luring traders with tempting signals of strength and stability. Emerging-market( EM) corporate earnings

JOHOR BARU: Businesses here are expecting brisk sales amid the state election and school holidays but a stretched labour force and the border closure with Singapore are dampening the situation. Johor Indian Muslim Entrepreneurs Association secretary Hussein Ibrahim said he was concerned about insufficient foreign workers and the rise in Covid-19 cases.“ We expect our business to pick up in these few weeks as many Johoreans will come home to cast their votes for the state election.“ As much as we

The dollar fell on Monday back towards a one-month low as traders continued to focus on the

careful about this decision because we can be." Traders also responded to the release of the personal

WALL Street traders are bracing for fresh equity-market fireworks after another week of global

NEW YORK: After a tumultuous week of big yield swings and heightened volatility in the US Treasury market, investors are bracing for another hot inflation report, while the war in Ukraine increasingly casts a pall over Europe and the global economy. Russia’s Feb 24 invasion of Ukraine began to rewrite the script for US bond yields, some of which earlier in the month had climbed to the highest levels in more than a year in anticipation of Federal Reserve( Fed) interest-rate hikes to curb inflatio

A year ago, the rate averaged 5.51%. It’s the third consecutive week of higher rates, lifting the

bonds at a profit after the decline in yields in the early trade, dealers said.... Traders also

Technology and communication companies led a broad sell-off Thursday on Wall Street after deadly attacks at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. The Standard Poor’s 500 index fell 0.6% a day after capping a five-day winning streak with an all-time high.... At least 60 Afghans and 12 U.S. troops were killed, according to Afghan and U.S. officials.... The airport had been the focus of NATO evacuations from the country after the Taliban took over last week. The declines were widespread, with 10 of t

This June 16, 2021 file photo shows the facade of the New York Stock Exchange.... Despite the losses, the three major indexes are on track for weekly gains.... Twin suicide bombings struck Thursday outside Kabul's airport, where large crowds of people trying to flee Afghanistan have massed....