Stocks

BLOOMBERG Stocks inched higher as traders prepared for a week packed with interest-rate decisions from major central banks. Tesla Inc. was poised to set a record winning streak. Modest gains in US futures signaled a further advance into bull-market territory for the S&P 500 as bets on a Federal Reserve pause after 10 straight rate hikes buoyed contracts for the ...

BLOOMBERG Share prices are rising so rapidly on Zimbabwe’s main stock exchange that the bourse is increasing the maximum move allowed in a single day. A new daily limit of a 15% move in the all-share index — up from 10% — will be implemented from Monday, Justin Bgoni, chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange in Harare, said ...

BLOOMBERG US stock futures indicated a pause after the S&P 500’s rally to a bull market, while the dollar headed for its biggest weekly loss in two months on bets that the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its hiking cycle. Tesla Inc shares jumped 6% in pre-market trading and was on track to rise for an 11th straight ...

BLOOMBERG Indian equities headed for fresh all-time closing highs as foreign funds piled into the market, lured by the promise of faster economic growth and an extended pause on interest rates. Equities rebounded from this year’s lows touched in March as global funds, disappointed by China’s uneven recovery, increased holdings of Indian stocks to capitalise on one of the fastest ...

BLOOMBERG European technology shares fell the most in two weeks on worries that central banks will keep driving interest rates higher. ASML Holding NV lost 1.8%, the biggest drag on the Stoxx 600 on Thursday. In the US pre-market, GameStop Corp plunged 18% after firing its chief executive and reporting sales that fell short of estimates. Technology stocks, which tend ...

BLOOMBERG US futures and European shares drifted lower, as a bigger-than-expected drop in Chinese exports stoked further concerns about the strength of global demand.  Signs of fading momentum in the world’s second-largest economy are weighing on sentiment globally, damping the optimism earlier this year surrounding China’s reopening from pandemic restrictions. The nation’s exports to most destinations contracted in May. Despite ...

BLOOMBERG Zimbabweans frantically trying to protect their savings from a collapsing currency have driven the country’s main stock index up by 600% this year. Local traders see more gains in store because there are few alternative assets to buy. Zimbabweans often turn to equities as a haven from currency meltdowns and episodes of hyperinflation, as happened in June 2020 when ...

BLOOMBERG US futures and European stocks fluctuated on Tuesday trading, and the Australian dollar jumped after a surprise interest rate increase by the country’s central bank. Contracts on US gauges were muted, following the S&P 500’s retreat. Apple Inc fell 0.4% in premarket trading, after dropping from an all-time as it unveiled its new mixed-reality headset at a steep price. ...

BLOOMBERG The roaring rally in tech stocks has further to go, as the buzz around artificial intelligence and hopes for a pause in the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes give them an edge, according to Citigroup Inc quantitative strategists. The growth style investing factor in the US has by far been the most successful with a nearly 20% jump this year, ...

BLOOMBERG Wall Street has been caught by surprise by a rally in local emerging-market debt, an asset class that’s been largely abandoned by foreign investors after a decade of underperformance. Domestic-currency bonds are this year’s developing-world winners, handing money managers far stronger returns than hard-currency debt or equities, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. BlackRock Inc has started calling local ...