The Australian dollar rose in Asian trade on Wednesday against a basket of major rivals, expanding gains for the second straight session against the US dollar and hitting a week high, while approaching five-week highs following strong Australian wages data. The data renewed inflationary pressures on the Reserve Bank of Australias policymakers, which hurt the odds of a rate cut...

The Australian dollar fell against most major rivals on Thursday despite strong labor data. Australia's unemployment rate was unchanged in April at 4.1%, same as March, and matching expectations. The Australian economy added 89.0 thousand new jobs in April, easily beating estimates of a 20.9 thousand addition, while March's reading was revised to show the addition of 32.2 thousand jobs...

The Australian dollar fell against most major rivals on Wednesday following labor data. Australian wages rose 0.9% in the first quarter of the year, above estimates of 0.8%. On trading, the AUD/USD pair rose 0.7% as of 20:56 GMT to 0.6428. Loonie The Canadian dollar fell 0.3% against the greenback as of 20:56 GMT to $0.7155. The US Dollar The...

The Australian dollar rallied in Asian trade on Monday to a five-month high against the US dollar, expanding gains for the second straight session and on track towards 65 cents. It comes after a historic win by the governing Labor Party, which bolsters the governments position towards growing global trade risks from Trumps tariffs. The Price The AUD/USD price rose...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * US manufacturing gauge drops to eight-month low * Arm Holdings down after tepid Q2 revenue forecast * Eli Lilly ( LLY ) up as weight-loss drug cut heart failure risk in trial * Moderna ( MRNA ) slumps after...

12:53 PM EDT, 08/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded fund IWM and IVV were lower. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) fell 1.9%. US equity indexes slumped with government bond yields as jobless claims hit the highest in a year while a manufacturing gauge surprisingly sank deeper into contractionary territory. Energy iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) and...

01:31 PM EDT, 08/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks fell Thursday afternoon with the NYSE Energy Sector Index declining 2.3% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) dropping 2.6%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector index slumped 4.6%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities index rose 1.7%. West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell 1.2% to $76.97 a barrel, while global...

The Dow Jones index closed higher by around 99 points on Wednesday. When insiders purchase or sell shares, it indicates their confidence or concern around the company’s prospects. Investors and traders interested in penny stocks can consider this a factor in their overall investment or trading decision. Below is a look at a few recent notable insider transactions for penny...

The price of (ETHUSD) declined in its recent intraday trading, after finding difficulty to breach the critical resistance level at$2,450, accompanied by breaching reaching the resistance of EMA50. This tactical decline made the price gain the required positive momentum that assisted the price to breach it, and it succeeded in offloading its clear overbought condition on the (RSI), and it...

The price of (Brent) declined in its last intraday trading, getting ready to break its current support at $66.50, after it succeeded in its previous moves to recover some of its previous losses, and offloading its clear oversold conditions on the (RSI), after the stability of this support due to gaining some positive momentum by leaning on it, amid the...

The price of (Gold) declined in its last intraday trading, amid the dominance of the bearish correctional trend on the short- term basis and its trading alongside a bias line, this decline came after recovering some of the previous losses, by series of cautious rises that made the (RSI) indicators entered the overbought levels, which suggest the beginning of a...

The price of (crude oil) declined in its last intraday trading, after recovering its previous losses in its early trading for today, where it took advantage of its lean on the support of the main bullish trend line on the short-term basis, gaining some positive momentum to bounce higher, and it has succeeded in offloading its clear oversold conditions on...

Accusing Kejriwal of being busy with election campaigning in poll-bound states and waking up to the situation late, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, said that the Centre had held a meeting with Chief Secretaries and senior officials from four North Indian states on 20th October to discuss measures to reduce air pollution, which he claims weren't adopted by the AAP-led governments.

A fire that broke out at the waste treatment plant in Kochi on March 2, 2023, continues to spread toxic fumes even after 11 days of the incident. The Kerala government has said that 95 percent of the fire has been extinguished, but the smoke from the landfill has not entirely subsided. 

The probe pertains to Dapoli resort, which is allegedly illegal. The former minister and Shiv Sena (Uddhav) leader, Anil Parab, allegedly wangled a permit to use land meant for agricultural use. The ED had started the investigation under the the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after a complaint from the Environment Ministry.

Activists have contended that words like "ecotourism facilities" and "any other purposes" are too vague and may pave the way for widespread exploitation and misuse.

DENVER, Colorado & LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Liberty Latin America Ltd ( LILA ). (“Liberty Latin America” or “LLA”) and Millicom International Cellular S.A. ( TIGO ) (“Millicom”) confirm that Costa Rica’s Board of Telecommunications Superintendency, SUTEL, has issued its final resolution with a decision not to approve the proposed transaction to combine the companies’ respective operations in Costa Rica. The companies...

(Reuters) -Crypto-focused asset manager Grayscale on Thursday publicly filed its paperwork for an initial public offering in the U.S. With the government reopening on Thursday after the longest shutdown in the country's history, the new listings market is expected to kick back into high gear. The Securities and Exchange Commission had been working with skeletal staffing during the shutdown. Grayscale will...

Nov 13 (Reuters) - Metsera ( MTSR ) shareholders on Thursday approved Pfizer's ( PFE ) takeover offer worth up to $10 billion, allowing the U.S. pharmaceutical giant re-entry into the lucrative obesity treatment market after a fierce bidding war with Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk. ...

Overview * Where Food Comes From ( WFCF ) Q3 total revenue decreased slightly to $7.0 mln from $7.1 mln * Net income for Q3 increased to $1.1 mln, aided by asset sale gain * Company repurchased 60,721 shares in Q3, continuing stock buybacks Outlook * Company highlights growth in pork, dairy, and egg verification activities * Company plans to...

The Discovery Fund aims to identify and empower entrepreneurs and early-stage startups to leverage the potential of cryptocurrencies to address real-world problems.

Founded in 2017 by Jaynti Kanani, Anurag Arjun, Sandeep Nailwal and Mihailo Bjelic as a secondary scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain, Polygon is building a suite of scaling solutions.

The bitcoin mine would use solar and storage technology from Tesla and be entirely run on renewable energy

Shark Tank star and Canadian millionaire Kevin O’Leary, who has always been bullish on Bitcoin, expressed how the adoption of green energy by mining companies could reduce fossil fuel usage and trigger a wider acceptance of sustainable energy