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Futures Edge Lower After Powell-Driven RallyU.S. stock index futures fell modestly on Monday, pausing after a strong rally last week driven by dovish signals from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. As of 06:17 ET (10:17 GMT): S&P 500 Futures were down 0.24% at 6,451.25 Nasdaq 100 Futures slipped 0.32% to …

Gold Loses Momentum After Friday’s RallyGold prices edged lower in Asian trading on Monday, easing back after a strong rally last week fueled by dovish signals from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Spot gold slipped 0.2% to $3,363.88 per ounce, while December gold futures declined 0.3% to $3,408.00/oz by 01:30 …

Market OverviewEuropean equities opened lower on Monday, with investors weighing economic signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve and a busy week of earnings and inflation data. The STOXX 600 slipped 0.3% at the start of trading, while Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC 40 both fell around 0.5%. U.K. markets were …

Bitcoin Retreats After Fed-Driven RallyBitcoin fell on Monday, giving back gains sparked by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s dovish comments last week. The world’s largest cryptocurrency was last down 2.1% at $112,550.5 as of 01:27 ET (05:27 GMT), slipping to its lowest levels in more than six weeks. The token …

Oil prices held largely steady in Asian trade on Monday, consolidating sharp gains from last week. Market sentiment was supported by fading expectations of an imminent Russia-Ukraine ceasefire and dovish signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve pointing to a possible rate cut in September. As of 21:20 ET (01:20 GMT), …

As of today, Monday, August 25, 2025, markets are waking up to a new and completely different landscape from the beginning of last week’s trading. The final week, which concluded on August 22, 2025, was a complex work of art on which the U.S. Dollar’s (USD) movements charted a path …

Gold prices rallied on Friday, climbing above $3,370 after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell struck a more dovish tone at Jackson Hole. Powell warned that risks to the labor market are mounting, even as inflation pressures remain tilted to the upside—an acknowledgment of the Fed’s increasingly delicate balancing act.The yellow …

U.S. stocks staged a sharp rebound on Friday, snapping a two-day losing streak, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the central bank may be preparing to cut interest rates.The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped nearly 1,000 points, or 2.2%, to close at 43,744. The Nasdaq 100, driven by heavyweight …

The Canadian dollar gained ground on Friday, sending USD/CAD lower by nearly half a percent, as dovish signals from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and upbeat Canadian retail sales data combined to pressure the greenback. The pair slipped 0.49% to 1.3835 in North American trading, retreating from an earlier daily …

The Japanese yen advanced sharply against the US dollar on Friday, as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks at the Jackson Hole Symposium fueled speculation of an impending rate cut. The USD/JPY pair retreated from a three-week high of 148.78 to trade near 146.66, marking a near 1% drop and …