Rising Interest Rates Have a Sting in The Tail For Europe’s Banks
Rising borrowing costs are giving a long-awaited lift to Europe's beleaguered banks, but they come with a sting in the tail. Last year central banks ended a decade of rock-bottom interest rates as the U.S. Federal Reserve and then the European Central Bank moved...
Lock-in Ends But Nykaa Sees no Selling Pressure, Thanks to Bonus Issue Masterstroke By Falguni Nayar
Despite pre-IPO shareholders’ lock-in period coming to an end, Nykaa is seeing no selling pressure in trade today (November 10), on account of the bonus issue announced by the cosmetics-to-fashion retailer. This is a masterstroke by investment banker-turned-entrepreneur Falguni Nayar to stem a potential...
Dow Futures Dip After Positive Week
U.S. stock futures were trading lower during Sunday’s evening trade, after major benchmark indices finished the holiday shortened week higher as investors proved optimistic amid potentially smaller interest rate hikes from Federal Reserve policymakers. By 6:36pm ET (11:36pm GMT) Dow Jones Futures were down...
Crude Oil Lower; Monthly Demand Reports in Focus
Oil prices fell Monday, consolidating after last week’s strong gains ahead of the release of demand forecasts from the OPEC and the IEA as well as a deluge of potentially influential economic data due this week. By 04:35 ET (09:35 GMT), U.S. crude futures...
BoJ Holds Ultra-Low Interest Rates, Raises 2022 Inflation Forecast
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) held interest rates at record lows as expected on Friday, and said inflation is likely to rise more in the near-term as the Japanese economy struggles with elevated raw material costs and supply chain issues The central bank held...
Asia FX Sinks as Caution Over Fed, CPI inflation, Boosts Dollar
Most Asian currencies fell on Monday, while the dollar rose as markets hunkered down ahead of highly awaited signals on U.S. monetary policy from a Federal Reserve meeting and a reading on U.S. consumer inflation. Most regional units were also nursing losses from last...
UniCredit Hikes Payout Goal By 40% After Record Rofit
UniCredit pledged on Tuesday to return 5.25 billion euros ($5.69 billion) to investors based on its 2022 results after posting a record quarterly profit, as CEO Andrea Orcel works to meet his ambitious payout plans. Orcel, who has focused UniCredit on capital light businesses...
Dow Futures Trade Flat Ahead of U.S. Midterm Elections
U.S. stock futures were trading flat during Monday's evening deals, after major benchmark indices finished the regular session higher ahead of the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday. By 18:20 ET (23:20 GMT), Dow Jones Futures and S&P 500 Futures were flat, while Nasdaq 100...
Oil Prices And Financial Markets Brace For Recession
The apparent contradiction between the real economy and financial markets has puzzled some commentators but is normal around a peak in the business cycle.
U.S. economic data remains strong but a range of financial indicators point to a sharp slowdown over the next year that...
Asia FX inches Higher Ahead of Powell speech, China optimism Fades
Most Asian currencies crept higher on Wednesday as markets awaited more cues on U.S. monetary policy from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, although weak economic data from China and uncertainty over the country’s COVID policy weighed on sentiment. Still, most regional units were set...