Solana Plunges 14%, XRP, Dogecoin Down 8% as Crypto Market Sell-Off Worsens
Traders said the current bearish sentiment could be overblown and macroeconomic decisions were key to support market growth.
Why retail darling Palantir has seen its stock plunge more than 20% in a week
Planned cuts to defense spending sparked a sell-off for Palantir stock that has continued into this week. Shares have tumbled after touching records.
Watch These Berkshire Hathaway Price Levels After Stock Sets Record High
Berkshire Hathaway shares jumped to a record high Monday after the conglomerate reported over the weekend that its fourth-quarter operating earnings surged more than 70% from a year earlier. Monitor these important chart levels.
Spending cuts and mass layoffs have made growth the biggest question mark for US stocks
Torsten Sløk, chief economist at Apollo, estimates 1 million jobs could be eliminated by the DOGE job layoffs.
Oil prices fall 2% to two-month low on worries about US tariffs
Oil prices fell more than 2% to a two-month low on Tuesday on negative economic news from the U.S. and Germany, driven in part by worries about U.S. President Donald Trump's push for trade tariffs. Brent futures fell $1.61, or 2.25%, to $73.17 a barrel by 10:34 a.m. EST (1534 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell $1.60, or 2.3%, to $69.10. Analysts said Trump's trade policies have raised concern at the U.S. Federal Reserve that higher import tariffs could boost inflation.
China’s Repo Market Hit Hard as Yuan Defense Sparks Cash Squeeze
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Stocks rise; US limits on China tech curb enthusiasm
Global shares traded cautiously higher on Tuesday in light of growing evidence of a softening in the U.S. economy ahead of earnings from Nvidia, while the euro eased below the one-month highs that followed Germany's weekend election. Investors were rattled early on by an order from U.S. President Donald Trump to limit Chinese investments in strategic areas such as chips, AI and aerospace. Having pushed stocks on both sides of the Atlantic to record highs this month, investors are getting uneasy and Wednesday's results from Nvidia, which has come to characterise the boom in artificial intelligence investment, could prove instrumental in setting the mood for the remainder of the quarter.
Taiwan economy ministry has received no information about any TSMC investment in Intel, US
Taiwan's economy minister said on Tuesday his ministry had not received information about an overseas investment application by Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, when asked about possible investment in Intel and the United States. U.S. media has reported that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major supplier to companies including Apple and Nvidia, has been in talks to potentially take a stake in Intel.
Dollar falls after soft consumer confidence as economic concerns drag
The dollar retreated on Tuesday, extending declines after a soft reading on U.S. consumer confidence and a drop in U.S. yields weighed, while optimism for more spending in Germany helped lift the euro. The greenback extended declines after the Conference Board said its consumer confidence index dropped 7 points, its largest fall since August 2021, to 98.3, well short of the 102.5 estimate of economists polled by Reuters. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, fell 0.39% to 106.33, just off the two-month low of 106.12 hit on Monday, with the euro up 0.37% at $1.0505.
Crypto trading booms in India's smaller cities as job growth and incomes disappoint
NAGPUR, India (Reuters) -Like thousands of his countrymen in far-flung places, flower-shop owner Ashish Nagose has been learning about trading cryptocurrencies by attending classes every weekday for the past two months in his home city of Nagpur in western India. Nagose bought and sold stock options earlier but is now venturing into cryptocurrencies as regulators have made it harder to trade equity derivatives in India. The 28-year-old believes the red-hot crypto asset class can help shield his family-owned flower shop during downturns.