Global stocks began 2025 in muted fashion while the dollar advanced Thursday as markets gird for a much heavier news flow later in January with the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.US stocks opened the day higher but tumbled into the red mid-session before concluding the day modestly lower.”It feels like we won’t have all of …
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Wall Street made a positive start to the year Monday, shrugging off falls in Asia as investors await planned tariffs from US president-elect Donald Trump, adding to China’s economic struggles.Midway through 2025’s first session, while the Dow was just 0.2 percent in the green the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index had added around 0.6 percent.That was …
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Wall Street made a positive start to the year Monday, shrugging off falls on Asian markets as investors await planned tariffs from US president-elect Donald Trump, adding to China’s economic struggles.Around half an hour into trading, the Dow and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index had added around three quarters of one percent, in 2025’s first …
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Leading Chinese electric car maker BYD’s vehicle sales surged in 2024, the company said in a statement, as the firm grows its overseas presence.The EV and battery giant is the most prominent of Chinese automotive firms expanding abroad — plans that are increasingly threatened by thorny trade disputes between Beijing and the West.BYD sold 4,272,145 …
Major European and Asian stock markets began 2025 in the red as investors await planned tariffs from US president-elect Donald Trump, adding to China’s economic struggles.The dollar was up against the euro and pound but down versus the yen. Oil prices jumped on hopes of rebounding demand.“January can be a testing time for markets and …
Asian stocks began 2025 mostly in the red on Thursday after worries about US interest rates, tariffs, and China’s economy gave Wall Street the holiday blues for a fourth straight session.Equities mostly had a bumper 2024 on the back of enthusiasm about artificial intelligence (AI), cuts in borrowing costs by central banks, and Donald Trump’s …
Asian stocks began 2025 mostly in the red on Thursday after worries about US interest rates, tariffs and China’s economy gave Wall Street the holiday blues for a fourth straight session.Equities mostly had a bumper 2024 on the back of enthusiasm about artificial intelligence (AI), cuts in borrowing costs by central banks and Donald Trump’s …
Despite political upheavals, stock markets and bitcoin smashed records in 2024, fuelled by investor enthusiasm for Artificial Intelligence (AI), falling interest rates, and hopes of tax cuts.Here are four of the most remarkable aspects of 2024 for financial markets:- Stock records fall like dominoes -Wall Street’s three main stock indices blew past record highs to set …
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Wall Street stocks slid Tuesday to close the year on a gloomy note but Europe’s main stock markets advanced, as all eyes turn to 2025 and the impact that the policies of US President-elect Donald Trump will have on the global economy.After dropping more than one percent on Monday as investors booked profits and broke …
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Wall Street stocks moved higher on Tuesday, looking to ring out the year with gains as did Europe’s main stock markets, as all eyes turn to 2025 and the impact that the policies of US President-elect Donald Trump will have on the global economy.After dropping more than one percent on Monday as investors booked profits …
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