Stocks

  Bloomberg Nasdaq Inc is making its first major push into crypto, as the second-largest stock exchange prepares to capitalise on increasing appetite for digital currencies among big-money investors. A new group dedicated to digital assets will initially offer custody services for Bitcoin and Ether to institutional investors, according to Tal Cohen, the company’s executive vice president and head of …

  Bloomberg Stocks slid with US equity futures in a cautious start on Monday as investors await a slew of interest rate decisions in the days ahead and after global equities notched their worst week since hitting this year’s low in June. Futures on the S&P 500 index dropped 1% along with the Nasdaq 100, indicating extended declines for the …

  Bloomberg The yuan fell, an indication that China’s latest attempts to beef up the currency with a record pushback in the reference rate and verbal warnings is barely holding back a selling wave. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) fixed the yuan at 6.9396 per dollar, 647 pips stronger than the average estimate in a Bloomberg survey of analysts …

Bloomberg Equities extended declines on Friday, with an index of global stocks on track for the worst week since June, while a gauge of the dollar continued its ascent, reflecting bets for outsize Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. US futures dropped, suggesting the selloff that drove the S&P 500 index to its lowest close in about two months isn’t over …

  Bloomberg The pound slid to its weakest level in almost four decades as mounting evidence of a UK recession combines with an ascendant dollar. Sterling fell as much as 1% to $1.1351, the lowest since 1985. The latest hit was data showing UK retail sales fell at the sharpest pace in eight months in August, as a worsening cost-of-living …

  Bloomberg The Australian dollar tumbled to the lowest level since the early days of the Covid pandemic as risk aversion swept across markets. The Aussie declined 0.4% against the US dollar to 0.6674, the lowest level since 2020. Investors piled into the safe-haven US dollar and sold risky assets after the World Bank reported that the global economy may …

Bloomberg US futures declined as investor sentiment swung between hopes that inflation has peaked and concern that large interest-rate hikes by the Federal Reserve will hamper economic growth. Treasury yields rose and the dollar gained. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fluctuated before turning lower, with the latter underperforming after the underlying gauges posted modest rallies. European stocks …

  Bloomberg Cryptocurrencies were mixed a day after posting sharp losses triggered by hardening expectations of restrictive US monetary policy. Bitcoin fell about 1.5%to $19,937 in New York after a near-10% plunge this week. Ether, the native token of Ethereum, decline for a third day, dropping about 1% to $1,597. Stocks, bonds and digital tokens plunged after rising US inflation …

Bloomberg A semblance of calm returned to markets after the carnage sparked by hotter-than-expected American inflation that prompted investors to reassess the outlook for interest rates and economic growth. US equity-index futures rallied about 0.5% after shares had their biggest drop in more than two years, with the S&P 500 falling more than 4% and the Nasdaq 100 sliding more …

Bloomberg Gold was steady after closing down the most in two months in the wake of higher-than-expected US inflation data. Bullion ended 1.3% lower after the consumer-price index figures were released. It had been on an upward trend this month before the inflation data surprised markets. Economists had expected the CPI to rise 8.1% in August from a year earlier, …