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US: Wall Street ends sharply higher as earnings optimism fuels risk appetite
US stocks jumped on Monday with finance and technology shares providing much of the upside muscle, as upbeat quarterly earnings results…
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Apple hits first record of 2025 as iPhone optimism fuels rebound
The iPhone maker has soared more than 50%, finally turning positive for the year in late September Apple shares hit their first record of…
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US: Wall St rises with TSMC results supporting renewed AI optimism
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Thursday (Oct 16), driven by an upbeat quarterly update from TSMC that added to investor…
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Underpinned by rate-cut optimism, STI, DBS break records
Benchmark index closes up 1.7% at 4,395.21 points; lender advances 2.4% to S$52.84 The blue-chip gauge of the Republic, the Straits Times…
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Apple’s higher prices give iPhone doubters reason for optimism
Apple’s latest iPhones did not dazzle with new features, but investors are starting to look past that, seeing higher price tags on the…
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US: Dow hits record high at open on rate-cut optimism, UnitedHealth boost
The blue-chip Dow opened at a record high on Friday (Aug 15), as UnitedHealth’s shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway raised its stake in…
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US: Nasdaq posts record closing high with tech gains, rate cut optimism
US stocks ended higher and the Nasdaq notched a record closing high for the second straight day on Friday (Aug 8) as technology-related…
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Europe: Shares end higher on earnings optimism, US rate cut hopes
EUROPEAN shares closed higher on Tuesday, buoyed by better-than-expected corporate earnings and renewed optimism that the Federal Reserve…
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Oil prices rally on US pressure on Russia, trade deal optimism
Oil prices gained more than 3 per cent on Tuesday as President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine and on…
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US: S&P, Nasdaq open at record highs on US–EU deal optimism
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened at record highs on Monday as a US-EU trade agreement boosted investor sentiment, kick-starting a pivotal…
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Oil rises as US-EU deal lifts trade optimism
Oil prices rose on Monday after the US reached a trade deal with the European Union and may extend a tariff pause with China, reducing…
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Asian Markets Rise on Trade Optimism and Strong US Earnings
Markets across Asia rose on Thursday as optimism from Wall Street and the promise of more U.S. trade deals fueled trading. The MSCI…
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Thai baht rises to highest since 2022 on trade optimism, inflows
Thailand’s baht rose to the highest in more than three years on growing optimism over trade negotiations, the return of foreign stock…
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Europe: Automakers propel shares to two-week highs on US-EU trade deal optimism
EUROPEAN shares closed near two-week highs on Wednesday, led by automakers, as investors anticipated a possible agreement between the…
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Vietnam stocks near record on reform hopes, trade deal optimism
Vietnam’s stock benchmark is closing in on a record high, fuelled by optimism over sweeping political reforms and clarity on a trade deal…
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Asia: Stocks mostly rise on trade deal optimism
Asian markets mostly rose on Thursday on optimism that governments will hammer out deals to avoid the worst of US President Donald Trump’s…
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Gold falls to one-month low as trade optimism spurs risk appetite
Gold prices fell to their lowest in more than a month on Monday (Jun 30) as easing trade tensions between the US and China dampened…
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Oil Prices Hit 7-Week High on US-China Trade Optimism and Tightening of Supplies
Oil prices rose to nearly their highest level in two months on Wednesday. The rally followed news that U.S. President Donald Trump had…
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Nasdaq 100 sees mixed signals amid trade optimism and technical divergence
The Nasdaq 100 Index has seen a strong rally from April through early June 2025, buoyed by optimism surrounding US-China trade…
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US: Wall Street opens higher on jobs data optimism; Tesla rebounds
stock indexes opened higher on Friday (Jun 6) after a strong jobs report calmed worries over the health of the labour market, while Tesla…
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Gold eases as Russia-Ukraine ceasefire optimism curb safe-haven demand
Gold prices eased on Tuesday (May 20), as a firmer US dollar and optimism over a potential ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine dampened…
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US: Wall St opens higher as trade optimism holds
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (May 14) after the week’s strong start, as soft inflation data and the US-China…
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Tariff-fuelled volatility killing private equity optimism as deal flows squeezed
In just three months, private equity markets’ initial optimism for a busier year has largely dissipated. Instead, the turmoil unleashed on…
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SGX falls 5.8% as initial MAS review group proposals dampen earlier optimism; Citi downgrades stock to ‘sell’
The counter could potentially give up much of its gains since unveiling its first-half results SHARES of Singapore Exchange (SGX) fell as…