US Stocks are edging higher on Tuesday ahead of what many investors hope will be one of the Fed’s last rate hikes to interest rates as well as anticipated pause of quantitative tightening.The Standard & Poor’s 500 was 0.3% higher as of 9:36 a.m. Eastern and on pace to close …
Read More »Wall Street closes higher with weekly gains as Fed’s decision eyed
US equities advanced on Friday, marking the end of trading week that was full of key economic data as well as earnings results signaling weakening demand but also economic flexibility with only a few days apart from Fed’s policy decision next week.All three major US stock indexes ended Friday’s US …
Read More »Wall Street on track for weekly gains
US Stocks abandoned an early stumble and rose in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday, keeping the market on track to break a three week losing streak.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 133 points, or 0.4%, to 31,720 and the Nasdaq rose 0.6%.The S&P 500 rose 0.5% as of 10:58 …
Read More »Nike, Pfizer, Alibaba Stocks Among North America Session’s Winners
Shares of Nike jumped 2.2% after the company reported a beat on the top and bottom lines in the third quarter. The retailer reported earnings of 87 cents per share on revenues of $10.87 billion, topping estimates of 71 cents per share on revenues of $10.59 billion. Nike delayed giving …
Read More »Gold is Confined to a Narrow Range Ahead of The Release of US Inflation Data
Gold prices fluctuated within a limited range on Thursday, after hitting a two-week high earlier in the session, as investors awaited US inflation data for indications of the Federal Reserve’s next step towards tightening monetary policy. And the gold price settled in spot transactions at $ 1832.09 an ounce by …
Read More »Gold prices Close Higher As USD, T-yields Retreat
Gold futures closed higher on Wednesday, with prices stretching their gains to a fourth-consecutive session to finish as the US dollar and Treasury yields eased back, boosting the appeal of the haven metal.Volatility in the metal’s prices could be explained by fluctuations in the US dollar, which also obviously has …
Read More »Stock benchmarks gain around 1.0% each as Powell flagged taper
U. S. shares have ended the key trading sessions surprisingly on a positive side, despite the Federal Reserve’s hint for tapering. The market’s reaction to the Federal Reserve’s announcements was originally expected to represent a low and favored securities, which kept the gains even as Chairman Jerome Powell supported the …
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