Market Update

The S&P 500, one of three main indices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is expected to make gains of about 14% this year, to close 2021 at the level of 4,300 points, as shown by a recent projection by Goldman Sachs picked up by Dow Jones’s MarketWatch. As …

The British Pound (GBP) has recovered most of its earlier losses on Monday against the U.S. Dollar (USD) amid the decline of the later. The Sterling saw a negative performance throughout the first day of the week amid uncertainty resulting from the prospects of London losing its position as leading …

The U.S. Dollar (USD) gave up its gains earlier today, which helped the greenback rise to its best level in about a month, and turned to decline across the board. The Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the USD performance against a basket of six international rivals, is marginally down by …

The United States government has informed a number of tech suppliers, including Intel, that their licenses to export to Huawei are being revoked, Reuters reported. This is likely to be the final measurement the Trump administration takes against the Chinese telecom giant. The U.S. Department of Commerce cited national security …

Grab, a ride-hailing and food delivery company in Southeast Asia, is mulling the listing of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) later this year, Reuters first reported. It is estimated that with an improved appetite for initial public offering (IPOs) that the Grab IPO could raise more …

The global economy’s outlook remains uncertain to a large extent due to the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, Reuters reported. The IMF is reportedly making new allocations of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to help poor and developing countries address the …

European stocks closed higher on Monday, starting the new week with a positive performance after turning to losses at the end of the one before. The pan-European STOXX 600 index finished up by 0.21%. The French index CAC40 added 0.10%, while the German DAX gained 0.44%. Meanwhile, the UK’s FTSE100 …

Bitcoin is showing a positive performance on Monday, rising by about 3.75% over the past 24 hours, as it is currently trading near $36,360. The world’s largest cryptocurrency recorded gains of 9.68% over the past seven days. The market cap of the biggest digital currency around the globe now stands …

Germany reported that the number of coronavirus cases reached 7,141 new cases and 214 deaths today, bringing the total number nationwide to 2.04 million and 46,633 respectively, according to data released by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases. It appears that the number of daily cases has decreased …

According to the latest headlines, the EU will seek an extension to the deadline by which the free trade agreement with the UK must be ratified. Citing two sources, RTE’s Europe editor, Tony Connelly tweeted that member states want to extend the deadline from the end of February to sometime …