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Several companies are making the biggest midday moves in Wall Street including Credit Suisse shares that rose 1.7%, reversing an earlier decline that sent the stock to a record low, after the bank over the weekend made a series of calls to calm investor fears about its financial health. In …

US stocks fell on Thursday, for the third successive day after the Fed delivered another aggressive 75 base point rate hike. The monetary policy decision, originally meant to encounter hot inflation, triggered anew fears that the US economy could fall into a recession.The Dow Jones Industrial Average was last down …

The major US stock averages retreated, reversing earlier gains, after the Fed announced its third consecutive 0.75-percentage-point interest-rate increase. The two- and 10-year U.S. Treasury yields rose to 3.581 up by some +0.17% after the announcement.Following is how the US indexes are performing versus five minutes before the rate policy …

Some key economic data are expected this week including the ISM manufacturing PMI Index, as well as nonfarm payrolls, respectively: an indicator of US economic activity and tracking measure of the total number of paid workers in the US.This week’s soft economic data could grant the crypto and stock markets …

When Walmart and Target report their quarterly earnings this week, investors will gain some insight into how big retail is handling inflation—and stocks across the sector will likely feel the aftershocks.The two companies are important bellwethers for the retail industry and consumer spending. And in recent months, both Walmart and …

The US dollar fell following the release of US inflation reading. The dollar ended the trading day in the red territory against all major rival currencies. Safe-haven currencies edged higher against the US dollar, with USD/CHF now changing hands at 0.9426 and USD/JPY trading at 132.90. Gold was the worst …

US stocks fell Monday in a choppy start to August trading as Wall Street struggled to sustain July’s momentum. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each fell roughly 0.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite held near breakeven.Investors digest data released early in the session that showed manufacturing activity expanded …

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 basis points, the biggest increase since 1994, and Chair Jerome Powell said officials could move by that much again next month or make a smaller half-point increase to get inflation under control.Slammed by critics for not anticipating the fastest price gains in …

US stocks rallied on Monday while government bond prices fell, as investors returned to riskier assets after growth fears and high inflation left the S&P 500 nursing its seventh consecutive week of losses.Monday’s advance followed a late turnround on Wall Street on Friday when the S&P briefly entered bear market …

Hot inflation, recession-related concerns and quantitative tightening continued to be the major key words dominating financial markets throughout the week as central bankers ponder coming changes of policy based upon the available data particularly the labour market developments. New U.S. jobless claims fell slightly to 184,000 in mid-April and stayed …