Year-end holidaymakers across China were bracing for possible transport disruptions after the weather bureau on Friday warned that heavy fog and haze would shroud areas from Hebei province in the north to southern Shanghai for more than 24 hours.
China and Hong Kong stocks are set for their best week in five months, but will end 2023 with yearly losses exceeding 10% as the world's worst-performing major equity markets.
Indonesia exported 12,962.36 metric tons of robusta coffee beans from the island of Sumatra, data from local trade office showed on Friday, down 77.5% from the same month last year.
Copper prices, often seen as an economic indicator, were set for a yearly gain thanks to low global stocks and solid demand from top consumer China, and as prospect of U.S. interest rate cuts brightened outlook for the metal.
Indian government bond yields trended lower as traders bade farewell to 2023 with some buying after a recent rise in yields made for attractive entry points, while valuation-triggered purchases at the end of the quarter also helped sentiment.
India's Nifty 50 and Sensex benchmarks were subdued on Friday, the last session of 2023, weighed down by a pullback in high-weightage financials, information technology (IT) and energy shares after their recent rally.
February WTI crude oil (CLG24 ) this morning is down -0.91 (-1.23%), and Feb RBOB gasoline (RBG24 ) is down -2.03 (-0.94%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are moderately lower. A recovery in the dollar (DXY00 ) from a 5-month low to higher on the day is undercutting...
Financial stocks rose in Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index adding 0.2% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) up 0.4%.
Investors eyeing a purchase of Energizer Holdings Inc (Symbol: ENR) shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $31.79/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particu
Investors eyeing a purchase of Helen of Troy Ltd. (Symbol: HELE) shares, but cautious about paying the going market price of $121.97/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particula
Investors considering a purchase of Nexstar Media Group Inc (Symbol: NXST) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $158.74/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in
Investors eyeing a purchase of Encore Capital Group Inc (Symbol: ECPG) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $51.31/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in part
Investors considering a purchase of Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc (Symbol: SUPN) stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $29.37/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contrac
Investors considering a purchase of Customers Bancorp Inc (Symbol: CUBI) shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $58.84/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in p
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Constellation Brands Inc (Symbol: STZ), where a total volume of 6,337 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of appr
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (Symbol: HLT), where a total of 28,870 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 2.9 million underlying shares. That amounts
South Africa have left Burnley striker Lyle Foster out of their squad for next month's African Cup of Nations after his club said mental health issues made it impossible for him to travel.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is less than 0.5% away from posting a record high, although the Dow Jones Industrials ($DOWI ) (DIA ) and Nasdaq 100 ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) both posted record highs Wednesday. Stocks have rallied in recent months from growing speculation that the...
Mexican authorities have located remains from two of the 10 coal miners trapped and killed at the El Pinabete mine in the state of Coahuila in August 2022, the government said in a statement on Thursday.