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Dollar higher on US business activity boost
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 2 months agoNEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar rose against the euro on Thursday after data showed U.S. business activity accelerated to the highest level in just over...
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks and bonds bask in rate cut hopes
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 2 months agoWorld stocks hit a record high and bond markets rallied on Thursday as galvanized hopes of interest rates cuts in the United States and other major economies extended a powerful month-long global ...
FOREX-Japan's yen slumps, hits 155 per dollar; US currency regains footing
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 3 months agoThe yen dropped against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday to its weakest since mid-1990, with markets alert to any signs of intervention from Japanese authorities to prop up their currency. The yen's ...
GLOBAL MARKETS-Equities gain on in-line US inflation, Treasury yields dip
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 5 months agoThe S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs and the global equity index advanced on Thursday after a much anticipated U.S. inflation reading provided little surprise for relieved investors ...
GLOBAL MARKETS-Global equities gain on in-line US inflation, dollar dips
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 5 months agoA global equity index advanced on Thursday after a much anticipated U.S. inflation reading provided little surprise for relieved investors and helped push U.S. Treasury yields lower. Wall Street ...
FOREX-Dollar eases as market shrugs off inflation revision data
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 5 months agoThe dollar eased on Friday as it headed for a fourth week of gains while traders reduced their bets on how quickly the Bank of Japan might raise interest rates and how soon the Federal Reserve ...
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks surge, bond yields slip ahead of Fed decision
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 6 months agoGlobal stocks surged on Monday, with the S&P 500 closing at a new record close and European shares hitting a two-year high, as markets slashed ambitious bets at the end of 2023 on interest rate ...
GLOBAL MARKETS-European stocks surge, dollar gains as Fed decision looms
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 6 months agoStocks on Wall Street were little changed and the U.S. dollar advanced at the start of a packed week of big corporate earnings, European inflation data, Federal Reserve and Bank of England policy ...
FOREX-US dollar falls ahead of GDP, inflation data; Fed in focus
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 6 months agoThe U.S. dollar dropped on Wednesday, taking a breather from recent gains, as investors consolidated positions and looked to economic data this week and the Federal Reserve policy meeting next ...
Take Five: That most wonderful time of the year
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 8 months agoFestive cheer has come early to world markets (bar those dollar bulls) on growing certainty that central banks will start slashing interest rates next...