Spot gold was up 0.7% at $2,604.50 per ounce by 0749 GMT after hitting a record high of $2,609.62. U.S. gold futures rose 0.6% to $2,630.00, while silver gained 1.1% to $31.12.

Asian stocks have surged, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index leading gains after Wall Street romped to records following the ...

The rand has survived a turbulent week of interest rate decisions and has come out on the front foot—which means good news ...

By the end of 2024, interest rates will fall nearly another half of a percentage point from their current level of between ...

In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury held steady at 3.71%, where it was late Wednesday. The two-year ...

U.S. stocks looked set to take a breather on Friday, closing out a great week for the market that revived investors’ dream of a so-called soft landing. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

As the Federal Reserve kicks off a long-awaited rate cutting cycle, some investors are wary that richly valued U.S. stocks ...

The former president has endured a string of bad news following a suspected second assassination attempt on Sunday.

Later Friday the BoJ was forecast to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged, with all 53 economists polled by Bloomberg News predicting that borrowing costs will be left at 0.25 percent ...

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Kennedy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by ...