Markets · past 14 days
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Samsung's Record AI-Memory Profit Meets Investor Doubt, Erasing $100 Billion in Value
The chipmaker forecast profit nearly nineteen times higher, yet its shares fell as markets questioned how long the artificial-intelligence memory boom can run.
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Samsung Posts Record Profit and Loses Value, Testing the AI Chip Boom
A forecast for a nineteenfold profit jump cut Samsung's market value by more than 100 billion dollars and led Asian shares and United States futures to fall.
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Gold Holds Near $4,150 and Bitcoin Steadies as Equities Slip on Chip Doubts
Hard assets kept their bid while stock markets from Seoul to Tel Aviv retreated and the shekel weakened past three to the dollar.
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From SpaceX to Small Drone Makers, the IPO Wave Meets Reality
Wall Street banks grew optimistic about SpaceX after its large listing, while a small Israeli drone maker's debut showed the risks among smaller companies.
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Bank of Israel Expected to Keep Cutting as Tel Aviv Property Stocks Rally
A postwar easing cycle lifts real estate shares even as a once-celebrated company in Israel's auto-technology sector seeks protection from creditors.
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Oil Holds Near Pre-War Lows as Middle East Supply Fears Ease
Brent trades close to 70 dollars a barrel, down sharply from its wartime high, as truce hopes and returning barrels loosen the market.
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OPEC+ Readies Another Output Increase as Middle East Risk Premium Drains From Oil
More barrels are returning to a market that has already lost much of its war premium, and importers from India to China are recalculating around cheaper crude and Iran's claim over the Strait of Hormuz.
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Cargo Ship Reports Attack in the Red Sea, Reviving a Shipping Risk Markets Had Set Aside
A maritime agency warned vessels to transit with caution after an attack in a corridor that had quieted, a reminder that the region's calm is fragile.
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US Prosecutors Move to Drop the Adani Bribery Case, Citing Diplomatic Strife
The Justice Department told a court the 2024 charges should never have been brought, easing legal uncertainty over one of India's largest conglomerates.
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Ukraine Strikes a Major St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, Widening the Economic War on Russia's Fuel Revenue
A drone attack on one of Russia's largest fuel export hubs deepens a campaign aimed at Moscow's oil earnings, even as global crude prices remain near multi-month lows.
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Ukraine Strikes Oil Terminals Near St Petersburg in Deepening Energy Campaign
Long-range drones hit port and fuel infrastructure around Russia's second city, extending a campaign aimed at Moscow's oil revenue even as crude prices sit near multi-month lows.
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India's Small-Cap Rally Intensifies as Retail Money Chases Triple-Digit Returns
Retail investors bought heavily into smaller Indian stocks that rose as much as 185 percent in three months, even as fund managers warn the broad market may pause.
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Brent holds near a four-month low as Hormuz shipping recovers and Iran tensions ease
Daily ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has risen sharply, and the return of Gulf oil supplies has pushed crude prices lower.
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Mali tightens state control over gold as prices trade near record levels
The military-led government created a new body to oversee artisanal gold sales, part of a broader effort by resource-rich states to capture more mining revenue.
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Oil Falls to Multi-Month Lows as Hormuz Shipping Resumes and the Iran Truce Holds
The first tankers are clearing the Strait of Hormuz and idle Iranian barrels are building at sea, which is removing the risk premium that the conflict had added to crude.
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Warsh Puts Inflation First, Lifting Yields as Chip and AI Shares Retreat
The Federal Reserve chair's emphasis on restraining prices raised US bond yields, while a decline in semiconductor stocks and a prominent short seller pressured the artificial-intelligence trade.
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Hong Kong Wealth Under Management Hits Record as Capital Returns to China
The territory's regulator reports assets of 5.38 trillion dollars, extending its position over rival financial centers.
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Wall Street Closed Its Best Quarter Since 2020 as Bitcoin and Gold Diverged
A rally led by semiconductor shares and easing war fears lifted stocks over the second quarter, even as bitcoin fell below $59,000 and gold held near recent highs.
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Russian Banks Post Record Payouts as Their Chief Executive Warns on the Economy
Sberbank approved a dividend equal to half its 2025 profit and VTB forecast strong profit, even as Sberbank's chief executive said the company's planning horizon has shrunk toward zero.
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European Heatwave Drives Up Power Demand as Health Officials Warn of Worse to Come
Temperatures above 35 Celsius across Central and Eastern Europe are raising electricity prices, and the World Health Organization calls the heat a preview of future summers.
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Indonesia Pushes Market Reforms While Deepening Ties With Russia
Jakarta moves to avoid a downgrade by the index provider MSCI even as it calls a partnership with Russia central to its economic plans.
