If there is one rule of thumb every gold watcher learns first, it is that gold and the US dollar move in opposite directions.

Mainland China's stock markets stayed closed on the final day of the National Day Golden Week holiday, leaving the Shanghai Composite at its 30 September close while Hong Kong fell, global bond yields ...

London's blue-chip index opened at its high and drifted lower all day as the 30-year gilt yield returned to 6%, HSBC, Standard Chartered and Prudential fell more than 4% and miners slipped with metals ...

London’s blue-chip index rose for a third consecutive session as softer oil prices, calmer gilt markets and a strong Wall Street lead lifted sentiment, though it gave back most of an early surge and ...

Wall Street enters the week after a soft September jobs report cooled bets on another Fed hike. The minutes of the September FOMC meeting, Monday's ISM services data and oil headlines will set the ...

Mainland China's stock markets remained closed on Monday 5 October 2026 for the National Day Golden Week holiday, leaving the Shanghai Composite at its 30 September close while Hong Kong edged higher, ...

London's blue-chip index steadied on Monday 5 October 2026 after its worst week since April, helped by BT Group's rescue of TalkTalk, a gallium supply deal at Metlen and softer US rate-hike ...

President Donald J. Trump on Sunday, 4 October 2026, announced the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF), a new federal task force charged with coordinating Washington’s policy on advanced ...

Mainland China’s exchanges remained closed on Tuesday for the National Day Golden Week holiday, leaving the Shanghai Composite at its 30 September close as Hong Kong, Tokyo and Mumbai rallied and ...

After weeks of pressure from Washington, the world's wealthiest nations agreed to tap emergency stocks over four months, starting with diesel. Here is what the release can and cannot do for prices.

Indian equities rebounded on Monday 5 October 2026 after the Gandhi Jayanti holiday, with the BSE SENSEX gaining 0.66% and the Nifty 50 ending at 22,555.75, as weak US jobs data and softer crude ...

Tokyo stocks rallied strongly on Monday 5 October 2026, with the Nikkei 225 briefly topping 70,000 for the first time in about three months as weaker US jobs data cut Fed hike bets and Tokyo Electron, ...