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Asian Stocks Waver After Rout as Fed Keeps Markets Guessing

Asian Stocks Waver After Rout as Fed Keeps Markets Guessing

Asian stocks struggled for direction in volatile trading on Thursday after a week of market turbulence sparked by AI jitters, as a divided Federal Reserve stood pat on rates and ​left bond markets uncertain about the next move. Brent futures slipped below $90 per barrel, ...


July 30, 2026
FTSE 100 Dips as Stronger Pound, Mixed Earnings Weigh
FTSE 100 Dips as Stronger Pound, Mixed Earnings Weigh

London's FTSE 100 closed ​slightly lower on Thursday after the Bank of England decided to keep ‌interest rates on hold and mixed earnings...

Yen Surges, Analysts Suspect Official Japanese Intervention
Yen Surges, Analysts Suspect Official Japanese Intervention

Japan's yen surged on Thursday against ​the U.S. dollar by the most since 2022, in what analysts said looked like official intervention by...

China's Unitree Flags US Sales Risk ahead of Shanghai IPO
China's Unitree Flags US Sales Risk ahead of Shanghai IPO

Chinese robotics ‌company Unitree Technology's exposure to the U.S. market could constrain overseas growth if Washington imposes...

Traders Trim UK Rate Hike Bets After BoE Iran Comments
Traders Trim UK Rate Hike Bets After BoE Iran Comments

Britain's borrowing costs fell and sterling dipped on Thursday as traders ​nudged down their bets on UK rate hikes, after the Bank of...

Stellantis CEO Warns Turnaround Takes Time After Weak Q2
Stellantis CEO Warns Turnaround Takes Time After Weak Q2

Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa cautioned that a major strategic overhaul would take time to bear fruit ​after the world's No. 4 automaker...

China Coal Power Share Falls Below 50% for First Time
China Coal Power Share Falls Below 50% for First Time

China, the world's largest coal consumer, generated less than 50% of its ​electricity from the fossil fuel in the six months to June, marking a...

Adidas Shares Plunge Record 19%, World Cup Bump Falls Short
Adidas Shares Plunge Record 19%, World Cup Bump Falls Short

Adidas investors punished ​the German sportswear maker's profit miss on Thursday, dragging its shares down a record 19% despite the...

Euro Zone Growth Beats Forecasts on AI, Consumer Strength
Euro Zone Growth Beats Forecasts on AI, Consumer Strength

The euro zone economy grew faster than expected last quarter as surging investment in AI, ample ​government spending and several one-off factors...

Indian Rupee Flat Amid Oil Swings and RBI Intervention
Indian Rupee Flat Amid Oil Swings and RBI Intervention

The Indian rupee closed nearly flat on Thursday as pressure from sustained volatility in oil prices ​and corporate dollar demand was blunted by...

Gold Steadies as Markets Weigh Fed Rates, Middle East
Gold Steadies as Markets Weigh Fed Rates, Middle East

Gold prices held steady on Thursday as investors assessed the ‌Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged this month and...

July Inflation Speeds Up in 4 German States, Hinting Rise
July Inflation Speeds Up in 4 German States, Hinting Rise

Inflation rose in four key German states in July, according to preliminary data published on ​Thursday, suggesting the national inflation rate...

McDonald's India Operator Profit Halves; Higher Costs Weigh
McDonald's India Operator Profit Halves; Higher Costs Weigh

Westlife Foodworld, a McDonald's ​operator in India, reported a ‌52% fall in quarterly profit on Thursday, as fast-food restaurants...

China Slump Hits BMW Earnings, Spurring Restructuring Call
China Slump Hits BMW Earnings, Spurring Restructuring Call

A severe slump in Chinese sales and the hit to consumer sentiment ​from the Middle East dealt a blow to BMW's earnings ‌in the second...

Spain's Economic Growth Accelerates to 0.7% in Q2
Spain's Economic Growth Accelerates to 0.7% in Q2

Spain's economic growth edged up to 0.7% in the second ​quarter after a 0.6% expansion ‌in the previous three-month period, preliminary...

UK H1 Vehicle Output Down 7.5%, Sector Sees Optimism
UK H1 Vehicle Output Down 7.5%, Sector Sees Optimism

UK vehicle production fell 7.5% in the first half of 2026 amid trade uncertainty, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and ​Traders said on Thursday,...

Dollar Recovers as Fed Holds Rates, US Strikes Iran
Dollar Recovers as Fed Holds Rates, US Strikes Iran

The U.S. dollar found its ‌footing in Asian trading on Thursday after the Federal Reserve kept its policy interest rate on hold and...

Toyota H1 Sales and Output Fall First Time in Two Years
Toyota H1 Sales and Output Fall First Time in Two Years

Toyota Motor said on Thursday its global ​first-half production and sales fell ‌for the first time in two years, as weaker demand ​in...

S.Korea Export Growth Seen Easing, Chip Boom to Hold: Poll
S.Korea Export Growth Seen Easing, Chip Boom to Hold: Poll

South Korean exports likely extended robust growth in July, with the pace weakening ‌from a near-half-century high but posting the...

Fed's 'Hawkish Hold' Muddies Path for Stocks and Bonds
Fed's 'Hawkish Hold' Muddies Path for Stocks and Bonds

Investors searching for clarity from a newly led U.S. Federal Reserve were disappointed on Wednesday, warning that the central bank's mixed...

Equinix Shares Fall on Soft Third-Quarter Forecast
Equinix Shares Fall on Soft Third-Quarter Forecast

Equinix shares fell 3% on Wednesday as soft third-quarter forecast overshadowed a raised full-year ​and long-term outlook. Here are some...

