Japan keeps markets guessing on yen intervention, warns against sharp falls By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Japan’s vice minister of finance for international affairs, Masato Kanda, poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo, Japan January 31, 2022. Picture taken January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Fil By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese authorities refrained on Wednesday from disclosing

Major US stock indices higher after yesterday’s sharp declines

The major US stock indices are rebounding from yesterday’s sharp declines which saw the NASDAQ fall -1.57%, and the S&P index fall -1.47%. A snapshot of the market 6 minutes into the open is showing: Dow industrial average +15.49 points or 0.05% at 33634.38 S&P index up 12.28 points or 0.29% at 4285.82 NASDAQ index

S&P and NASDAQ close lower on the week after sharp declines today

S&P is out with it expectations for the UAW strike and implications. They say Warns that if the UAW strike continues for over a week and expands, it could lead to significant reductions in earnings and liquidity in the US auto sector for 2023. Predicts a slowdown in U.S. auto sector momentum in the second