Month: December 2024

Japanese stocks were lower, dragged by falls in electronics and auto stocks, as uncertainty continues over the Fed’s policy outlook next year.

JGBs and the yen consolidated in the morning Tokyo session as traders assessed the BOJ tankan released earlier.

Gold was near steady in the early Asian session, but may be weighed by possible easing in Middle East tensions, which could decrease the safe-haven appeal of the precious metal.

Asian currencies consolidated against the dollar in the morning session as traders assess various signals.

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Broadcom says the 6 GHz band, which offers a total bandwidth of 1,200 MHz, is the ideal place for Wi-Fi’s expansion It’s been nearly a year since December’s World Radio Conference (WRC-23), where claims of global consensus on mid-band spectrum harmonization were made. At the time, Broadcom’s Director of Technology Strategy Christopher Szymanski told RCR … Read more

The dollar fell against a basket of currencies but ING continues to favor the greenback given its safe-haven status and higher yield, adding it is well supported in December as U.S. trading partners are preparing to cut interest rates quickly.

Markets still expect two or three rate cuts in 2025. That could be too optimistic.

(Telecompaper) Telefonica said it has reached an agreement with Epic Games to preinstall the latter’s Epic Games Store on millions of Android devices on its network…

Oil prices were broadly stable as bearish demand trends offset support from tougher sanctions against Russia, with EU ambassadors agreeing on a new package of sanctions, targeting the so-called “shadow fleet” the Kremlin has been using to trade crude.