European stock markets rose on Wednesday, continuing their gains from the previous two days and reaching new record highs, with both the STOXX 50 and STOXX 600 indexes up. Investor optimism was boosted by the high likelihood of the US government reopening soon and increasing expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again. […]
What’s driving the FTSE 100 near record levels? The FTSE 100 maintained its position near all-time highs as investors weighed a mixed bag of corporate updates against improving global sentiment. The UK’s benchmark index showed resilience despite political uncertainty and fiscal pressures weighing on gilt markets. Utilities and financial stocks provided the main thrust higher, with SSE’s
2025.11.12 2025.11.12 Franc Edges Higher On US-Switzerland Deal Hopes. Forecast as of 12.11.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ In August, Switzerland faced one of the highest US tariffs in the world. The 39% rate caused severe strain on the Swiss economy. However, talks about reducing import duties to 15% helped the franc. Let’s discuss this topic and make
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Prior +2.4% HICP +2.3% vs +2.3% y/y prelim Prior +2.4% Core annual inflation is reaffirmed at 2.8%, keeping the same as it was in September. That is still on the high side and is what is keeping the ECB on its toes with policy setting for the moment. This article was written by Justin Low
Japan’s machine tool orders increased for the fourth straight month in October, preliminary data from the Japan Machine Tool Builders Association, or JMTBA, showed on Wednesday. Machine tool orders climbed 16.8 percent annually in October, faster than the 11.0 percent rise in the previous month. The expected increase was 9.9 percent. Foreign orders logged a
Yen extended its broad decline in Asian session as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi doubled down on her call for the BoJ to delay further rate hikes. Addressing parliament, Takaichi said consumer prices—up around 3%—are being lifted mainly by food costs, particularly rice, rather than by wage growth or strong demand. She described the current
The Indian Rupee (INR) opens on a weak note against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday. The USD/INR pair rises to near 88.80 as the Indian Rupee underperforms ahead of the release of India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for October at 10:30 GMT. Economists expect India’s retail inflation to have grown 0.48% on an
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Chinese banks reportedly issuing ‘phantom loans’ to hit targets amid weak economy Chinese banks are reportedly resorting to “quick-lend-and-recover” tactics to meet government-mandated lending quotas as real-world demand for credit falters in the slowing economy. According to bankers, this practice involves issuing short-term loans, only to reclaim them weeks later. The strategy helps banks meet
2025.11.10 2025.11.12 Weekly Economic Calendar for 17.11.2025–23.11.2025 Jana Kanehttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/jana-kane/ Market sentiment is gradually turning positive after the resolution of the US government shutdown earlier this week. Investors are still digesting last week’s inflation data as they try to predict the Fed’s next move at its December meeting. Investors will carefully study the Fed’s October meeting
The M2 money stock in Japan was up 1.6 percent on year in October, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday – coming in at 1,270.1 trillion yen. That was shy of expectations for an increase of 1.8 percent following the downwardly revised 1.5 percent increase in September (originally 1.6 percent). The M3 money stock
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The Euro advances during the North American session posting gains of 0.30% as the Greenback tumbles on worse than expected US ADP jobs data and business turning pessimistic on the economic outlook. The EUR/USD trades at 1.1590 after bouncing of daily lows of 1.1547. Euro gains as soft ADP report, business pessimism reinforce bets for
Germany’s DAX index concluded trading up by approximately 0.5% at a one-week high of 24,096 on Tuesday, marking a second consecutive day of gains. This positive movement was largely fueled by rising optimism regarding a resolution to the US government shutdown. On Monday, the US Senate approved a temporary spending measure, which awaits approval from
The major European indices are closing with a solid gains led by Spain’s Ibex, and Italy’s FTSE MIB and France’s CAC. The FTSE 100, and Spain’s Ibex closed at record levels again. The Italy’s FTSE MIB close that the lowest level going back to 2000 (its kind of amazing that the Italy’s FTSE MIB was
Real earnings separate today’s tech from dot-com dreams The current technology rally bears superficial resemblance to the late 1990s bubble, but the fundamental differences prove striking. Nvidia generates over $60 billion in annual revenue with margins exceeding 50%, whilst trading at approximately 40 times forward earnings. Compare that valuation to Cisco in 2000, which commanded 200 times
