US employers added far fewer jobs than expected in September, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, strengthening expectations that the Federal Reserve may leave interest rates unchanged in October. Gold prices fell as a stronger dollar and elevated Treasury yields outweighed earlier support from the weaker US jobs report. Oil prices were mixed after
US stocks ended higher on Friday after weaker-than-expected September jobs data reduced expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike later this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 260 points, or 0.51%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.76% and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.19%. The Nasdaq briefly reached an all-time high during the session before
Goldman Sachs has overhauled its flagship European Conviction List – Directors’ Cut this month, spotlighting key investment opportunities across the continent heading into 2027. Marking the list’s three-year anniversary, the Wall Street titan added four high-conviction equities while rotating out former favorites Naturgy, Norsk Hydro, and Smith & Nephew. Highlighting six picks with projected returns
The Federal Reserve entered this week facing a market that had been pricing a meaningful chance of another interest-rate hike in October. Five trading days later, that bet has almost disappeared. Markets were pricing roughly a 70% probability of a 25-basis-point increase at the Fed’s October 27-28 meeting on Monday, September 28, according to CME
The latest US employment data has revived an increasingly familiar description of the US labour market: low hire, low fire. It is an unusual combination. Employers are adding very few workers, but they are also not cutting existing staff at a pace typically associated with such weak hiring. The result is a labour market that
Apple shares AAPL fell nearly 2% on Tuesday as investors assessed reports that Chief Executive John Ternus is considering changes to the company’s management structure and product development process. According to Bloomberg, Ternus is weighing measures aimed at making Apple more engineering-focused, faster and leaner. One potential change would involve reducing layers of middle management
Telus stock has been in a freefall this year and is now hovering at its lowest level since 2016, making it one of the top laggards in the TSX Index. It has dropped in the last four consecutive weeks and is down by 54% from its all-time hixgh. So, with the stock being highly undervalued,
OpenAI is seeking at least $30 billion in fresh funding at a valuation of about $1.4 trillion, while the 30-year US Treasury yield climbed above 5.61% to its highest level since 2002. Oil prices fell as Middle East exports improved, while gold recovered from a more than seven-week low. OpenAI seeking $30 billion funding OpenAI
US stocks ended lower on Tuesday as Treasury yields climbed to fresh multiyear highs, while investors assessed the outlook for interest rates ahead of key inflation and labour market data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 136 points, or 0.26%, to 51,345.41. The S&P 500 declined 0.14% to 7,672.57, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.08%
Nvidia NVDA shares rose over 3% at market open on Monday after the chipmaker unveiled a record $150 billion share buyback, underscoring the extraordinary cash generation being driven by the artificial intelligence boom. The share received a boost despite broader markets remaining weak over rising oil prices and bond yields, with the 10-year Treasury yield