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Financial analysts monitor market charts in a modern trading office overlooking a city skyline at sunrise, with data-center lights suggesting AI-driven market activity.
Traders review market movements from a high-rise financial office as optimism around artificial intelligence supports equities despite concerns over interest rates and energy prices.

Stocks Edge Higher as AI Optimism Offsets Rate Anxiety

A resilient earnings backdrop and easing bond yields kept equities supported, even as investors weighed energy risks, inflation
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A crude oil tanker moves through a narrow waterway near refinery towers and storage tanks at sunset, with gold bars on an industrial dock in the foreground.
A crude oil tanker passes a refinery complex at dusk, symbolizing renewed geopolitical risk in energy markets and broader pressure across the commodities complex.

Oil’s Iran Premium Returns to Commodities Markets

Fresh Middle East escalation pushed energy back to the center of the commodities trade, reviving inflation concerns while
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Higher Yields Keep Stocks on Defensive

Rising Treasury yields and renewed inflation concerns are forcing investors to reassess equity valuations, with technology shares bearing the brunt of the pressure. Global
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Oil Shock Rewrites the Commodity Trade

Crude’s renewed climb is pulling inflation risk back into focus, pressuring metals and reshaping investor expectations across energy, rates and consumer markets. Oil again
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TECHNOLOGY

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Nvidia’s AI Boom Keeps Tech Rally Centered on Chips

Nvidia’s latest results reinforced that artificial-intelligence infrastructure remains the dominant force in technology markets, even as investors grow more selective about valuations and capital spending. Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) has again turned the
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MARKETS

Financial analysts monitor market charts in a modern trading office overlooking a city skyline at sunrise, with data-center lights suggesting AI-driven market activity.

Stocks Edge Higher as AI Optimism Offsets Rate Anxiety

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A resilient earnings backdrop and easing bond yields kept equities supported, even as investors weighed energy

Global Stocks Steady as Bond Markets Set the Tone for Risk Appetite

Nvidia’s Blowout Keeps AI Trade Intact as Rates and Tariffs Cloud the Macro

Region Focus — U.S. & Global Equities / Currencies / Bonds / Commodities

U.S. Stocks Drift as Investors Weigh Rates Outlook and Earnings Momentum

Stocks Stay Selective as CPI Cools but Yields Keep Pressure on Valuations

Mega-Deals and Strategic Moves Dominate Year-End M&A and Earnings Landscape

Stocks Advance as Rate-Cut Expectations Offset Valuation Concerns

Oil Shock Rewrites the Market Playbook

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