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US equities edged higher toward the end of the week, with the S&P 500 hitting another record as markets resumed after Christmas. The benchmark index hovered near unchanged on Friday but still notched a fresh all-time high, capping a strong ...

Novo Nordisk shares jumped late in the year after US regulators approved the first oral GLP-1 drug for weight loss, offering investors a rare bright spot after a bruising 2025. The approval follows a year in which Novo’s stock lost roughly ...

Copper prices have shattered previous records, approaching the $12,000 per ton mark as a "perfect storm" of structural deficits and trade policy distortions grips the market. On the London Metal Exchange (LME), copper futures recently reached an intraday peak of $11,982, ...

The Bank of Japan has pushed interest rates to their highest level in three decades, and markets are starting to feel the aftershocks. At its December meeting, the BoJ lifted its short-term policy rate by 25 basis points to 0.75%, a ...

Crypto has avoided a catastrophic blowup this year, but that hasn’t translated into a strong market. In fact, 2025 is shaping up as one of the sector’s weakest performances in years. Bitcoin surged through the first nine months, topping out near ...

European bank stocks have just wrapped up their strongest year on record, capping off a remarkable turnaround after more than a decade in the wilderness. In 2025, the EURO STOXX Banks Index surged around 76% by mid-December, eclipsing the previous high-water ...

China’s economy showed clearer signs of strain in November, as weaker household spending and softer investment underlined how difficult the shift toward domestic demand-led growth may be. Retail sales rose just 1.3% year-on-year, down sharply from 2.9% in October and ...

Silver has been on a tear this year, with prices roughly doubling and recently trading near $62 per ounce, up from around $30 in early January and about $50 as recently as late November. The rally has been driven by ...

Binance has become the first cryptocurrency exchange to secure a global license under Abu Dhabi Global Market’s regulatory framework, a move that reshapes what full-scale compliance looks like for the crypto industry. Approved by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of ADGM, ...

Gold delivered one of its strongest performances in modern history in 2025, surging more than 60% and registering over 50 record highs as investors piled into the metal amid geopolitical strain, easing monetary policy, and heavy central bank accumulation. Now trading ...

Egypt has returned to the global spotlight in late 2025 through a mix of geopolitical diplomacy and high-profile cultural events, but the more consequential story for markets lies in the gradual stabilization of its economy after the sharp turbulence of ...

Netflix is making its boldest move yet, agreeing to buy the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery in a deal valued at $72 billion, after outbidding rivals Comcast and Paramount Skydance. Including debt, the enterprise value rises to roughly ...

Europe is shivering through an early and unusually cold winter, yet natural gas prices are sliding fast. The benchmark Dutch TTF contract has dropped below €28 per megawatt hour, the lowest level since April 2024, even as regional storage sits ...

The global economy is proving more resilient than many expected, with growth of 3.2% in 2025 underpinned by a surge in artificial intelligence investment that is offsetting the drag from rising US tariffs. That support, however, looks temporary. The OECD now ...

The United States and the United Kingdom struck a sweeping pharmaceuticals trade deal this week that removes all tariffs on medicines, active ingredients, and medical technology, while locking the UK into a sharp increase in drug spending. Under the agreement, the ...