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Markets reward Disney’s “stream” of good news

Disney’s stock prices climbed by almost 7% after US markets closed on Wednesday, after its fiscal third quarter financial results revealed a string of better-than-expected results.

11 August 11:40

Can dovish BOE restore FTSE 100 to 2022 peak?

The FTSE 100 is the only stock market in the Western developed world that has returned to the green on a year-to-date basis. At the time of writing, this UK blue-chip stock index is adding to its year-to-date gains and is up 0.9% so far in 2022.

4 August 12:01

This Week: Resilient US jobs report may test recent stock gains

The S&P 500, which is the benchmark index measuring the overall performance of US stock markets, surged by 9.1% in July. This blue-chip index has capped its biggest monthly gain since November 2020, climbing on the back of strong earnings from big names such as Apple and Amazon.

1 August 10:48

Apple Earnings: Positive surprise may push stock above 200-day SMA

Apple will report financial results from its fiscal third quarter after the US stock market closes today. Given its status as the largest stock on the S&P 500, with a market cap of over US$ 2.5 trillion, how markets react to its earnings could have an outsized impact on US stock markets overall.

28 July 12:11

This Week: S&P 500 bulls hope Fed, tech earnings can provide support

All eyes turn to the US Federal Reserve this week, as the wave of interest rate hikes continues worldwide. Let’s be clear: anything other than the widely-expected 75-basis point hike by the Fed this week would be a surprise. Negative earnings surprises out of Big Tech this week could undermine hopes of an immediate recovery for this benchmark US stock index.

25 July 10:36

STOXX 50 tests 50-day SMA resistance ahead of ECB hike

The coast isn’t yet clear for European stocks, despite Russia resuming its gas shipments to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline today. While the risk of an imminent energy crisis has been staved for now, markets are still on tenterhooks ahead of a contentious European Central Bank (ECB) policy decision due at 2:15PM Frankfurt time, with ECB President Christine Lagarde set to address the media half an hour later.

21 July 11:11

JPMorgan to kick off US earnings season

US earnings season is upon us once more, where publicly-listed companies reveal to markets how they’ve performed in the second quarter of 2022. The quarterly US earnings season traditionally kicks off with Wall Street giant, JPMorgan.

14 July 12:40

Wall Street Closes Higher As Investors Digest Fed Minutes

U.S stocks closed higher on Wednesday as investors digested fresh clues on the Fed's approach to rate policy and soaring inflation from the latest FOMC minutes.

7 July 07:35

S&P 500 Set To Post Worst H1 Since 1970

US equities struggled for direction overnight, with the S&P500 and Nasdaq closing marginally lower as investors digested comments from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell at the ECB forum.

30 June 08:20

Wall Street pressured by recession fears

US equities ended slightly lower on Wednesday, relinquishing earlier gains as mounting concerns over rising interest rates and recession fears sapped risk appetite.

23 June 08:00

This Week: Stocks desperate for support

Traders and investors around the world will continue being very attentive to the Fed’s goal of subduing consumer prices, wary that more Fed rate hikes could ultimately lead to a US recession. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s testimonies before Congress this week will be scrutinised for more signals about the US economic outlook in light of more incoming Fed rate hikes, although this holiday-shortened US trading week doesn’t feature any tier-1 economic data releases.

20 June 09:20

Wall Street jumps after Fed hikes rates

US stocks rallied on Wednesday after the Fed approved its biggest rate increase since 1994 but reassured markets that such jumbo-sized hikes would be rare.

16 June 07:41

S&P 500 Dips On Growth Worries

Overnight on Wall Street, shares were hit by concerns over slowing growth and inflation fears.

9 June 05:30

Record Euro-zone inflation keeps stocks under pressure

This week, we learned that Euro-zone inflation hit a new all-time high. The Stoxx 50 is attempting to break out of multi-month downtrend, even as stock markets on the continent have largely followed the global selloff, with major European indices down by double-digits so far this year.

2 June 10:00

S&P 500 climbs as Fed strikes less hawkish tone

US equity bulls were injected with fresh inspiration on Wednesday evening after the Federal Reserve minutes struck a less hawkish tone.

26 May 07:14

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