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Equities mixed, dollar up after Wall St record as Trump odds grow

July 16, 2024 | 17:15

Markets fluctuated Tuesday as rising expectations that Donald Trump will return to the White House played up against fresh hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at least once this year.

Fed rate hopes weigh on dollar, stocks fall ahead of US jobs data

December 02, 2022 | 11:27

The dollar struggled to recover on Friday from its recent sell-off as traders grew confident the Federal Reserve will slow its pace of interest rate hikes, while an equities rally sputtered ahead of key US jobs data.

Dollar extends gains on Fed rate hike expectations

October 21, 2022 | 16:50

The dollar extended gains Friday on expectations the Federal Reserve will press ahead with its programme of bumper interest rate hikes for the rest of the year.

Dollar weighs on yen and euro as US stocks extend slump

September 07, 2022 | 09:45

The euro and yen sunk to new multi-year lows against the dollar on Tuesday as investors focused on central bank efforts to contain surging inflation and fears of an economic slowdown.

Gold price surge here for long haul

August 11, 2020 | 12:22

Global and domestic gold prices zoomed to a record level amid a weakening dollar and market turbulences pushed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese dong given stable outlook

March 14, 2019 | 13:35

The Vietnamese dong would be steady next months, buoyed by positive foreign inflow and reasonable gap between interest rates of the dong and the US dollar as well as the stability of the Chinese renminbi, experts said.

Stronger US dollar, weaker yuan weigh on trade

November 01, 2018 | 09:04

The Vietnamese economy is walking a careful tightrope amid rapid developments around the world, especially the spiraling US-China trade war and the US Federal Reserve’s rate hikes, which are weighing on exchange rates and Vietnam’s trade balance.

European stocks, dollar wobble before US-China trade talks

August 23, 2018 | 09:27

Stock markets wobbled and the dollar was mixed against main rivals on Wednesday (Aug 22) awaiting the start of key trade talks between China and the United States.

Dollar dented by Trump's Fed comments

August 22, 2018 | 10:11

The dollar fell versus the euro and pound on Tuesday (Aug 21) after US President Donald Trump hit out at the Federal Reserve's interest rate rises, accusing it of not backing his economic plan, while most equity markets climbed looking ahead to China-US trade talks.

European stocks end higher on dollar gains

July 19, 2018 | 11:50

Gains by the dollar in the wake of the Federal Reserve chief expressing confidence in the US economy despite global trade war fears helped push European stocks higher on Wednesday (Jul 18).

Dollar hike won’t significantly affect VN’s economy

June 21, 2018 | 11:12

The US dollar has appreciated significantly against the Vietnamese dong in the past few days in the wake of the US Federal Reserves (Fed)’s interest rate hike last week, but local officials and experts are not too worried, believing these hikes won’t affect Vietnam’s economy in any major way.