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United States Medicare Begins Covering Obesity Drugs for the First Time
A new program starting July 1 opens access to weight-loss medicines for millions of older Americans, expanding the market for Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.
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US Stocks Close at a High on a Technology Rebound
A recovery in chip and big-technology shares lifted American indexes, with gold easing and bitcoin holding near $60,000.
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Iran Strikes US Bases in Kuwait and Bahrain as Hormuz Ceasefire Collapses; Oil Holds Near 73 Dollars
Iran's Revolutionary Guard launched missiles and drones at US military sites in two Gulf states after fresh US airstrikes, and Tehran threatened to halt talks. Crude has not yet repriced, with Brent near 73 dollars and West Texas Intermediate near 70.
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Oil Risk Returns to the Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran Strikes Enter a Fourth Day
After the two governments traded strikes, they agreed to halt their attacks and to discuss the contested waterway in Qatar, even as Tehran says traffic could return to normal within a month.
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Kazakhstan Courts Washington With Tungsten Deal, Calling Trump 'Sent by Heaven'
A Central Asian state caught between Russia and China gives US-linked investors access to one of the world's largest untapped reserves of a strategic metal.
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Tehran's Stock Market Falls as Investors Shift Toward Gold
Iran's main share index dropped about 2 percent while gold funds rose, a domestic example of how war changes household savings.
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Gold Climbs Toward $4,100 as Bitcoin Slides and Crude Sinks
Hard assets diverged sharply, with gold extending gains while bitcoin fell below $60,000 and oil weakened on easing supply fears.
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Tech and AI Selloff Deepens as a Stronger Dollar Pressures Gold, Silver and Bitcoin
South Korea's market triggered a second automatic trading halt on Friday after Apple raised device prices, and precious metals and bitcoin fell as investors priced in a firmer dollar and the prospect of Federal Reserve rate increases.
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Volkswagen Weighs Up to 100,000 Job Cuts and Plant Closures in Deepest Overhaul of Its History
Europe's largest carmaker is reported to be planning to close four plants and reduce investment as Chinese competition and the shift to electric vehicles reduce profitability.
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Oil Stays Volatile After Tanker Is Struck Near the Strait of Hormuz
Brent crude moved sharply in both directions as a vessel reported being hit by an unidentified projectile, even as shipping through the waterway continued to recover.
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Gazprom Deepens Gas Talks With China as Russia Promotes Non-Western Integration
Russia's state gas company said it is discussing new supply opportunities with Beijing, while Putin praised Russia's union with Belarus as a model, underlining a shift away from Western markets.
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China Sets Target for Half of Its Power From Non-Fossil Sources by 2030
Beijing's goal points to a structural limit on its long-term fossil-fuel demand growth, with implications for global oil and coal markets.
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Micron's Memory Boom Reverses a Global Chip Selloff
Quarterly revenue and guidance far above estimates from the US memory maker pushed semiconductor shares higher across Asia, Europe and the United States.
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Brent Falls Below $74 as Hormuz Shipping Resumes
Oman opened temporary corridors through the Strait of Hormuz with no tolls and tankers returned, pushing crude lower, before prices rebounded on June 25 after a commercial vessel was struck in the strait.
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Eleven EU States Seek Pause on Methane Rules Over Gas Supply Fears
A group of member states warned that new methane regulations could raise costs for foreign gas suppliers and threaten energy security.
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Oil Falls to Multi-Month Lows as US-Iran Deal Moves Toward Implementation and Hormuz Reopens
Brent traded near $76 a barrel as Washington granted Tehran a license to sell oil, Oman opened temporary shipping lanes, and inspectors prepared to return.
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Rheinmetall Shares Fall More Than 15 Percent as Germany Scraps Its Largest Warship Program
Berlin cancelled the F126 frigate project after spending about 2.3 billion euros, shifting toward domestically built Meko-class ships.
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Gold and Silver Retreat as Markets Price In a Tighter Federal Reserve
Silver fell to about $59 an ounce and gold dropped below $4,000 for the first time since November, well off their early-year highs, as a firmer dollar pressured hard assets.
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Technology Selloff Spreads Across Global Markets as SpaceX Rally Reverses
Profit-taking in artificial-intelligence and chip shares lowered Wall Street futures, European exchanges and Asian markets. Seoul recorded some of the largest losses.
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Brent Crude Falls Toward Three-Month Low as United States and Iran Signal Progress
Reduced concern about supply lowered oil prices by nearly 20 percent over the month, easing a major source of global energy inflation.
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Guinea Bans Raw Gold Exports in a Push for More Domestic Value
One of Africa's major gold producers ordered refining at home and threatened to revoke the licenses of companies that defy the rule.