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NZ Shares Dip While Asia Gains; Meridian Gets Wind Farm Consent, AFT Chair to Retire
New Zealand stocks ended the week lower, bucking a regional uptrend, while Meridian Energy cleared a key hurdle for a ma...
European Stocks Rise as Tech Rally and AI Optimism Offset Inflation Jitters
A broad tech rebound, fueled by Microsoft and Amazon’s AI spending plans, pushed European markets toward a fourth straig...
Rupee Surges to Three-Week High on RBI Intervention and Dollar Weakness
The Indian rupee rallied to 95.39 against the dollar, its strongest level in three weeks, as aggressive RBI dollar sales...
South Korea’s KOSPI Jumps 15% as AI Chip Rally Reignites on US Cloud Earnings
KOSPI surged past 6,400 after two days of circuit breakers, led by Samsung and SK Hynix, as stronger-than-expected Azure...
Kospi Surges 16.5% as Microsoft’s AI Profits Ease Bubble Fears
South Korean stocks staged their strongest single-day rally in years, with Samsung and SK Hynix surging over 24%, after ...
Why Stablecoin Turmoil Threatens More Than Just Crypto Portfolios
As stablecoins and DeFi deepen ties with traditional banking, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank exposed a dangerous in...
Morgan Stanley Predicts 25% Memory Price Jump, Chip Stocks Rally
A Morgan Stanley analyst says memory chip prices will surge at least 25% in Q3, fueling a rebound in Micron, Sandisk and...
Yen Spikes 3.3% in One Hour, Triggering Suspicions of Coordinated Japan-US Intervention
The yen surged as much as 3.3% against the dollar, its biggest drop in over a year, amid a flurry of intervention clues ...
Microsoft’s $450bn Day Sparks Chip Rally as Nasdaq Soars 3%
US stocks surged Thursday, erasing post-Fed losses as Microsoft's historic rally fuelled a massive rotation into chip st...
AI Capex Fears Erase 26% of South Korea's Market Value, Reshuffle Global Rankings
Korea's market cap tumbled to $3.4 tn in a month while Taiwan fell 15%, as AI spending jitters hit chip stocks. India's ...
Cathie Wood's ARKK ETF Triples on AI Bets, Still 42% Below 2021 Peak
After a brutal 67% crash in 2022, the Ark Innovation ETF has surged anew, propelled by AI plays like Tesla and Palantir....
Dollar Plunges 2.39% Against Yen to 159.50, Largest Two-Day Slide Since April 2025
The U.S. dollar tumbled 2.39% against the Japanese yen on Wednesday, retreating sharply from a 52-week high hit just two...
Microsoft’s $480 Billion Rally Reopens the AI Investment Debate: Real Moat or Market Nihilism?
A blockbuster quarter from Microsoft added nearly half a trillion dollars in value, but analysts are deeply split on whe...
Euro Breaches $1.15 for First Time in Six Weeks as Dollar Sinks on Yen Intervention Bets
The euro rallied past 1.15 US dollars, lifted by renewed risk appetite, stronger-than-expected eurozone growth and specu...
US Stocks Surge as Microsoft and Chips Lead Recovery from Post-Fed Sell-off
US equities rebounded on Thursday, with the Nasdaq up 2.5%, driven by a 15% jump in Microsoft shares and a semiconductor...
Ex-OpenAI Researcher’s $45bn AI Hedge Fund Forced to Liquidate After Dual-Sided Losses
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness fund, which bet heavily on AI infrastructure and shorted software, is unwi...
European Equities Climb, STOXX 600 Near Annual High, as Earnings Overpower Oil Fears
European shares advanced on Thursday, driven by strong bank and industrial earnings, with the STOXX 600 near a one-year ...
Dollar Slides as US Inflation Cools and GDP Misses; Yen Surges on Intervention Bets
The dollar fell broadly after weaker-than-expected US economic data pushed back rate hike expectations. The yen jumped 2...
Japanese Yen Surges 3% in Possible Intervention to Halt Slide Against Dollar
The yen rallied after hitting a 40-year low, with traders suspecting Japan stepped in to support its currency amid risin...
Hedge Funds Boost Short Bets on US Critical Minerals Miners Amid China Dominance
Short interest surges in key US critical minerals and rare earth stocks as investors question whether government support...
Global rating firms buy African local insight just as continent readies its own credit agency
S&P Global and Moody's are snapping up domestic rating agencies across Africa, betting that on-the-ground expertise beat...
Humanoid Robots Could Be a $5 Trillion Market: How Investors Are Playing the Boom
Morgan Stanley sees a $5 trillion market by 2050. Investment chiefs detail the stocks, ETFs and supply-chain plays that ...
Lajam Sports Stock Tests Key SAR 78.70 Resistance as Buying Momentum Picks Up
Shares of Saudi gym operator Leejam Sports are challenging a critical technical level, with rising volumes supporting a ...
Dubai Stocks Edge Lower at Midday, Abu Dhabi Ticks Up in Mixed UAE Trading
The Dubai Financial Market slipped 0.235% while the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange added 5.57 points, as investors traded...
UAE Markets Mixed Intraday: Amanat, National Takaful Lead Sessions’ Gains
Dubai's index fell 0.2% while Abu Dhabi held a slight positive trend mid-session. Amanat Holdings and National Takaful I...
Gold Slides as Treasury Yields Rise, Traders Weigh Fed Messaging After Rate Pause
Spot gold dropped 0.4% to $4,048 as rising U.S. bond yields increased the opportunity cost of holding the metal; investo...
BFM Business Show Dubs Microsoft Reassuring, Meta Disappointing
The July 29 edition of 'Good Morning Market' on BFM Business referenced Microsoft and Meta earnings, but the published r...
Fed Dissent and Middle East Escalation Spark Global Market Sell-Off
The Federal Reserve's divided vote and US military strikes against Iran sent shockwaves through financial markets, drivi...
Asian Stocks Mixed, Bonds Slide as Divided Fed Fuels Rate Uncertainty
Asian markets swung between gains and losses while Treasury yields hit multi-decade highs after the Federal Reserve held...
Gold Stuck in a Range, Gold Stocks Surge: The Forces Behind the Market Split
Bullion is trapped between softening investment demand and still-solid central bank buying, while beaten-down Chinese go...