Yahoo Finance Dow Jones Falls But Nasdaq, S&P Rise As Jobless Claims Fall; Nvidia Near Extreme Levels
Stocks were mixed AI plays powering higher. The Nasdaq and Nvidia are nearing extreme levels, raising risks of a pullback.
Stocks were mixed AI plays powering higher. The Nasdaq and Nvidia are nearing extreme levels, raising risks of a pullback.
Retirees stand to lose thousands under Labour’s plans to force pension funds to switch investments to Britain, analysis shows.
Changes to the Bank of England’s bond-selling process could hand Sir Keir Starmer up to £11.6bn a year, economists have predicted.
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The consumer price index increased to its highest level in 2024, indicating the Reserve Bank is unlikely to cut interest rates soon
President Emmanuel Macron's shock snap election has rocked France's bond market, the largest in the euro zone, as a strong showing for the far right and left wing parties in opinion polls exacerbates concerns about fiscal sustainability. Earlier in June, the risk premium France pays for its debt on top of Germany's neared levels last seen in 2012, during the euro zone debt crisis. The question is how much more turmoil the two-round elections on June 30 and July 7 could sow in bond markets.
Before we read too much into Nvidia’s £400bn share price slide, let’s put it in context.
The director of the Bruegel think tank in Brussels once asked what would happen if a eurozone state ever attempted a variant of Trussonomics, without the protection of its own sovereign central bank and policy instruments. We may find out as soon as the first round of voting in the French elections this Sunday.
Just one week ago, Nvidia became the world's most valuable company. The chipmaker - whose shares had risen nine-fold since the end of 2022 - overtook Microsoft as its stock market valuation reached $3.34trn (£2.63bn). Since then, the shares have fallen by 13%, declining in each of the last three trading sessions.
Three of the UK’s biggest lenders have cut their fixed mortgage rates in the past week in anticipation of interest rate cuts after the election.
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Stocks are hoping to add a punchline to what's been a high-flying quarter thus far.
The boss of Britain’s biggest lender has said that mortgage rates will stick at a “new normal” of up to 4.5pc.
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