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December 19, 2024 11:46 AM

Fed lowers rates but sees fewer cuts next year due to stubbornly high inflation

The U.S. central bank cut interest rates on Wednesday, as expected, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said more reductions in borrowing costs now hinge on further progress in lowering stubbornly high inflation, remarks that showed policymakers are starting to reckon with the prospects for sweeping economic changes under a Trump administration. Powell's explicit - and repeated - references to the need for caution from here on jolted Wall Street, sending stocks sharply lower, bond yields hi...

November 8, 2024 11:24 AM

Asian stocks climb on Wall Street’s lead; dollar sags after Fed cut

Asian stocks rose broadly on Friday (November 8), tracking Wall Street's overnight rise to record highs, as investors digested the Federal Reserve's message for careful interest rate cuts even with expectations for big fiscal spending under incoming President Donald Trump. Although the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate cut was expected, Trump's pro growth policies could be inflationary and slow down future cuts, Associate Professor of Finance at Melbourne's RMIT University Angel Zhong said. In Tokyo...

September 4, 2024 11:26 AM

Nvidia suffers record $279 billion loss in market value as Wall St drops

Shares of AI heavyweight Nvidia tumbled 9.5% on Tuesday in the deepest ever single-day decline in market value for a U.S. company, as investors softened their optimism about artificial intelligence in a broad market selloff following tepid economic data. Nvidia lost $279 billion in market capitalization, a major indication that investors are becoming more cautious about emerging AI technology that has fueled much of this year's stock market gains. The PHLX chip index plummeted 7.75%, its bigge...

August 6, 2024 10:40 AM

Japanese stocks soar as wider markets bounce from brutal selloff

Japanese stocks jumped at the open on Tuesday, underpinning a recovery across battered Asian share markets and even triggering circuit breakers in some, after central bank officials said all the right things to soothe investor nerves. The Nikkei soared more than 8% to above 34,000 in the opening minutes of trading, rebounding sharply from its 31,458 close on Monday. The index had plummeted 12.4% in its worst selloff since the 1987 Black Monday crash. Wall Street also looked steadier with S&...

September 16, 2024 6:40 PM

Nvidia overtakes Apple as No. 2 most valuable company

Nvidia's rallied to record highs on Wednesday, with the artificial intelligence chipmaker's valuation breaching the $3 trillion mark and overtaking Apple to become the world's second most valuable company. Nvidia is preparing to split its stock ten-for-one, effective on June 7, a move that could increase its appeal to individual investors. The surge in Nvidia's market value above Apple's marks a shift in Silicon Valley, which the company co-founded by Steve Jobs has dominated since it launched...

September 16, 2024 6:07 PM

Indian stocks continue to remain buoyant after recent sell-off

Indian stock indices started off Wednesday's session marginally higher, extending gains for the fourth consecutive session. The upbeat start was fueled by positive overnight cues from US markets. At 9:27 am, the benchmark Sensex was trading at 73,193.81, up 89.20 points or 0.12%, while the Nifty rose 37.35 points or 0.17% to 22,255.20. All major sectoral indices, barring Nifty financial services and Nifty private bank, opened higher. Over the last week, indices had slumped consistently, which ...