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Wall Street shares rose to record levels on Monday and European stocks turned into the positive territory after US President Joe Biden picked Jerome Powell to continue as Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank, in a move welcomed as a signal of stability by global investors.The S&P 500 rose 0.92% …

Oil prices fell to a six-week low on Friday amid demand concerns after Austria announced a nationwide lockdown.But for consumers looking for some relief at the pump, the declines are not yielding any immediate lower fuel prices. The national average for a gallon of gas stood around a seven-year high …

The looming return of lockdowns to contain Europe’s latest wave of Covid-19 cases poses risk on economic recovery and postponement of the timetable for the ECB’s wind down of emergency stimulus. Euro zone bond yields dropped on Friday and Germany’s entire yield curve fell into negative territory for the first …

US bond yields experienced a sharp drop on Friday, the primary catalyst for which was a continued ramp up in concerns about lockdowns in Europe where Covid-19 infection and hospitalization rates continue to surge. The drop in bond yields coinciding rally in bond prices reflects a broader outperformance of safe-haven …