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Japan's Nikkei ends at record high as chip-related shares gain on Wall Street boost
Japan’s Nikkei share average ended at a closing high for a second straight session on Friday (Sep 12), as chip-related stocks tracked Wall…
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US: Wall St opens higher after inflation data keeps rate cut bets firm
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Thursday (Sep 11) after the latest inflation reading kept the US central bank on…
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US: Wall St opens slightly higher in run-up to employment revision figures
Wall Street indexes opened slightly higher on Tuesday (Sep 9), a day after closing near record peaks, as investors remained cautious ahead…
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US: Wall St opens higher as Fed rate cut expectations firm
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Sep 8), rebounding from the previous session’s decline, amid hopes that the Federal…
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US: Wall St indexes open mixed after jobs data
Wall Street opened mixed on Thursday (Sep 4) after a weaker-than-expected private payrolls report, while Salesforce shares dropped as the…
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Asia: Markets tick up after Wall Street rebound
Asian stock markets were mostly up on Thursday morning, tracking gains made on Wall Street as a weak labour market report in the United…
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US: Wall St opens lower on tariff uncertainty; focus on data
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Tuesday (Sep 2), as investors returning from a long holiday weekend worried about the legality…
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US: Wall Street opens lower after inflation data; tariff concerns weigh
Wall Street’s main stock indexes opened lower on Friday (Aug 29) after an in-line inflation report kept in place bets for a September…
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US: Wall St opens muted in countdown to Nvidia earnings
Wall Street’s main indexes opened flat on Wednesday (Aug 27) as investors awaited AI leader Nvidia’s results, which are expected to test…
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US: Wall St opens subdued after Trump's latest attack on Fed
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly lower on Tuesday (Aug 26), pressured by a rise in longer-dated Treasury bond yields after US…
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US: Wall St opens lower as Powell-led momentum cools
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Monday (Aug 25), retreating from the previous session’s gains when fed chair Jerome Powell…
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Wall Street hires more senior bankers as growing confidence spurs deal rebound
Wall Street banks have hired dozens of senior executives in recent months, as improved economic sentiment has spurred mergers and IPOs…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as Powell's speech looms large
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole Symposium…
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US: Wall Street opens lower as investors brace for Fed meet; Walmart slides
Street’s main indices opened lower on Thursday (Aug 21), as investors turned cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s three-day…
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US: Wall Street mostly down as tech still under pressure
stocks closed mostly lower on Wednesday as the tech sector remained under pressure while investors kept an eye on retail earnings and…
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US: Wall St subdued at open on mixed retail earnings ahead of Fed meet
Wall Street’s main indexes were subdued at the open on Wednesday (Aug 20) as investors assessed uneven earnings from retailers such as…
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US: Wall Street opens flat, focus on retail earnings and Fed summit
Street’s main indices were subdued at the open on Monday (Aug 18), in a quiet start to a week packed with corporate earnings reports from…
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US: Wall St opens higher as inflation rises moderately in July
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday (Aug 12) after data showed inflation rose broadly in line with expectations in July,…
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US: Wall St opens flat as chip stocks dip on China sales deal
Wall Street’s main indexes opened flat on Monday (Aug 11) as major chip companies slipped on the eve of a key tariff deadline after a…
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US: Wall Street opens higher as Fed shake-up stokes dovish bets
Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Aug 8) as US President Donald Trump’s temporary pick for a Federal Reserve governor post…
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US: Wall Street opens higher on tariff exemption hopes
Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Aug 7), buoyed by optimism that major technology companies could avoid US President…
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US: Wall Street opens higher on Fed rate cut hopes; earnings in focus
Wall Street opened higher on Wednesday (Aug 6), as ongoing optimism about Federal Reserve interest rate cuts kept markets afloat and…
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US: Wall Street opens higher on rate cut hopes; earnings in spotlight
Wall Street futures opened higher on Tuesday (Aug 5), supported by ongoing optimism over potential Federal Reserve interest rate cuts,…
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Wall Street bonus pool to grow as bank revenue boosted by rally
The outlook for Wall Street bonuses is improving, with payouts now set to rise across most sectors of the finance industry as the market…