Apple’s latest earnings report, which comes on the heels of its new iPhone 17 rollout, helped lift Asian stocks Friday (JUSTIN SULLIVAN) Asian stock markets mostly rose Friday morning, with a surge in Japanese shares coming after better-than-expected earnings reports from US tech behemoths Apple and Amazon. Investor confidence in artificial intelligence has fuelled a…
US stocks surged to record highs on Friday as investors digested a crucial inflation report that helped cement expectations for the Federal Reserve’s next policy moves. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 1%, or over 450 points. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained 0.8%, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) jumped 1.2%. The September inflation data…
A highly anticipated call between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping took place Friday morning. The two had a wide-ranging conversation and announced plans for a series of in-person meetings in the coming months. They also made progress on the fate of TikTok, with Trump announcing “approval” of a deal to spin off the…
The US labor market is slowing down. After a round of weaker-than-expected job market figures this week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the August jobs report on Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. The report is expected to confirm these trends seen elsewhere in the US economy. Economists expect the US economy…
Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) shares spiked as much as 10% in morning trading after the company announced the departure of its CEO Carrie Wheeler effective immediately. Opendoor said it is searching for a new CEO to lead the ibuyer in its next growth phase, just weeks after the stock skyrocketed in a meme-fueled rally. The board…
Oil prices dipped in early European trading on Friday morning, ahead of US president Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska later in the day, to discuss the war in Ukraine. Brent crude (BZ=F) futures fell 0.6% to $66.44 per barrel at the time of writing, while West Texas Intermediate futures (CL=F)…