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Wall Street is rallying on Thursday, led by enthusiasm mainly stirred by tech stocks and a significant surge of Meta; Facebook’s parent company.The S&P 500 was 1.5% higher in midday trading a day after hitting its highest level since August. The Nasdaq composite was 3.1% higher, as of 12:35 p.m. …

The US Dollar weakened after the US Fed’s monetary policy decision. The FOMC policymakers decided to hike rate by 25 basis points in line with wide expectations. The FOMC statement indicated that policymakers changed the wording on inflation, noting that it “has eased somewhat but remains elevated,” although there were …

The US Dollar Index hit lowest level in almost three weeks on Fed’s dovish hike. The Federal Reserve’s decision came in line with 0.25% rate hike expectations but the dovish signals came in Jerome Powell’s remarks about easing inflation in the United States, these signals were most welcome by DXY …

Strong January as well as latest gains in the stocks market are driven by hope that the US interest rate hiking cycle is close to its end and that a pause is on the cards. If investors’ expectations are eventually found mistaken about this hope, a drop could be very …

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 …

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 …

Southwest Airlines reported deeper losses than Wall Street’s dimmer expectations predicted, throwing heavy shadows on the reporting season for US major air carriers.Earlier on Thursday, Southwest and American Airlines reported their Q4 results, with Southwest losing an adjusted 38 cents a share, compared with consensus adjusted losses of around 7 …

US stocks fell on Wednesday after the latest corporate earnings that fueled existing concerns that some of the most outstanding US companies are struggling amid successive rate hikes and recession concerns.The Dow Jones Industrial Average snapped three days of gains, last down 80 points, or 0.24%. The Nasdaq Composite retreated …

US stocks traded within a tight range on Tuesday after contrasting Q4 earning reports from investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, while China unveiled disappointing annual GDP data.Wall Street’s S&P 500 edged 0.2 per cent lower, supported by rising prices for energy and banking companies, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq …

Almost all financial assets spent the first half of the trading day in a defensive stance, attempting to extend their previous consolidative efforts. Eventually, the release of the US CPI data had other arrangements and another say. Market ignored other positive news, but were there to support the optimism. The …