US markets opened on a mixed note Thursday morning as investors closely monitored ongoing signals about global trade negotiations, particularly between the United States and China.Lingering uncertainty around tariff talks, paired with cautious sentiment from key officials, continued to shape investor behaviour across asset classes.As of 9:42 AM GMT-4, US stock markets showed a mixed…
Trump has intensified his attacks on Fed chief Powell expressing concerns about an economic slowdown. (AI image) US stock markets may officially enter bear territory soon, and that could actually be the least of worries for economists and market participants. The ripple effect of an escalating trade war with China, US President Donald Trump’s sharp…
Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that China was hit harder than the United States in the ongoing tariff war triggered by the US president’s imposition of reciprocal tariffs on most countries. A day after the US stock markets plummeted, evoking fears of a global recession, the US president claimed his country had been treated “unsustainably…
Bloomberg Opinion: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported its stock holdings last week — a widely anticipated quarterly update of Warren Buffett’s latest trades. There were some notable ones, including the addition of Domino’s Pizza Inc. to Berkshire’s portfolio and more trimming of its stake in Apple Inc. But those moves have been overshadowed by Berkshire’s $325…
Wall Street investors would have plenty of economic data to analyse in the week ahead. A key inflation – Federal Reserve-preferred Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, flash PMI readings from the S&P, personal income and spending data, among other economic reports will be released. On Wednesday, the US central bank kept its interest rate…
US stock indices were muted on Friday after mixed economic data and as investors awaited more clarity on President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff plans. On Thursday, Trump said his economics team will devise plans for reciprocal tariffs on every country taxing US imports, though the directive stopped short of imposing fresh tariffs. At 9:40 am…
US stocks were drifting on Friday as investors assessed economic data and corporate earnings. At 10:16 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 101.48 points, or 0.24per cent, to 44,459.53, the S&P 500 lost 3.62 points, or 0.06per cent, to 6,115.09 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 17.56 points, or 0.09per cent, to 20,034.29. At…
Jan 20, 2025 10:34 PM IST The US government observes a closure every year on the third Monday of January to pay tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., with this year’s date being January 20. US stock markets will remain closed on Monday, January 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal…