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By Tom Westbrook and Elizabeth Howcroft NEW YORK/SINGAPORE/PARIS (Reuters) -Crypto markets crept up on Friday, still holding below recent highs even after President Donald Trump ordered a new working group to draw up crypto regulations long hoped for by the industry and explore the creation of a U.S. cryptocurrency stockpile.…
Investing.com– Oil prices steadied in Asian trade on Wednesday after logging some losses this week on U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to ramp up energy production. But crude was sitting on a strong run-up in recent weeks, as stricter U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil industry still…
Investing.com– Gold prices steadied near a one-month high in Asian trade on Friday, as uncertainty over U.S. interest rates and policy under incoming President Donald Trump spurred some haven demand. Among industrial metals, copper prices rose tracking positive gross domestic product data from top importer China, as recent stimulus measures…
Investing.com– Asian stocks rose sharply on Thursday as markets cheered a softer U.S. inflation reading, while South Korea’s central bank left interest rates unchanged despite expectations of a cut amid political unrest. Regional markets took cues from an overnight surge in Wall Street after Wednesday’s inflation data. U.S. stock futures…
Investing.com– U.S. stock index futures rose slightly on Wednesday evening after mildly softer consumer inflation data and a slew of strong bank earnings sparked strong gains on Wall Street. Investors also welcomed a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, which heralds less geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. But…
Investing.com– Gold prices moved little in Asian trade on Wednesday as traders kept to the sidelines ahead of key U.S. consumer inflation data, although mild declines in the dollar lent some strength to bullion. Gold benefited from softer-than-expected producer inflation data in the prior session, which spurred some hopes that…
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Tom Westbrook NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Ten-year Treasury yields hit 14-month highs, driving a spike in the dollar and a wave of selling in technology stocks which spread to Asia in early trade, with sliding after a holiday break and U.S. inflation data on investors’ minds. The…
Investing.com– U.S. stock index futures steadied on Sunday evening after Wall Street tumbled on hotter-than-expected payrolls data, with focus turning to several major bank earnings, and key inflation data due this week. Investors were now looking to the fourth-quarter earnings season, which is set to begin in earnest this week…
Investing.com– Gold prices rose slightly in Asian trade on Friday and were headed for some weekly gains as heightened uncertainty over U.S. interest rates and trade tariffs fueled increased safe haven demand. But strength in the dollar, ahead of a key labor market report due later in the day, limited…
Investing.com– Gold prices steadied in Asian trade on Thursday after logging two straight days of gains, as heightened uncertainty over a hawkish Federal Reserve and President-elect Donald Trump’s plan for trade tariffs fueled some safe haven demand. Among industrial metals, copper prices firmed as weak inflation data from top importer…
