Stoxx 600 on track for bumper year
European markets move lower but the Stoxx 600 is on track to notch its best year since 2021. Oil prices rise and gold hits a new record high as the U.S. navy pursues a suspected third ‘dark fleet’ tan...
22 Dec 202526min
BoJ raises rates to 30-year peak
The BoJ hikes interest rates to levels not seen for 30 years, causing yields to spike to multi-decade highs. Governor Kazuo Ueda says the central bank will continue to tighten should the economy move ...
19 Dec 202530min
BP's Auchincloss steps down after investor pressure
BP ousts its CEO Murray Auchincloss overnight following investor frustration with net zero strategy and share under-performance. He is replaced by Woodside Petroleum’s Meg O’Neill who becomes the oil ...
18 Dec 202519min
UK November inflation dips ahead of BoE rate decision
European futures pint to the green and the UK government is buoyed by the November CPI year-on-year print which came in 0.3 per cent lower than expected. The services CPI is down 0.2 per cent, beating...
17 Dec 202526min
Jittery investors continue to dump A.I. stocks
The A.I. stock sell-off continues with U.S. futures suggesting a day in the red. Investors now await the U.S. jobs report later today. President Trump signals that a Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer now ...
16 Dec 202527min
European markets shrug off Friday A.I.-fuelled stock sell-off
European markets are set to open in the green following Friday’s A.I.-led stock sell-off ahead of a variety of data prints and rate decisions later in the week. Ukraine abandons demands for NATO membe...
15 Dec 202526min
UK October GDP contracts
UK GDP data for October disappoints coming in at -0.1 per cent month on month with services output falling by 0.3 per cent. Oracle shares tumble to their lowest level since January as investors show t...
12 Dec 202527min
Long-awaited Fed decision now in
The Fed delivers a rate cut - but the most significant dissent in six years, and division over the policy outlook, reveal a split within the central bank. Nasdaq futures falter as Oracle's data centre...
11 Dec 202526min
