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The Dow slid 2.6, or more than 1,100 points on Wednesday.(REUTERS file photo)
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US stocks tumble as Federal Reserve eyes fewer 2025 rate cuts, Dow falls 2.6%

Wall Street stocks tumbled Wednesday after the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates but also slashed the number of 2025 rate cuts in its forecast. The…

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Nvidia, the chip company, which has enjoyed a monumental ascent over the last 18 months amid enthusiasm over generative AI, jumped 3.4 percent near 1725 GMT, giving it a market capitalization of about $3.3 trillion, slightly ahead of Microsoft and Apple(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via AFP)
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Nvidia becomes world’s largest company overtaking Apple, market cap crosses $3.43 trillion amid rise of AI

Nvidia Corp. became the largest company in the world on Tuesday, November 6, 2024, with its market capitalisation of $3.43 trillion surpassing Apple’s $3.38 trillion…

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Video grab obtained 10 October, 2024 shows Tesla CEO Elon Musk waving next to his long-promised robotaxi during a launch event at the Warner Brothers studio lot near Los Angeles.(AFP Photo/Tesla)
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Elon Musk’s Robotaxi gets a thumbs down from investors. Here’s why

After Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s new Robotaxi, Wall Street surprisingly reacted with disappointment, with the company’s shares falling around 6% in Friday’s premarket trading session,…

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Domestic investors have significantly contributed to the rally, but analysts caution that inflows are unsustainably high, prompting a cautious near-term outlook.(HT photo)
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India’s Nifty, Sensex outperform all global markets except only Wall Street

India’s NSE Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex are trailing only Wall Street’s Nasdaq and S&P 500 as top-performing indexes this year, with analysts expecting…

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Television stations broadcast Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaking after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US.(Bloomberg)
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US stock market at record high as investors cannot keep calm after Fed rate cut

Sep 20, 2024 07:55 AM IST Wall Street stocks hit record highs as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to support the labor market. Dow…

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A man walks in front of an electronic quotation board displaying share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo.(AFP)
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Japan stocks slide 3% after Wall Street’s worst rout since August 5

Sep 04, 2024 08:05 AM IST Japanese stocks fell in the wake of Wall Street’s worst rout since the Aug. 5 market meltdown, with tech…

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Fed minutes: Most officials favored a rate cut in September if inflation continued to cool
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Fed minutes: Most officials favored a rate cut in September if inflation continued to cool

WASHINGTON — Most Federal Reserve officials agreed last month that they would likely cut their benchmark interest rate at their next meeting in September as…

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An electronic stock board displays the Nikkei 225 Stock Average outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan.(Bloomberg)
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Japan’s Nikkei 225 soars 11% after massive sell-offs that shook Wall Street

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index soared more than 10% early Tuesday, a day after it set markets tumbling in Europe and on Wall Street. Other…

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US stock market: The Wall Street entrance to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in New York City, US.(Reuters)
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US stock market sees worst day since 2022 over Tesla, Alphabet quarterly results

Jul 25, 2024 07:32 AM IST Stock indexes plummet on profit reports from Tesla and Alphabet, raising investor concerns. A wipeout on Wednesday sent U.S….

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A sign for a Wall Street building is shown, (AP file photo)
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Wall Street rises as bank fears fade, focus on inflation data

Wall Street’s main indexes climbed on Thursday as fears of a banking crisis eased, with rate-sensitive real estate and technology stocks leading gains ahead of…

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