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Gold steady as hot US inflation bolsters chance of rate hike
Latest inflation print piles pressure on the Fed to make its first rate increase in three yearsPublished Mon, Sep 14, 2026 · 09:35 AM — Updated Mon, Sep 14,...
Speculators turn bullish on yen for first time since February on BOJ rate-hike bets
Yen has surged in September on expectations for an accelerated schedule of rate hikes by the BOJPublished Sun, Sep 13, 2026 · 03:03 PM[TOKYO] Speculators turned to a net...
STI inches up 0.1%, bucking regional trend as oil continues surge
Published Fri, Sep 11, 2026 · 06:33 PM[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Friday (Sep 11), bucking a regional trend as Asian markets slumped amid renewed tensions in the...
Blackstone’s AirTrunk seeks S$2 billion loan for Singapore IPO
Published Fri, Sep 11, 2026 · 08:44 AM[SINGAPORE] AirTrunk, a data centre operator owned by Blackstone, is in talks with banks to borrow about S$2 billion to help finance...
Greenback crawls higher ahead of ECB, US inflation data
Renewed inflation concerns have pushed global bond yields back towards multi-decade highsPublished Thu, Sep 10, 2026 · 08:07 PM[LONDON] The US dollar edged higher on Thursday (Sep 10), recovering...
Barclays lifts S&P 500 index’s year-end target to 7,950 on strong earnings 
Published Wed, Sep 9, 2026 · 11:10 PM[LONDON] Barclays raised its year-end target for the benchmark S&P 500 index to 7,950 from 7,800 on Wednesday (Sep 9), following a...
Wall St mixed at open as Gulf tensions send oil to over six-week high
Published Tue, Sep 8, 2026 · 09:46 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes were mixed at open on Tuesday (Sep 8) as fresh hostilities in the Middle East pushed...
Musk pushes regulatory limits with Tesla’s Cybercab robotaxi service
Published Sat, Sep 5, 2026 · 09:09 AM[SAN FRANCISCO] Tesla’s race to deploy Cybercab robotaxis will put regulatory limits to the test as the electric vehicle maker begins paid...
Top automakers urge US Congress to permanently ban Chinese cars
Companies such as BYD and Geely are quickly gaining market share around the worldPublished Fri, Sep 4, 2026 · 11:15 AMA COALITION of major automakers urged US lawmakers to...
Yen traders brace for holiday intervention risk around Bank of Japan
Published Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 11:59 AMYEN traders are on heightened alert for possible intervention around the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) upcoming policy meeting, with a three-day holiday...
US stocks: Wall Street ends higher as stocks reclaim some shine
Published Thu, Sep 3, 2026 · 05:48 AM[NEW YORK] Wall Street advanced on Wednesday (Sep 2), notching a partial rebound from a three-day losing streak as investors searched for...
STI up 0.6% even as Asian markets slump amid bond sell-off, inflation fears
Published Wed, Sep 2, 2026 · 06:33 PM[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Wednesday (Sep 2).The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.6 per cent or 33.74 points to...