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We’re seeing some risk aversion in financial markets on Thursday as we await inflation data from the US later in the week. Considering how well they’ve performed in recent days and weeks, it probably won’t come as a surprise to many that we’re seeing stock markets in the red. It …

This week will witness markets focusing on Tuesday’s US mid-term elections on. Economists at Société Générale expect equities to go up if the Republicans win control of both the Senate and the House.Victory for the Republicans GOP could have negative ramifications for the Euro. The US midterms could have an …

The Federal Reserve hiked its target interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point, as expected. Chair Jerome Powell said that the Fed could start to dial back rate hikes in future meetings, giving the economy a bit of a breather from punishing interest rate spikes that have slowed …

An annual forecast report released on Monday showed that OPEC raised its forecast for global oil demand in the medium and longer term, and said that $12.1 trillion in investment is needed until 2045 to meet this demand, despite efforts to shift to clean energy sources. In the report, OPEC …

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 …

Wall Street stocks rallied and stayed strong throughout the US trading session. UK political developments in addition to Monday’s softer US dollar and global yields helped to boost risk appetite amid strong corporate earnings. The US dollar slid into support on the daily chart, as illustrated below, while the 10-year …

Stocks retreated on Friday, and generally gave up earlier gains during the session one day after posting a historic turnaround rally as investors digested inflation expectations.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 283 points, or 0.94%. The S&P 500 shed 1.82%, and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 2.32%.Stocks fell to session lows …

US stocks are strongly back into the green territory, putting on a short squeeze following the pre-market and opening selloff that ensued on the back of hot Consumer Price Index data. Stocks plunged to lows for the year but bulls moved in at a big discount, sending the Dow Jones …

Rising rents are expected to represent a considerable factor behind the jump in September consumer prices. The awaited consumer price index will be released Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET, and it will attract full attention from investors as a key input data ahead of next Fed meeting on November 1 …

US stocks finished lower on Wednesday after the release of the minutes of September FOMC policy meeting, wherein policy makers noted that inflation remained “unacceptably high.”The S&P 500 SPX, -0.33% closed 11.81 points, or 0.3%, lower at 3,577.03. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.10% finished off 28.34 points, or …