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Stay informed and discover valuable opportunities with our dedicated Indices page. Here, you’ll find timely updates on major stock market indices, including insightful price action analysis, emerging trends, and expert forecasts. We give the latest news on economic data releases, geopolitical developments, and market sentiment that influences index performance. Whether you're a day trader or a long-term investor, our news page serves as an essential resource for enhancing your knowledge and making thoughtful investment decisions in the dynamic world of stock market indices.

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Stocks rebound on strong data and AI interest
Global bond yields rise; 10-year Treasury rises 4.1bps to 3.762% Consumer Confidence hits highest levels since January 2022 Dow eyes first gain in 7 trading days US stocks are bouncing back after some strong US economic data gave a boost to consumer discretionary stocks and as investors piled back into AI trades. The losing streak had to end, but that doesn’t mean the market will resume.
27-06-2023 14:16 GMT by Edward Moya
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Week Ahead - Inflation and Recession Risks
While Europe appears at great risk for a recession as traders bet on aggressive rate rises by all the European central banks, the Fed is still expected to be nearing the end of their respective rate hiking campaign.  The focus in the US will fall on the PCE readings. If inflation comes down as expected, the swap futures might grow even more confident that the Fed will only deliver one more rate hike.
23-06-2023 15:16 GMT by Edward Moya
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AI FOMO versus economic realities
“Artificial Intelligence” (AI) equity-theme plays are the main contributor so far in the current bull market. Non-technology companies are now jumping into the AI-related bandwagon. The gap between current AI optimism and economic cyclical factors has widened.
21-06-2023 04:04 GMT by Kelvin Wong
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Week Ahead - Turkey decides, crucial US jobs report, x-date fast approaching
US Street is starting to get nervous as we near the X-date.  A US default seemed unimaginable a couple of weeks ago and despite a lot of positive comments from both sides, negotiations will go down to the wire and that means the risk that it falls apart is growing.  Treasury Secretary Yellen will soon provide an update on the X-date and that could show talks might have an extra week from the current June 1st deadline to get a deal done.
26-05-2023 12:45 GMT by Craig Erlam
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NZ dollar falls to 26-month low
NZD/USD remains under pressure and is trading below the symbolic 0.60 level. Earlier today, the pair fell to 0.5976, its lowest level since May 2020. New Zealand dollar slides after US inflation data It was Black Tuesday for the New Zealand dollar, as NZD/USD declined by 2.24%.
14-09-2022 07:50 GMT by Kenneth Fisher
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Week Ahead - Fear returns ahead of inflation data
Can the Fed afford to ease off the brake? The end of last week was a bit of a reality check for investors that were maybe getting a little carried away with the supposed "dovish pivot" from the Fed and turning a blind eye to the data and what central bank policymakers were saying. Perhaps the experience of the last 12 months can explain the latter but there's no ignoring the data that we saw on Friday. The US economy is certainly not behaving like it's in a recession; rather the labour mar
05-08-2022 12:10 GMT by Craig Erlam
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Week Ahead - Bring on the Fed
Europe took centre stage last week as leaders waited nervously to see if gas would start flowing through Nord Stream 1 again following scheduled maintenance (it did) and the ECB raised its deposit rate to 0%, ending eight years of negative rates. Next week the focus switches back to the US which has a big interest rate decision of its own and a number of major earnings reports.
22-07-2022 12:22 GMT by Craig Erlam
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US Close: Panic ahead of the Fed, S&P 500 back in Bear Market, King Dollar, Oil market to remain very tight, Gold weakens, Crypto crash
US stocks only had one way to go after inflation fears intensified and raised the risk of stronger tightening by the Fed and a much sooner recession. ​ Wall Street is facing a plethora of negative headlines, but the problem is that until we see a deterioration with credit conditions and market functioning, the Fed has the greenlight to tighten as much as possible to get inflation under control. An ugly inflation report is being followed by a ‘ferocious’ COVID outbreak in Beijing that will weigh
13-06-2022 16:40 GMT by Edward Moya
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US Close - S&P 500 enters bear market, Fading Rallies, Deere shares hit hard, Footlocker rallies, Oil rises, Gold steady, Bitcoin lower
At the beginning of the year, no one thought that the S&P 500 was headed to bear market territory, but persistent inflation, another Fed policy mistake, and recession fears have unnerved investors. The S&P 500 has lost over 20% of its value from the January high and it seems that that technical selling will only accelerate.  The way macro backdrop is unfolding, it seems traders will continue to fade any rallies that emerge until the Fed starts to show signs that they are worried about financial
20-05-2022 15:21 GMT by Edward Moya
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Equities make a U-turn, head south
New York slump sends Asian equities lower New York equity markets did a massive volte-face overnight and decided that Jerome Powell had been hawkish after all and that higher rates and recession risks were a higher possibility. The Wednesday relief rally vanished into thin air as US stock markets saw every sector in every index get thrashed.
06-05-2022 03:54 GMT by Jeffrey Halley
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Asian equities are cautiously higher
Asian markets eye Ukraine-Russia talks Overnight, news that a second Ukraine-Russia meeting in sunny Belarus sparked a relief rally in equities markets, which was given more momentum as Jerome Powell signally the Fed would only hike 0.25% this month, instead of 0.50%. As I said previously, peak-Ukraine FOMO is strong in equity markets right now, and the outcome of today’s meeting will dictate entirely whether this is yet another sucker’s rally.
03-03-2022 04:19 GMT by Jeffrey Halley
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Equities stage “peak-Ukraine” rally
US equities staged an impressive rally overnight, wiping out the earlier day's losses and rallying to finish strongly in the green. Positive US data played its parts, but mostly it appears to be a relief rally sparked by the announcement of the scope of US sanctions on Russia.
25-02-2022 04:19 GMT by Jeffrey Halley
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Asian equities diverge
Asian markets look for direction Friday’s US data dump saw the interest rate hawks win the day, thanks to both the participation and unemployment rate tumbling lower. That saw US equities retreat once again, although a soft Non-Farm headline print took the edge of the negativity.
10-01-2022 05:07 GMT by Jeffrey Halley
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