Saturday, 31 October 2026
Global markets, trading & world business — for professional traders
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude Oil extends its decline on Wednesday, falling more than 3% as stranded crude cargoes in the Strait of Hormuz gradually return to the market following an interim peace agreement betwee…
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret report the British Pound (GBP) is softer against the US Dollar (USD) but relatively resilient versus G10 peers, with declines tied to shifting Fed expectations and s…
EUR/USD extends its decline on Wednesday and trades around 1.1340 at the time of writing, down 0.39% on the day, as the US Dollar (USD) benefits from renewed support driven by expectations of additional monetary tighten…
MUFG’s Lloyd Chan notes that MYR has underperformed since the June FOMC as higher US yields and wider US-Malaysia rate differentials weigh on the currency. While the bank’s medium-term constructive view on the ringgit r…
Standard Chartered’s Saabir Salad emphasizes that subdued inflation, aided by a strong Hungarian Forint (HUF) and government measures, has allowed the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) to turn more dovish. Salad cuts his 2…
The GBP/JPY cross came under pressure near the 213.00 level on Wednesday as the British Pound weakened after United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced he would stand down as Labour Party leader and Prime…
Gold (XAU/USD) price collapses by over 3% on Wednesday during the North American session amid broad US Dollar strength, despite US Treasury yields tumble on speculation that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz could e…
USD/CAD climbs to fresh highs since April 2025 on Wednesday as the Canadian Dollar (CAD) faces a double blow from a stronger US Dollar (USD) and weaker Oil prices.
European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said on Wednesday that from the present perspective, further interest rate hikes are needed to bring inflation back to the central bank’s 2% target.
BNY’s Geoff Yu highlights that IMM volume is concentrated in commodity currencies, with AUD, NZD and NOK leading recent adjustments. NOK and CAD are seeing outflows linked to Oil sensitivity and modest Norges Bank tight…
The Swiss Franc (CHF) slides to its weakest level in more than ten months on Wednesday as hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) outlook boosts the US Dollar (USD). At the time of writing, USD/CHF trades around 0.8126, extending…
U.S. stocks ended higher on June 12, 2026, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining approximately 382 points, as declining oil prices, improving sentiment regarding developments in the Middle East, and strong inves…
2026 looks set to be another interesting year for Asian economies, with likely divergences in their respective policy and growth paths which can lead to a variety of market outcomes. We explore them in our 2026 Asia Out…
This article is part of our Investment Outlook 2026: Seeking Catalysts Amid Complexity
The semiconductor market in early 2026 is experiencing a dramatic reversal that has caught many investors off guard. While Nvidia and other GPU makers trade sideways, memory stocks like SanDisk, Micron, and Western Digi…
Investing.com -- One year after the United States imposed sweeping tariffs, analysts at Morgan Stanley found limited evidence that American manufacturers have moved production back onshore, with supply chain reorientati…
The childhood admonition based on fables, ‘be careful what you wish for’ has been a preached for centuries. It’s ironic to see it come true for one of the two leading US AI companies this AI Tech Wave in recent days.
Investing.com -- Citigroup raised its KOSPI target to 10,000 from 8,500, citing continued memory earnings growth and strong fiscal stimulus by the South Korean government, according to a Citi research note.
Prices of memory are going crazy. SemiAnalysis has been calling this out for over a year since late 2024. The scariest thing is that we aren't even close to the peak. We go through fab by fab production and expansion ve…
Korean companies are experiencing a broad-based decline in credit ratings, with more downgrades than upgrades recorded in the first half of this year, according to credit rating agencies and market analysts Tuesday.
Follow updates on the war in the Middle East for Monday, May 25, here. See earlier developments below.
Parabilis Medicines Announces Closing of Upsized Initial Public Offering, Including Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares
The SpaceX public offering could very well be the largest public offering of all time—bringing in even more money than Saudi Aramco’s cosmic $29 billion public listing in 2019. And with the rocketing costs (pun intended…
On Monday morning, the AI juggernaut announced it had turned in its first IPO proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It's a major step in the rush toward a public listing, as Anthropic and rival OpenAI…