S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
Nifty 50 — India Large Cap
STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico Market
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Metals
Copper Rises on US-Iran Deal Optimism
Copper futures climbed to around $6.4 per pound on Wednesday, extending recent gains as markets cautiously priced in the possibility…
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Indices
NZX 50 Ends Sharply Higher
The NZX 50 climbed 158 points, or 1.2% to close at 13,228 on Wednesday, hitting nearly a three-week high after…
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Economics
Finnish Jobless Rate Nears 11-Year High
Finland’s unemployment rate rose to 11.6% in April 2026 from 10.0% in the same month a year earlier, marking its…
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Economics
France Consumer Confidence Hits 3-Year Low
The consumer confidence indicator in France fell to 82 in May 2026 from 84 in April, below expectations of 83,…
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Markets
Cocoa surges 8% amid El Nino risk – Is short squeeze possible?
ICE cocoa futures ( COCOA ) are rebounding sharply as the market begins to reprice weather-related risks tied to El…
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Metals
XAU/USD – Gold drops 1%
Gold and silver prices are falling on Tuesday despite lower U.S. Treasury yields. Gold is trading near $4,500 per ounce,…
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Markets
BP shares take a beating after it loses its chairman
BP is the worst performer on the FTSE 100 this afternoon, after news broke earlier that chairman Albert Manifold was…
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Banks
US Dollar: Supported by higher-for-longer Fed stance – TD Securities
TD Securities’ US Economic Outlook suggests a higher-for-longer Federal Reserve stance that is typically supportive for the US Dollar. The bank sees stagflationary risks…
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Banks
Canadian Dollar: Range signals possible reversal against US Dollar – Scotiabank
Scotiabank analysts Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret note that the Canadian Dollar (CAD) is steady against the US Dollar (USD)…
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Banks
US Dollar: Positioning turns negative as Fed debate builds – Rabobank
Rabobank strategists Jane Foley and Molly Schwartz note that speculative US Dollar (USD) positioning has slipped into net short territory…
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