The US stock market is expected to open on a cautious note in Friday’s session, January 9, as traders brace for two back-to-back risk events that could set the tone for the world’s largest market in the near term. In pre-market trade, all three key benchmarks were trading flat. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were…
Wall Street key indexes were mixed on Friday, as investors digested weaker-than-expected jobs data. A Labor Department report showed nonfarm payrolls increased 50,000 in December. The unemployment rate stood at 4.4%, slightly below analyst expectations. Investors were awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. At the open, the Dow Jones Industrial…
MiniMax made a stellar stock-market debut in Hong Kong on Friday, with shares more than doubling as investors continued to pile into Chinese artificial-intelligence start-ups. The stock soared 109% to 345 Hong Kong dollars on its first day of trading, following an initial public offering in which MiniMax raised HK$4.8 billion ($619 million) at an…
US stock indices opened lower on Thursday, as investors turned cautious ahead of Friday’s crucial jobs data. Defense stocks advanced after President Donald Trump called for a $1.5 trillion military budget. Bloom Energy shares surged 16.3% after American Electric Power signed $2.65 billion deal for fuel cells. At the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
US stock market today: The benchmark US stock market indices opened marginally higher on Tuesday, 6 January 2026, as investors now focus on the incoming US economy labor data after the Wall Street rally on Monday. At the 9:30 am opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.02% to open at 48,987.36 points. While…
Founder of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio, in a recent post on social media, reflected back upon the top trends which shaped the global market in the year 2025, as the billionaire investor now focuses on the global macroeconomic picture. Market veteran with more than five decades of experience, Ray Dalio is also the…
NEW YORK, Dec 29 (Reuters) – US stocks dipped on Monday and gold tumbled from all-time highs at the top of a holiday-shortened week. The three major US stock indexes ended in negative territory, weighed down by a broad selloff, which was slightly mitigated by strength in some defensive sectors that have underperformed for much…
