Tuesday, 25 August 2026
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Oil prices dropped sharply yesterday on rising optimism that the US and Iran may be moving closer to reviving a Middle East deal. ICE Brent settled more than 7% lower on the day, after President Trump called off strikes…
Asia-Pacific stock markets continued to face selling pressure after opening on Thursday (the 30th), with the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate decision and Middle East geopolitical risks serving as the twin drivers…
Follow updates on the war in the Middle East for Monday, Aug. 3, here. See earlier developments below.
December gold futures opened at $4,135.20 per troy ounce Monday, up 0.7% from Friday’s settlement, then rolled over inside two hours. By 7:58 a.m. ET the contract had slipped to $4,111.50. Spot metal traded $4,045.55 at…
West Texas Intermediate snapped 6.21% lower to $79.41 a barrel Monday morning, printed a session low of $78.93 for a near-7% loss, and settled the September contract at $79.46, down $5.21 on the day. Brent shed 5.11% to…
When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia quickly redirected its oil flows to the Red Sea. Now, that route has become dangerous because of the Houthi blockade, so Saudi is rerouting to Egypt—and two LNG tan…
On Monday, as the conflict between the United States and Iran reached its 157th day, Iran denied Donald Trump’s claim that new talks on ending the conflict would begin on Monday, after the US president called off what h…
Specifically, Chair Warsh said that “financial markets perform best when they react to incoming data. I think the financial markets work less efficiently when they ask a question. How will the Federal Reserve react to t…
Futures are trading lower after a big start to the holiday-shortened trading week, which saw every index trade higher, after the small-cap Russell 2000 eked out a tiny gain on the close, finishing up 0.01% at $3010, and…
Mega-cap tech stocks are having their worst stretch since 2022, and the numbers tell the story clearly. All seven members of the Magnificent Seven are in the red year-to-date as of March 2026, with Microsoft (MSFT) down…
US stocks are rising, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures trading at or around record highs as oil prices fall further on hopes that the US and Iran could soon agree on a deal that would normalise crude supplies.
On this week’s episode of The Morning Filter, Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski discuss how big the Federal Reserve’s interest cut this week might be and what to listen for in Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments. Recent s…
Goldman Sachs just named NVIDIA and Micron Technology the biggest AI winners of the next earnings cycle, and the stock is already moving. Micron is up 214% year-to-date. If you are still trying to decide whether the AI …
Oppenheimer Asset Management chief investment strategist John Stoltzfus posted his positive prediction today that the S&P 500 will hit 7100 in the new year, up almost 17 percent from Friday’s close near 6100, thanks to …
The web3 community has been meeting at a multitude of events this month. As the sector buzzes with activity, regulatory actions have also remained on the upside similar to March. However, prices continue to resist the s…
In the modern market, financial traders have several markets to choose from, including forex, stocks, CFDs, cryptocurrencies, indices and options. Of these, Binary options are a relatively new instrument compared to the…
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A new index called the Nifty Financial Services is now available for derivatives trading from today, 11th January 2021.
Typically, when a company shares pertinent information to shareholders, via the Pakistan Stock Exchange, there is usually some semblance of details – the who, the why, the how much, if you will.