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US stocks flirt with fresh records, rebounding yen hits Nikkei
New York (AFP) - Global stock markets mostly powered ahead on Friday, lifting the Dow above 40,000 and near a...
Dow hits record on rate cut hopes, Tokyo tanks as yen rebounds
London (AFP) - Global stock markets mostly powered ahead on Friday, with the Dow breaking above 40,000 points to set...
Global stock markets mostly advance, Tokyo tanks as yen rebounds
London (AFP) - Global stock markets mostly advanced on Friday as traders increasingly expect the US Federal Reserve to cut interest...
Archegos founder Bill Hwang guilty in multibillion-dollar fraud case
New York (AFP) - The founder of US investment firm Archegos, Bill Hwang, was found guilty Wednesday of fraud and...
European stock markets extend gains
London (AFP) - European stock markets on Friday extended recent gains but Tokyo tanked with focus firmly on central bank...
Stocks up on US rate hopes, yen holds gains amid intervention talk
Hong Kong (AFP) - Markets mostly rose Friday after a largely negative day on Wall Street despite growing confidence of...
S&P 500, Nasdaq streak of records ends as US inflation ebbs
New York (AFP) - A multiday streak of US stock market records ended Thursday as investors shifted bets away from...
2024 bull market leaves out US small caps, so far
New York (AFP) - A famous aphorism holds that a "rising tide lifts all boats," but small capitalization equities are...
Stocks rise as cooling US inflation boosts rate cut hopes
London (AFP) - Global equity markets rose Thursday as cooling US inflation data bolstered interest rate cut hopes. Markets were...
Stock markets rise after Powell hints at US rate cut
London (AFP) - Asian and European stock markets rose Thursday following more record-highs on Wall Street as Federal Reserve boss...
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