December 22, 2025 8:07 am
Key Moments Brent crude futures rose 46 cents, or 0.8%, to $60.93 per barrel, while WTI gained 46 cents, or 0.8%, to $56.98 by 0400 GMT. U.S. authorities pursued an oil tanker in international waters off Venezuela, in what could mark the third such move in less than two weeks. Geopolitical tensions related to Venezuelan […]
Read moreDecember 22, 2025 7:19 am
Key Moments Major Asian benchmarks advanced, led by a 1.8% rise in Japan’s Nikkei 225 to 50,402.39 on strong semiconductor and AI-related gains. The Japanese yen remained weak around 157.40 per dollar despite the Bank of Japan’s rate hike to a 30-year high, prompting a warning from currency regulators. A rebound in U.S. technology names […]
Read moreDecember 19, 2025 2:40 pm
Key Moments First, Morgan Stanley upgraded Tokyo Electron and Kokusai Electric to Overweight after meetings at SEMICON Japan. Additionally, the bank said the front-end semiconductor equipment market entered a “full recovery phase” in mid-November, driven by AI investment. As a result, valuation multiples were raised, with the P/E framework lifted from 14.0x to 20.0x and […]
Read moreDecember 19, 2025 1:51 pm
Key Moments The Dollar Index rose 0.3% to 98.337, partially recovering from a post-inflation data selloff. Despite the bounce, the index remained on track for an annual drop of over 9%, the sharpest since 2017. USD/JPY climbed 1% to 156.99 even after the Bank of Japan implemented a widely expected rate hike. U.S. Dollar Firms […]
Read moreDecember 19, 2025 1:22 pm
Key Moments UBS raised its platinum price forecasts by $300 per ounce after the metal surged nearly $500 over four weeks to a 17-year high. Meanwhile, UBS lifted palladium forecasts by $100 per ounce as market conditions tightened and the metal traded at a $250 discount to platinum. In addition, UBS flagged policy uncertainty and […]
Read moreDecember 19, 2025 9:38 am
Key Moments Goldman Sachs expects roughly 13% price returns for global equities in 2026, or about 15% including dividends. Earnings growth will be the main driver. Meanwhile, the bank notes a shift away from U.S.-only leadership. Europe, China, and broader Asia already outperformed the U.S. in dollar terms in 2025. Additionally, falling stock correlations and […]
Read moreDecember 19, 2025 8:32 am
Key Moments Bitcoin traded 0.6% higher at $87,121.6, hovering close to the $87,000 level in subdued action. The token is heading for an almost 4% weekly loss after spending most of the week in a tight trading band. Softer U.S. CPI data reinforced expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2026, but failed to spark […]
Read moreDecember 19, 2025 7:27 am
Key Moments Spot gold dipped 0.1% to $4,326.89 per ounce but was still on track for a weekly gain of about 0.4%. Silver and platinum outperformed, with weekly advances of 6% and 10.5% respectively, remaining near record highs. Softer-than-expected U.S. CPI data and rising economic uncertainty boosted safe haven demand and bets on further Federal […]
Read moreDecember 18, 2025 3:16 pm
Key Moments GBP/JPY trades around 208.40 after bouncing from an intraday low of 207.87 following the BoE decision. The Bank of England cuts its policy rate by 25 bps to 3.75% on a narrowly split 5-4 vote. Markets now look to the Bank of Japan, where a move to lift rates to 0.75% from 0.50% […]
Read moreDecember 18, 2025 2:12 pm
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