December 11, 2025 3:12 pm
Key Moments Federal Reserve delivers a 25 basis point rate cut to 3.50-3.75%, but maintains a distinctly hawkish tone. Australian dollar weakens 0.6% against the U.S. dollar after employment falls by 21,000, with full-time jobs dropping sharply. Indian rupee softens back below 90 per dollar, with USD/INR up 0.6% at 90.3 and approaching the 90.5 […]
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Key Moments Lukoil now favors a cashless swap proposal from U.S. bank Xtellus Partners for its $22 billion global asset portfolio, two sources said. The U.S. Treasury extended the deadline for Lukoil’s asset sale to January 17 after sanctions hit Lukoil and Rosneft. The Xtellus bid uses a securities exchange, which makes the deal more […]
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Key Moments ALT5 Sigma (NASDAQ: ALTS, FSE: 5AR1) plans to integrate the USD1 stablecoin into its ALT5 Pay and ALT5 Prime payment platforms. The company links anticipated USD1 usage growth to potential benefits for its existing $WLFI governance token holdings. ALT5 targets enterprise settlement, cross-border transfers, and merchant processing as primary use cases for USD1. […]
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Key Moments JPMorgan Asset Management expects profit growth and attractive valuations to support equity opportunities outside the U.S. Portfolio managers highlight Taiwan, South Korea, China, and Hong Kong as key markets. SK Hynix (KS:000660) and Samsung Electronics (KS:005930) trade at relatively lower valuations. The firm remains positive on risk assets heading into 2026. It does […]
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Key Moments The Dollar Index traded 0.1% lower at 98.682 after touching its weakest level since late October. The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points and projected at least one more reduction next year. The euro remains on track for weekly and monthly gains, with EUR/USD around the high 1.16 area. Fed Cut […]
Read moreDecember 11, 2025 9:10 am
Key Moments FTSE 100 slipped 0.02% at 0818 GMT, while GBP/USD declined 0.1% to above 1.33. RICS survey indicated all near-term UK housing market indicators turned negative in November. FirstGroup PLC and Workspace Group PLC each announced targeted portfolio moves in the UK. Broad Market Overview Investing.com — London equities traded essentially unchanged on Thursday, […]
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Key Moments Brent February futures traded at $62.44 per barrel and WTI at $58.78 per barrel, up 0.4% and 0.5% respectively as of 21:38 ET (02:38 GMT). U.S. commercial crude inventories fell by 1.812 million barrels, surpassing expectations for a 1.1 million barrel draw, while gasoline and distillate stocks increased. The Federal Reserve cut its […]
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Key Moments EUR/USD traded at $1.1635, up 0.1%. The pair remains on track for annual gains of more than 12%. Bank of America Securities projects EUR/USD at $1.22 by the end of 2026. Most dollar weakness is expected to emerge after the first quarter. BofA expects the ECB to deliver at least one more rate […]
Read moreDecember 10, 2025 1:06 pm
Key Moments Silver traded near $62 per ounce on Wednesday, up from about $50 in late November and roughly $30 at the start of the year. Investors positioned for potential Federal Reserve rate cuts and a possible leadership change, with candidates seen favoring more aggressive easing than Jerome Powell. Silver’s inclusion on the 2025 Critical […]
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Key Moments Standard Chartered cut its 2025 bitcoin price target from $300,000 to $150,000 and lowered projections through 2030. The bank now expects bitcoin to finish this year near $100,000, implying about 6% upside from current levels. Recent weakness, including a roughly 27% drop from an early-October peak, prompted the bank to shift its assumptions […]
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