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Source: Live Mint By Ankur Banerjee and Greta Rosen Fondahn SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The euro edged lower against the dollar on Monday, while markets continued to digest the recent string of central bank meetings that pushed the dollar to a two-year high and set expectations for globally diverging rate cut paths in 2025. The dollar index,…
Source: Live Mint After the hawkish stance of the US Federal Reserve last week, investors on Wall Street in the holiday-shortened week ahead will face a largely uneventful economic calendar. On Wednesday, markets will remain shut due to Christmas holiday, while Tuesday will see a truncated trading session. As the year 2024 is nearing its…
Source: Live Mint Mumbai, Dec 22 (PTI) The RBI under former governor Shaktikanta Das resisted pressures to cut interest rates through 2024 as it kept its ‘Arjuna’s eye’ trained on inflation, but the central bank under a new detail-oriented head will soon have to take a call if it can continue sacrificing growth. Das, a…
Source: Live Mint In the stock markets, what lies ahead often matters more than what has already been done. If this sounds perplexing, consider the US Federal Reserve’s policy decision on December 18. The Fed lowered benchmark interest rates for the third time in a row, cutting by 25 basis points. Yet, major markets across…
Source: Live Mint US stock indices rose on Wednesday in anticipation of interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve, that is due to announce its final policy decision of this year later in the day. The central bank is widely expected to cut rates by a quarter point. At 12:00 pm ET, the Dow Jones…
Source: Live Mint The FMCG sector faced a turbulent 2024, marked by considerable volatility. The year started on a weak note, with the sector declining by approximately 9% from January to March, as subdued rural demand and broader macroeconomic challenges weighed heavily on its performance. From mid-April to September, the index rebounded sharply, gaining around…
Source: Live Mint US stocks slipped on Tuesday, as investors become cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision following strong retail sales data, At the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 61.0 points, or 0.14%, to 43,656.47. The S&P 500 fell 21.5 points, or 0.35%, to 6,052.55, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped…
Source: Live Mint The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged higher on Monday, while the Dow was flat, as investors eyed anticipated Federal Reserve interest rate cut later in the week. At the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.3 points, or 0.01%, to 43825.76. The S&P 500 rose 12.7 points, or 0.21%, to…
Source: Live Mint The spotlight on Wall Street in the week ahead will be on the US Federal Reserve’s last monetary policy decision of this year. The central bank is widely expected to cut interest rates for a third time since September. Besides Fed decision, market participants will have a lot of economic data including…
Source: Live Mint (Repeats story first published Friday with no changes to text) Fed widely expected to cut rates by 25 bps on Wednesday Some investors brace for “hawkish cut,” with Fed suggesting pause in easing cycle S&P 500 up 27% in 2024, with Nasdaq breaching 20,000 as latest equities milestone NEW YORK, Dec 13…
