Market Update

Wednesday reported an unexpected rise in third-quarter earnings on the back of strong trading revenues, despite a continued drag from a costly U.S. trading error. The British lender posted a net profit attributable to shareholders of £1.512 billion ($1.73 billion), above consensus analyst expectations of £1.152 billion and marking an …

Japanese shares closed higher for a third day in a row on Wednesday. Still, gains were limited amid a decline in US futures contracts and with local investors wary of unexpectedly weak business results from technology giants such as Alphabet and Microsoft. The Nikkei rose 0.67 percent and hit more …

European shares fell on Wednesday from their highest levels in a month, and technology stocks led the losses after disappointing results from major companies on Wall Street raised fears of slowing economic growth. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.2 percent by 0719 GMT. In the previous session, the …

Turkey’s Competition Board, the competition protection and antitrust body, said on Wednesday (October 26) it had fined Facebook’s owner Meta platforms 346.72 million lira ($18.63 million) for violating competition law. The council added in a statement that it decided that the company obstructed its competitors operating in the field of …

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after industry data showed that crude stocks in the United States rose more than expected, but supply concerns limited losses. Brent crude futures for December were down 72 cents, or 0.8 percent, at $92.80 a barrel by 0330 GMT, after closing up 26 cents in …

The US dollar gave up during the US session, finishing the day with losses against its major rival currencies. The EUR/USD pair trades near parity early Wednesday and ahead of important monetary policy announcements scheduled for next Thursday.Commodity-linked currencies benefited from higher US equities. AUD/USD flirts with 0.6500 while the …

On Tuesday, US stocks closed another US session higher as investors monitored the performance of the US dollar and the declining Treasury yields in addition to fresh US macroeconomic data for extracting clues concerning the status of the United States economy.The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 337.12 points higher, or …

The GBP/USD pair has gained over 1.7% and benefited from the US dollar’s decline on Tuesday. It is convenient to say that UK politics saved the day for sterling bulls. The pair is trading at 1.475Investors welcomed Rishi Sunak as the new UK prime minister where, in his first speech, …

WTI crude oil rose on Tuesday on recession linked concerns. The overall scene boosted risk assets to rally. Output cut by OPEC+ next month as well as the Fed’s policy decision on November 3 are two additional factors. WTI crude oil trades at $84.69 per barrel, trading 0.17% higher between …

The good old days when Rishi Sunak was finance minister are practically different from the days awaiting him as prime minister. The UK government seems under pressure to show how it will keep borrowing and how to restore Britain’s fiscal credibility in markets.With more than two years as finance minister …