Day: August 18, 2022

Shares in Asia were lower on Thursday, with the Nikkei retreating from a 7-month peak after an overnight drop on Wall Street and news that activist investor Elliott has sold almost all of its shares in Softbank Group. Stocks in...

The Eurozone quarterly economic growth was revised lower to 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2022 from a preliminary estimate of 0.7 percent, and following a 0.5 percent rise in Q1. It is still the strongest performance in...

Federal Reserve officials maintained their hawkish view and were committed to getting inflation back to its 2% target, minutes from the July 26-27 meeting showed. Participants at the session said that for the central bank to...

The dollar index firmed up above 106.5 on Thursday, hovering near its highest levels in three weeks, after Federal Reserve officials at their July meeting indicated their commitment to raise interest rates into restrictive...

WTI crude futures fluctuated around $88 per barrel on Thursday as traders weighed fears of a global economic slowdown and a bullish Russian supply outlook against falling US crude inventories. EIA data showed that US crude...