Market Watch

Global Markets Recap In his speech on Friday at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, Fed Chair Powell indicated that inflation has moderated and that it might be time to adjust policy. Wall Street indices closed with gains of over 1%, driven by expectations of...

Global Markets Recap On Friday, Wall Street indices ended the day with slight gains as the preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for August exceeded expectations. European stocks ended trading this week with strong gains. On a weekly basis, the...

Global Markets Recap On Friday, Wall Street indices closed higher as some Fed members hinted at a potential rate cut soon. European stocks rose on Friday as markets recovered from the recent oversold. On a weekly basis, the STOXX Europe 600, encompassing approximately...

Global Markets Recap On Friday, Wall Street indices closed with sharp declines exceeding 2%, led by technology stocks. This drop was influenced by July's US labor market data, which came in weaker than expected, indicating a more rapid deterioration in the labor...

Global Markets Recap Wall Street indices closed the day with gains exceeding 1% on Friday, buoyed by the Fed's June PCE deflator data, which aligned with expectations on a monthly basis. This data, closely watched by the Fed for monthly price trends, kept market hopes...

Global Markets Recap Following the crash of the Microsoft Windows operating system in several countries, Wall Street indices closed lower last Friday due to fears of decreased investor risk appetite. All three major U.S. stock indexes finished in negative territory,...

Global Markets Recap The Dow Jones Index almost set a new closing record, reaching an all-time high on Friday. This was driven by Wall Street banks reporting earnings above expectations, despite a slight increase in wholesale inflation. European stock exchanges closed...

Global Markets Recap Despite the slight rise in the unemployment rate and the slowdown in average hourly earnings, consistent with expectations indicating a cooling labor market, Wall Street indices closed higher. This was driven by growing expectations of interest...

Global Markets Recap On Friday, despite a slowdown in the headline and core PCE deflator for May, which the Fed closely monitors, and a decline in both short and long-term inflation expectations in the Michigan University consumer sentiment index, Wall Street indices...

Global Markets Recap Following the release of June's preliminary PMI data for the manufacturing and services sectors in the United States, which came in stronger than expected, market expectations regarding Federal Reserve interest rate cuts for this year weakened...

Global Markets Recap On Friday, Wall Street indices closed the day with losses after the non-farm employment growth and the average hourly earnings increase rate for May in the US exceeded expectations. This weakened investors' expectations that the Fed would start...

Global Markets Recap Last Friday, Wall Street closed higher as investors anticipated Fed interest rate cuts this year, driven by April's PCE deflator data. European stocks closed higher on Friday, contrasting with the downward trend seen in the Asia-Pacific region's...