Stocks

  Bloomberg Investors are chasing European stocks at the fastest pace in nearly a year, while US equity inflows remain muted amid concerns of a recession, according to Bank of America Corp. European stock funds had $3.4 billion of inflows in the week through January 25, according to a note from the bank’s strategists led by Michael Hartnett, citing EPFR ...

  Bloomberg Equity markets slipped on Wednesday after tech giant Microsoft Corp. and a slew of other major firms forecast slowing earnings, while lackluster US business activity data reminded investors of the likelihood of recession in the world’s biggest economy. Contracts for the Nasdaq 100 fell more than 0.5%, after a two-day rally in the underlying index ground to a ...

  Bloomberg Bitcoin is flirting with its first back-to-back drop since the start of the year following a poor revenue outlook from technology bellwether Microsoft Corp. that dented wider investor sentiment. The largest token fell as much as 2.5% and was trading at about $22,650 as of 6:11 am in London on Wednesday after edging lower in US hours. A ...

  Bloomberg European equities wavered on Tuesday in the wake of tech-stock fuelled gains on Wall Street and bets for less-aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. The Stoxx 600 Index erased an early advance to trade little changed. US equity futures ticked lower after the best two-day rally since November for the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100. Treasury yields fell ...

  Bloomberg Japanese stocks made a full recovery from the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) surprise revision to its yield-curve-control policy last month. Both the Topix and Nikkei 225 Stock Average closed above levels seen prior to December 20, 2022, when the BOJ abruptly doubled its cap on Japan’s 10-year bond yield to 0.5%. With the BOJ’s latest decision to leave policy ...

  Bloomberg The dollar held just off nine-month lows against the euro and a group of other currencies, after a slew of Federal Reserve officials laid out the case for a downshift in the US central bank’s rate-tightening campaign, while concerns about a potential economic downturn weighed on equities. Investors are increasingly contrasting the US picture with a relatively rosier ...

  Bloomberg The pause in the stock market’s strong start to 2023 underscores the main question vexing much of Wall Street: When will it be safe to start buying again? Yes, markets have grown increasingly confident that the slowdown in inflation will allow the Federal Reserve to soon end the cycle of aggressive interest-rate hikes that last year drove the ...

  Bloomberg This year’s extension of the powerful European equities rally leaves limited room for more gains, according to strategists. After making its best ever start to a year, the Stoxx 600 Index will end 2023 at 452 points, according an average response in the Bloomberg survey of 19 market forecasters, implying a 1.2% drop. That’s even after several investment ...

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures rose driven by brightening prospects for technology companies, while the dollar advanced amid concern over hawkish central banks, worsening economic data and earnings hiccups. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 jumped 0.7%, climbing twice as fast as futures on the S&P 500 Index. In premarket New York trading, Google parent Alphabet Inc. rose after revealing a ...

  Bloomberg Treasuries rallied and equities declined as growing signs of a global economic slowdown raised investor concern that the start-of-the-year rally in risk assets may have gone too far. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index dropped 0.4% after the benchmark slumped the most in a month on Wednesday amid weaker-than-expected economic data. Nasdaq 100 futures also lost 0.4%. Europe’s ...