Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

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Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rally led by Microsoft gains

Asian shares are mostly higher after a rally on Wall Street led by gains in Microsoft after it announced it was hiring Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rally led by Microsoft gains
Economy

Marketmind: Catching breath as Nvidia update due

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A cocktail of renewed AI excitement, Nvidia's imminent earnings update, an impressive 20-year Treasury auction and a leveling off of

Marketmind: Catching breath as Nvidia update due
Business

Medtronic raises fiscal 2024 forecast on strong sales of surgical, diabetes devices

Medtronic beat second-quarter profit and revenue estimates and raised its annual earnings forecast on Tuesday, banking on strong sales in its

Medtronic raises fiscal 2024 forecast on strong sales of surgical, diabetes devices
Business

Trading in Nvidia ETFs shows traders preparing for upbeat earnings

Trading volumes in leveraged ETFs tied to Nvidia on Tuesday showed many traders anticipate yet another upside earnings surprise and bullish outlook when the chipmaker

Trading in Nvidia ETFs shows traders preparing for upbeat earnings
Economy

Stocks steady, dollar gains as investors mull Fed outlook

Global shares hovered around three-month highs on Wednesday and the dollar found support as investors tempered some of their earlier enthusiasm about the prospect

Stocks steady, dollar gains as investors mull Fed outlook
Business

Nvidia shares drop as China worries overshadow stellar forecast

Nvidia shares fell nearly 4% on Wednesday on fears that widening U.S. chip curbs would sap growth in China, its third largest market, and curtail the AI-

Nvidia shares drop as China worries overshadow stellar forecast
Economy

Marketmind: Markets in a holiday mood

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Lewis Krauskopf, markets correspondent.

Marketmind: Markets in a holiday mood
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Stock market today: World shares are mixed, with markets in Japan and US closed for holidays

Shares are mixed in Europe and Asia after a modest advance on Wall Street that kept the market on track for a fourth straight weekly gain

Stock market today: World shares are mixed, with markets in Japan and US closed for holidays
Economy

Broadening of U.S. stock rally feeds investor optimism

Signs the U.S. stock market rally is broadening from the so-called Magnificent Seven of mega-cap growth and technology

Broadening of U.S. stock rally feeds investor optimism
Economy

Investors flock back to AI fund on rate cut hopes, Nvidia results

An exchange-traded fund tracking artificial intelligence stocks saw investors pouring money after six straight weeks of outflows, on the backdrop of strong

Investors flock back to AI fund on rate cut hopes, Nvidia results
Economy

Marketmind: VIX slump to put spring in Asia's step

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.

Marketmind: VIX slump to put spring in Asia's step
Economy

Global stocks steady before inflation data, gold climbs as dollar slips

Global equities were little changed on Monday as investors waited for key U.S. and European inflation data later in the week, while gold hit

Global stocks steady before inflation data, gold climbs as dollar slips
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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of consumer confidence and price data

Shares are mixed in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks edged lower as investors looked ahead to updates on inflation and how American consumers are feeling about the economy

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of consumer confidence and price data
Economy

Roundhill to shut MEME ETF due to flagging investor interest

Roundhill Investments announced the closure of its exchange-traded fund tracking the performance of meme stocks nearly two years after its launch,

Roundhill to shut MEME ETF due to flagging investor interest
Business

J.P.Morgan sees "challenging" backdrop for stocks in first half of 2024

J.P.Morgan expects economic uncertainty clouding the outlook for risky assets in the first half of next year as investors look for clarity on the direction of monetary policy.

J.P.Morgan sees "challenging" backdrop for stocks in first half of 2024
Business

Phillips 66 to continue 'constructive dialogue' with Elliott Investment

Phillips 66 said on Wednesday it "plans to continue a constructive dialogue" with Elliott Investment Management after the company asked the U.S. refiner to revamp its board to boost

Phillips 66 to continue 'constructive dialogue' with Elliott Investment
Business

Stocks edge lower as dollar, Treasury yields rise with rates in focus

MSCI'S global stock index edged lower on Thursday, the last day of its strongest month since November 2020, while bond yields and the dollar

Stocks edge lower as dollar, Treasury yields rise with rates in focus
Economy

Analysis-Kishida's NISA bet is paying off, just not for Japanese stocks

Japan's big tax break to incentivise its citizens to funnel some of the trillions of yen held in cash into stock market investments and boost the

Analysis-Kishida's NISA bet is paying off, just not for Japanese stocks
Economy

GraniteShares plans to boost leverage levels on US single-stock ETFs

GraniteShares plans to increase the amount of leverage on most of its single-stock exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to 200%, allowing investors to make bigger bets on daily

GraniteShares plans to boost leverage levels on US single-stock ETFs
Business

Crypto stocks set to start December on a high note as bitcoin hits near 19-month high

Shares of crypto miners and bitcoin-tracking companies climbed in premarket trading on Friday as the world's largest cryptocurrency extended a recent rally to touch a near 19-month high on

Crypto stocks set to start December on a high note as bitcoin hits near 19-month high
Economy

S&P 500 rises to highest close of 2023 amid rate cut optimism

The benchmark S&P 500 index closed at its highest level of the year on Friday amid growing optimism the Federal Reserve was done raising U.S. interest rates and could begin to cut

S&P 500 rises to highest close of 2023 amid rate cut optimism
Business

Uber to become S&P 500 constituent -S&P Indexes

Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies will join the S&P 500 effective at the open of trading on Dec. 18, along with S&P MidCap 400 constituents Jabil Inc and Builders FirstSource Inc, S&P

Uber to become S&P 500 constituent -S&P Indexes
Business|News|World

Stock market today: Asian shares slip ahead of key US economic reports

Asian shares have declined in cautious trading ahead of some key reports this week on the U.S. job market that might provide insight into the Federal Reserve’s thinking about interest rates

Stock market today: Asian shares slip ahead of key US economic reports
Business

Crypto stocks surge as bitcoin hits fresh 2023 high

Cryptocurrency-related stocks listed in the U.S. surged on Monday, looking to extend their strong November gains, as bitcoin topped $42,000 to hit a fresh high for the year.

Crypto stocks surge as bitcoin hits fresh 2023 high
Business|Technology

Uber set to join the S&P 500 index in latest sign of a turnaround for the ride-hailing service

Uber's stock is set to join the S&P 500 index later this month

Uber set to join the S&P 500 index in latest sign of a turnaround for the ride-hailing service

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