Gold prices moved lower in the latest session, extending losses from the morning trade. As investors weighed weaker US employment data against the Federal Reserve’s latest policy signals, elevated Treasury yields, and ongoing geopolitical tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. At the time of writing, spot gold traded at $4,104.30 per ounce, down 0.44%, compared
Wall Street opened in green on Friday as investors awaited the Nasdaq debut of South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix while continuing to monitor renewed tensions in the Middle East and their potential impact on inflation and interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 70 points, or 0.14%, while the S&P 500 was
Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) stock has pulled back in the past few days as investors position themselves for the upcoming earnings report that will provide more color on its business. While growth expectations are low, the stock has formed the rare inverted head-and-shoulders pattern, pointing to a rebound. Illinois Tool Works is a dividend
NY-headquartered Citigroup has been the perennial laggard of Wall Street for years, burdened by the legacy of the global financial crisis and an unmanageable corporate structure. However, the narrative has flipped, with a renowned wealth manager, Josh Brown, recently calling Citi “one of the top bank stocks” to own – driven by a profound operational
Strategy Inc. MSTR (formerly known as Microstrategy) gained on Friday after Standard Chartered said recent weakness in bitcoin reflects investor uncertainty over the company’s evolving strategy rather than any deterioration in its balance sheet. In a note, Geoffrey Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s global head of digital assets research, maintained the bank’s end-2026 bitcoin price target of
Nvidia stock (NVDA) traded higher on Friday as investors looked past reports that one of the company’s largest customers is stepping up development of its own artificial intelligence processors. The stock was up about 2.3% at around $207 at the time of writing after trading lower in premarket activity. Meta advances custom AI chip efforts
SoFi stock has rebounded in recent weeks, climbing from its year-to-date low of about $15 to around $19 today. Even so, the shares remain roughly 42% below their all-time high. CEO Anthony Noto has attributed much of the weakness to the broader pullback in fintech stocks. With the company’s earnings due later this month, the
Nexo, a digital assets wealth platform, has launched the Nexo Card in Argentina alongside the appointment of Andres Ondarra as General Manager for Nexo Argentina. The company said the two developments mark the next phase of its expansion in a market with high levels of digital asset adoption. The Nexo Card allows users to spend
The race to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in artificial intelligence chips is entering a new chapter, with startups attracting billions of dollars in funding, Big Tech accelerating in-house chip development, and investors betting that the next phase of AI computing may not belong exclusively to graphics processing units. While Nvidia continues to dominate the market for
US President Donald Trump has reignited his long-running dispute with Spain by threatening to cut off trade with the country over its refusal to back NATO’s new defence spending target. He also broadened his criticism of European allies over their stance on the recent conflict with Iran. Speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting with