US stock index futures fell on Friday, ahead of the long holiday weekend, with investors wary after President Donald Trumpās latest salvo in Washingtonās trade war with China. Wall Street snapped a four-day winning streak on Thursday after Bloomberg reported Trump was ready to impose tariffs on $200 billion (Dh735 …
Read More »Brent crude seen trading in $70-$80 range
Brent crude is likely to trade in the range of $70-$80 (Dh257.11-Dh293.84) per barrel in the coming days due to supply concerns stemming from the decision of US President Donald Trump to reimpose sanctions on Iran, one of the biggest producers of oil in the world. According to analysts, Iranās …
Read More »Stocks slide as US-China trade tensions build
US stocks fell and bonds surged as President Donald Trump moved the US closer to a trade war with China, while investors weighed diverging monetary policies from the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank. The S&P 500 Index dropped to session lows, erasing its gains for the week, after the …
Read More »Bottom falls out of UAE markets
Last week the Dubai Financial Market General Index (DFMGI) fell by 172.43 or 4.76 per cent to close at 3,449.81, thatās the largest one-week decline since May 2016 and the lowest close in 18 weeks. Most issues fell as there were 34 declining and only eight that advanced, while volume …
Read More »SEC reveals it was hacked, information may have been used for illegal stock trades
The Securities and Exchange Commission, the countryās top Wall Street regulator,Ā announced Wednesday that hackers breached its system for storing documents filed by publicly traded companies last year, potentially accessing data that allowed the intruders to make an illegal profit.The agency detected the breach last year, but didnāt learn until last …
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