Keywords: Markets
World stock markets kicked off 2026 with strong gains on Friday, as key indices surged to historic peaks during the year's opening session. Investors carried forward the momentum from a stellar 2025, fueling optimism across major exchanges. Britain's FTSE 100 crossed the symbolic 10,000-point......
The British pound traded above 1.34 against the US dollar on Thursday, building on its strongest annual performance since 2017 as divergent central bank policies and growing doubts over the Federal Reserve's independence weighed heavily on the greenback. In early Asian trading on January 2, the......
Silver prices suffered a dramatic plunge in late December 2025, dropping more than 15 percent from a record high near $84 per ounce to around $71. The CME Group triggered this sharp decline with a rare "double whammy" of margin requirement hikes, sparking massive forced liquidations across......
The London and Paris stock exchanges closed the final trading session of 2025 slightly lower, amid reduced activity and shortened trading hours ahead of New Year’s Eve. London’s benchmark index ended the session almost unchanged, slipping by 0.09%, while the Paris market recorded a decline......
China's yuan has surged past the critical 7-per-dollar threshold in onshore trading for the first time since 2023, reaching 6.9960 on Tuesday amid evident concerns from authorities over the currency's sharp strengthening. This milestone reflects mounting pressures on Beijing to balance export......
World stock markets ended 2025 at record highs, marking a powerful conclusion to a year dominated by optimism over central bank easing and strong advances in the technology and commodities sectors. Investors worldwide pushed shares to unprecedented levels amid growing conviction that the Federal Reserve’s......
A record $27 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum options expired in the cryptocurrency market this week, marking one of the largest contract settlements ever recorded on the derivatives exchange Deribit. The event reflected both the growing sophistication of crypto-based financial products and a shifting......
Bitcoin’s sharp post-holiday downturn sparked a wider selloff across crypto-linked equities, extending pressure on a market already grappling with thin trading volumes and post-Christmas volatility. Within an hour, the world’s largest cryptocurrency shed nearly $3,000, triggering automated......
Ukraine carried out a series of drone attacks on Christmas Day that struck key Russian energy sites, intensifying a campaign that has increasingly focused on disrupting Moscow’s oil and gas infrastructure. According to sources cited by media reports, Ukrainian drones hit the Orenburg gas processing......
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