Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures climb with more bank earnings, rate cuts in focus

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq climb as strong bank earnings, rate-cut hopes soothe US-China jitters

US stocks rose on Wednesday amid hopes for interest-rate cuts, with more Wall Street banks posting strong results in a promising start to earnings season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) moved up roughly 0.4%, following a rocky session on Tuesday for markets. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) added…

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Gov. Walz to join farmers to talk on impact of tariffs on Minnesota soybean farmers

Gov. Walz to join farmers to talk on impact of tariffs on Minnesota soybean farmers

Gov. Tim Walz will join farmers Wednesday in southern Minnesota to highlight the local impacts of tariffs. Minnesota’s top agricultural export is soybeans, but President Trump’s recent tariffs on China are causing purchases to plummet.  For soybean farmers in the U.S., China is a top export market. Last year, the country purchased over $12 billion worth…

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Gold hits fresh record, European stock markets rise after Fed comments

Gold hits fresh record, European stock markets rise after Fed comments

ADVERTISEMENT European stocks rose on Wednesday morning after a string of strong corporate results a day earlier, while equities were also boosted by remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. In Philadelphia on Tuesday, Powell suggested that another interest rate cut could come later this month in the US. In Europe, shares in Netherlands-headquartered ASML,…

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