted gains for the third day yesterday, as traders are betting that the economic impacts of the Omicron pivot will not be as severe as initially thought. The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures declined 109 points, the …

Gold prices received support from the dollar’s decline to rise Thursday, but the rise in US Treasury bond yields and anticipation of US inflation data and the Fed meeting limited the rise of the non-yielding metal. The price of gold in spot transactions rose 0.2% to $ 1785.78, while US …

European shares rose slightly Thursday, December 9, after positive comments from vaccine manufacturers calmed some concerns about the new mutated Omicron from the Coronavirus, while Deutsche Bank shares fell after reports that it may have violated a criminal settlement. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.3%, after declining 0.6% in …

Data on Thursday, December 9th, showed that German exports increased much more than expected in October despite persistent supply bottlenecks in the manufacturing sector, suggesting that Europe’s largest economy may be on the way to recovery. The Federal Statistics Office said that exports, after adjusting for seasonal factors, increased by …

US shares remarkably surged Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.31% to 4,701.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.10% to 35,754.75. Stocks surged led by overall positivity across the financial markets …

Reuters’ survey of economists cites persistently higher inflation to mark the shift in expectations for lift-off to Q3 from Q4 next year. Even so, “Rising COVID-19 cases around the world and the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant, along with renewed restrictions in some countries underscore that the pandemic is …

US shares remarkably surged Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.31% to 4,701.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.10% to 35,754.75. This was the stock’s third consecutive day of gains. Principal …

Russia’s inflation, in November, is climbing to 8.4%, touching its highest reading in about six years according to the Rosstat national statistics service’s statements on Wednesday. Prices have risen over the last 18 months as the economy emerges from the coronavirus slowdown, and Russia’s Central Bank has hiked interest rates …

The dollar reaped some strength during London trading hours but finished the day down against most major currencies. The US dollar fell despite European and American indexes closed mostly in the red territory, and while government bond yields extended gains to fresh weekly highs.Some profit-taking and the opinion that the …

Olaf Scholz is now new German Chancellor. It is said that he feels extremely enthusiastic about the ideas he suggested years ago. Once, he described an agreement which he suggested saying that “it will really change the world”, so what other changes is Scholz capable for bringing about on the …