Colombia’s central bank ignored pressure to accelerate the pace of interest rate cuts as policymakers weigh fiscal risks that sent the peso to its weakest level in more than a year. The seven-member board voted 4-3 to lower the benchmark rate by half a percentage point to 9.75%, Governor Leonardo Villar told reporters in Bogota … Read more
By Lawrence Delevingne and Huw Jones -Global shares idled on Wednesday after a lengthy rebound propelled them towards recent record highs, and as investors awaited clues on interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve to decide their next move. Fed Chair Jerome Powell is expected to further cement the view that the central bank is about … Read more
European equities dropped as investors weighed conflicting messages about the path for interest rate cuts and French stocks resumed their decline. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.6% by Wednesday’s close after rising as much as 0.6% earlier. France’s CAC 40 Index slid 0.7%. Gains in European technology stocks were offset by losses in automotive as well as … Read more
Gold prices have pulled back from their record highs in recent trading sessions, marking a reversal after a strong rally. Over the course of the last three sessions, the price of the yellow metal dropped from ₹74,367 per ten grams to reach a new one-week low of ₹72,111 on the MCX, marking a decline of … Read more