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Source: Live Mint In past few days, Wall Street witnessed stock indices climbing to records after Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump resoundingly won the US election against Vice President Kamala Harris. The US Federal Reserve’s latest quarter-point interest rate cut also boosted market sentiments. In the week ahead, Wall Street will see a…
Source: Live Mint Although the US Federal Reserve refrained from surprising markets and trimmed the benchmark interest rate by 25 bps to 4.50 – 4.75 per cent on November 7, markets seemed disappointed by Chair Jerome Powell’s tone, which suggested uncertainty about the future path of interest rates. In the September meeting, the US Fed…
Source: Live Mint US stock indices rose slightly on Thursday after storming to record highs in previous session on former president Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Market participants were awaiting Interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve later in the day. It is widely expected that the Fed will cut its key interest rate for…
Source: Live Mint On Wall Street the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones rose to all-time highs on Wednesday as Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1,450.11 points, or 3.43 per cent, to 43,671.12, the S&P 500 advanced 138.27 points, or 2.39 per cent, to 5,920.87…
Source: Live Mint US stocks rose on Tuesday, as investors awaited the outcome of the tightly contested presidential election and other potentially market-rattling events this week. At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 40.9 points, or 0.10 per cent, to 41835.49. The S&P 500 rose 9.7 points, or 0.17 per cent, to…
Source: Live Mint US Fed meeting: The US Federal Reserve prepares for its policy meeting this week, while anticipations are high that the central bank will propose a 25 bps rate cut. The rate reduction is anticipated to occur amid the backdrop of a presidential election year, adding a layer of complexity to the Fed’s…
Source: Live Mint US stocks were mixed on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election and Federal Reserve’s expected rate cut decision later in the week. As of 1:57 pm Eastern time, the S&P 500 was slipping 0.1 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.5 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.1…
Source: Live Mint Political risk—the notion that an election might have a meaningful impact on financial markets—used to be something that was the concern of emerging-market investors. Those in rich countries paid attention to central bankers, rather than politicians. Things are a little different today. In the run-up to America’s presidential election on November 5th,…
Source: Live Mint As Wall Street is bracing for the US presidential election on Tuesday (November 5), market participants will keenly watch its outcome and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision in the week ahead. According to several reports, Democrat candidate & US Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican opponent & former president Donald Trump…
Source: Live Mint US stocks were mixed on Wednesday after data showed the economy maintained a solid pace of growth in the third quarter. At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 16.8 points, or 0.04%, to 42249.81. The S&P 500 fell 0.3 points to 5832.65, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 18.9 points,…
