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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Monday closed up +0.11%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.30%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.35%. Stocks on Monday settled mixed. Strength in technology stocks boosted the broader market, with...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Monday fell by -0.52% and posted a 2-week low. Lower T-note yields on Monday undercut the dollar. Losses in the dollar accelerated after Monday’s news that the US ISM manufacturing index and Apr construction spending unexpectedly declined. The US May ISM manufacturing index unexpectedly fell...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.10%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.59%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.36%. Stocks today are mixed. Nvidia is up more than +3% to lead chip stocks...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.24 %, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.56%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.03%. Stocks today gave up an early advance and turned lower. Economic concerns are...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.41% at a 2-week low on pressure from lower T-note yields. Also, the strength in stocks today has reduced liquidity demand for the dollar. Losses in the dollar accelerated after today’s news that the US ISM manufacturing index and Apr construction...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.15%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.64%. Stocks today are mostly higher, led by strength in technology stocks. Nvidia is up...

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are up +0.25%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM24) are up +0.37% this morning as speculation over interest rate cuts by major central banks heightened appetite for risk-driven assets, while market participants looked ahead to a fresh slew of U.S. labor market data,…

In the west Frankfurt suburbs on a plot wedged between a motorway and a wooded park, excavators are preparing the ground for 400 new apartments.

New lower rates of 3.75% and 4.75% respectively are likely to be introduced this week after drops in inflation

The European Central Bank is expected to begin cutting eurozone interest rates from historic highs this week, but sticky inflation means the move is unlikely to kickstart a rapid easing cycle.

There is still an expensive war to fight, and if EU and UK politicians insist on using taxpayer funds for it, there will be little left to spend on public services