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Cotton futures were down 4 to 24 points across the board at the Thursday close. Crude oil corrected back lower on Thursday despite back and forth strikes between the US and Iran overnight, down $1.71 at the close. The U…
SK Hynix did not need Wall Street to discover high bandwidth memory. Wall Street needed a cleaner way to buy the company powering Nvidia's AI boom.
EasyJet stock soared Friday after the budget carrier said it is considering a $7.7 billion takeover bid from Apollo Global Management, putting the airline at the center of a private equity bidding war.
The dollar index (DXY00) fell by -0.08% on Thursday. The dollar moved lower on Thursday as strength in stocks reduced liquidity demand for the currency. Also, Thursday’s -2% fall in crude oil prices lowered inflation ex…
As global chip giant SK Hynix makes its Nasdaq debut Friday, the listing will test whether the stock will be able shed its long-standing "Korea discount."
Live cattle futures were falling on Thursday, with contracts down $1.80 to $2.47 at the close. Cash trade kicked off on Thursday at $247-248 across the country, a $7-8 drop from last week. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchan…
Cotton futures are trading with 12 to 25 point losses on the Thursday session. Crude oil is down $1.68 cents/barrel at $66.70, with the US dollar index $0.171 lower to $97.370.
India will supply its BrahMos and Astra missiles to Indonesia, the country's third such agreement in the Indo-Pacific, underscoring New Delhi's rise as a defense supplier in the region amid growing concerns over China's…
Soybeans were down 10 to 15 ¼ cents in the front months, with other contracts fractionallt to 8 cents lower. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 14 1/2 cents at $11.31. Soymeal futures were $3.70 to …
Lean hog futures were mixed at the final bell on Thursday, with contracts down $1.50 in August to as much as 30 cents higher in the deferreds. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $97.05 on Thursday afternoon,…
The U.S. will engage in "technical talks" with Iran and remains committed to finding a solution to the conflict, despite the two countries trading airstrikes in recent days, MS Now reported Thursday, citing a U.S. offic…
A series of task forces designed to bring outside thinking to the Federal Reserve will include the "best minds," Chairman Kevin Warsh said Thursday. For a task force that could be especially consequential for the Fed's …
CNBC's Jim Cramer said Thursday that SK Hynix's upcoming Nasdaq debut will give U.S. investors a new way to bet on the artificial intelligence boom, but warned the South Korean memory-chip giant comes with significant r…
M&A in the energy sector is soaring as developers of AI projects look to bypass the growing practical and regulatory hurdles to launching new power generation projects.
Fidji Simo, OpenAI's product and business chief, on Thursday announced she is stepping down from her role at the artificial intelligence company to focus on recovery after a "severe exacerbation of a chronic illness."
January 20, 2025. Donald Trump walks back into the White House. Bitcoin is touching $109,000. Gold is steady at $2,697 an ounce. And a meme coin bearing the president's name is a few days old and trading around $35, alr…
Insider trading is an emerging risk in the new world of prediction markets, and some companies – including Goldman Sachs – are taking steps to limit employees' trades on the platforms.
While financial desks obsess over paper structures and Brent crude briefly flirted with contango, the broader market is missing the forest for the trees. Brent crude's recent rebound from $71 to $79 a barrel is not mere…
For 48 hours in Ankara, Turkey, it felt as though the world was moving on Donald Trump's timetable.
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Federal Reserve policymakers are split on the path for interest rates — and Kalshi traders also seem to be divided, seeing just over 50% odds of a hike this year.
Tech bulls may not have to wait much longer for fresh highs, if the single-biggest trade in the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF on Thursday is any indication. The trader spent $24 million on a three-part call spread that needs th…
With the U.S. and Iran exchanging strikes once again — and the return of normal traffic flows in the Strait of Hormuz in doubt — traders on prediction market platform Kalshi think gas prices will likely still be elevate…