Japan Cuts Growth Outlook as Energy Costs Weigh
Japan Cuts Growth Outlook as Energy Costs Weigh

Japan's government cut its economic growth forecast ‌for the current fiscal year on Thursday, as higher oil prices linked to Middle East...

Meta Cash Flow Craters as AI Spending Doubled Down
Meta Cash Flow Craters as AI Spending Doubled Down

Meta Platforms reported a 91% drop in second-quarter free cash flow ​on Wednesday, underscoring the financial strain of the social media...

Consumer, AI Spending Likely Lifted US Q2 Economic Growth
Consumer, AI Spending Likely Lifted US Q2 Economic Growth

The U.S. economy likely maintained a steady pace of growth in the second quarter, supported by stronger consumer spending and robust business...

July 29, 2026
FTSE 100 Touches Fresh Record on Oil Lift; Eyes on Fed, BoE
FTSE 100 Touches Fresh Record on Oil Lift; Eyes on Fed, BoE

London's ‌FTSE 100 touched an intraday record high on Wednesday, driven by a surge in oil stocks following renewed conflict in the...

Oil Jumps 7% on Escalating Middle East Airstrikes
Oil Jumps 7% on Escalating Middle East Airstrikes

Oil prices climbed 7% on Wednesday as airstrikes ‌resumed in the Middle East, adding to worries about dwindling supply as U.S. government...

Intesa Sees Stronger Profit Outlook, Won’t Raise MPS Bid
Intesa Sees Stronger Profit Outlook, Won’t Raise MPS Bid

Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's biggest bank, raised its 2026 profit outlook on Wednesday and ‌said it could comfortably beat the new target, but...

S. Korea to Cap Investment in Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs
S. Korea to Cap Investment in Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs

South Korea will introduce additional curbs on single-stock leveraged ​exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including a cap that could limit ‌an...

Hyperscaler Debt Binge Pushes Yields Up as Demand Cools
Hyperscaler Debt Binge Pushes Yields Up as Demand Cools

Major U.S. technology companies are borrowing heavily as they ramp up spending on their artificial intelligence buildout, and at steadily higher...

Record S. Korea Stock Rout Deepens as SK Hynix Misses
Record S. Korea Stock Rout Deepens as SK Hynix Misses

South Korean stocks plunged for a second straight session on Wednesday as Asia's ​once-blazing AI rally morphed into a brutal market reckoning,...

India Says Oil Spike May Strain Fiscal, Current Accounts
India Says Oil Spike May Strain Fiscal, Current Accounts

Sustained high crude oil prices could pressure India's fiscal ​deficit and current account balance again, ‌a finance ministry report said...

Gold Ticks Higher as Markets Brace for Fed Decision
Gold Ticks Higher as Markets Brace for Fed Decision

Gold ​prices edged up on Wednesday, supported by some technical buying, as investors ‌hunkered down ahead of the Federal Reserve's...

Stocks Muted Ahead of Fed Decision and Tech Earnings
Stocks Muted Ahead of Fed Decision and Tech Earnings

Global shares struggled to push higher on Wednesday as modest gains ​in the U.S. did little to soothe investors spooked by a punishing selloff in...

Rupee Firms, Volatility Rises Ahead of Fed Decision
Rupee Firms, Volatility Rises Ahead of Fed Decision

The Indian rupee strengthened to a near three-week peak on Wednesday, supported by a rally in local ​stocks and traders trimming bearish positions...

Pound Steady ahead of Fed, BoE Policy Decisions
Pound Steady ahead of Fed, BoE Policy Decisions

Sterling held near four-week lows against the dollar on Wednesday as investors pinned ‌their focus on Federal Reserve's monetary policy...

StanChart Lifts Income Target as Wealth Boom Powers Profits
StanChart Lifts Income Target as Wealth Boom Powers Profits

Standard Chartered's push for fee income powered a forecast-beating first-half profit, with the bank lifting its full-year ‌income...

Porsche Restructuring Starting to Pay Off, Says CEO
Porsche Restructuring Starting to Pay Off, Says CEO

Porsche's restructuring measures have begun to pay off, it ‌said on Wednesday, allowing Volkswagen's embattled luxury brand...

Yandex Q2 Revenue Rises 16%, Recommends 110 Rbl H1 Dividend
Yandex Q2 Revenue Rises 16%, Recommends 110 Rbl H1 Dividend

Russia's largest internet-company, Yandex , posts ​a 16% increase in ‌revenue to 386 billion roubles ($4.89 billion) for the ​second...

UK Consumer Lending Rises at Fastest Pace Since 2018: BoE
UK Consumer Lending Rises at Fastest Pace Since 2018: BoE

British households increased their borrowing at the fastest annual pace in almost eight years last month, adding ​to signs that consumers were in a...

Colgate-Palmolive India Quarterly Profit Rises on Oral Care
Colgate-Palmolive India Quarterly Profit Rises on Oral Care

Colgate-Palmolive India reported a rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by healthy ​demand in its core oral care product...

Sopra Steria Lifts Growth Target on EU AI, Cyber Demand
Sopra Steria Lifts Growth Target on EU AI, Cyber Demand

French IT group Sopra Steria raised its full-year revenue growth target on ​Wednesday, driven by spending on AI, cybersecurity and sovereign...

Top S. Korea Policymakers Apologise for Single-Stock ETFs
Top S. Korea Policymakers Apologise for Single-Stock ETFs

Top South Korean policy makers apologised on Wednesday over the introduction ​of single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which have...

Shared Beds, Tight Budgets: China Youth Feel Economic Pinch
Shared Beds, Tight Budgets: China Youth Feel Economic Pinch

Chinese sales agent Winnie Zeng has taken an unusual step to protect herself from an uncertain future: she now shares her rented bed with a...


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