Oil Prices Rise On OPEC+ Hopes, But Set For Steep Weekly Losses

Oil prices crept higher on Friday on the prospect of supportive measures by the OPEC+, although fears of an economic slowdown stemming from a banking crisis kept gains limited and put prices on course for their worst week this year. Media reports said that Saudi Arabian and Russian

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Asian Stocks Surge As Bank Bailouts Lift Spirits

Asian stock markets rose on Friday, recovering from a series of sharp losses this week as government and institutional support to stem a potential banking crisis helped improve sentiment, while traders also priced in a less hawkish Federal Reserve. Chinese bourses were the best performers for the day,

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Asian Stocks Rise As Bank Rout Eases, Markets Bet On Less Hawkish Fed

Most Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday, helped by a recovery in bank shares amid easing fears over a potential crisis in the U.S., while growing bets that the Federal Reserve will adopt a less hawkish stance also aided sentiment. Regional markets took positive cues from an overnight

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Bank Slide Deepens As SVB Contagion Fear Rattles Markets

Asia’s share markets slid on Tuesday, with financial stocks in Tokyo leading losses as fear of a U.S. banking crisis had investors fleeing the sector and slashing the interest rate outlook even ahead of U.S. inflation data due later in the day. Japan’s Nikkei dropped 2%. The Tokyo

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Gold Prices Surge As U.S. Bank Woes Taper Rate Hike Expectations

Gold prices hit a one-month high on Monday, recovering sharply from recent losses as markets bet that a burgeoning banking crisis in the U.S. will push the Federal Reserve into softening its hawkish rhetoric in the coming days. The dollar fell sharply against a basket of currencies, while

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Oil Prices Rise On Weak Dollar As Markets Price in Less Hawkish Fed

Oil prices rose slightly on Monday as a brewing banking crisis in the U.S. spurred expectations that the Federal Reserve will soften its hawkish rhetoric in the coming months, although caution still persisted over a potential economic fallout. Oil markets benefited from weakness in the dollar, after the

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Silicon Valley Bank is Largest Failure Since 2008 Crisis, Billions Stranded

Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis on Friday, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets, left billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors stranded. California banking regulators closed the bank, which did business as Silicon Valley

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Dollar Edges Lower Ahead of Payrolls; yen Weakens After BOJ Stands pat

The U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Friday ahead of the key monthly jobs report, and the yen weakened after the Bank of Japan retained its ultra-dovish stance. At 03:00 ET (08:00 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other

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Silvergate’s planned liquidation fuels another crypto rout

one of the biggest banks in the cryptocurrency industry, said on Wednesday it was planning to wind down operations and liquidate voluntarily Shares of crypto-related companies fell on Thursday, as the bank’s collapse sparked a crisis of confidence in the industry. Silvergate shares were down 26% while peer

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Aviva Hits Seven-Month High On New Buyback, Raised Dividend Outlook

The U.K. asset manager and insurer said it is confident of its ability to continue generating surplus cash and expects to pay out around £915M (£1 = $1.1848) this year and will aim for “low to mid-single-digit growth” in the dividend thereafter. “We are making excellent progress at

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