Share: BABA stock loses 9%, moving below $80. Revenue for the fiscal Q2 misses consensus by $230 million. Management decides against spinning off the cloud business for now. Alibaba issues a $1 annual dividend to holders of ADS shares. Alibaba (BABA) stock closed at $79.10, down 9.15%, on Thursday. The market did not appreciate the
Coming up today: 0800 GMT / 0400 US Eastern time: ECB Governing Council member Peter Kazimir speaks at the National Bank of Slovakia’s quarterly press conference on the economic outlook for Slovakia 0945 GMT / 0545 US Eastern time: Participation by ECB board member Philip Lane in policy panel at 2023 ECB Conference on Monetary
The Australian labour market has been strong despite the most recent numbers, for July, indicating a decline in jobs. A bounce nack is expected in the August figures coming up today. If this expected rebound doesn’t happen it’ll be taken as a poor sign indeed for the jobs outlook. This snapshot from the ForexLive economic
Here are the speakers from the Federal Reserve I have listed for today. A few more could well pop up in media interviews and what have you. There are 6. Bostic is speaking twice, which is why there are 7 lines below. I’ve noted those speeches more likely to bring market-pertinent comments in bold. Times
The Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Symposium begins with a dinner on Thursday, 24 August 2023. The full agenda will be made available at 6 PM US Mountain Time, which is 8 PMEastern time. This year’s topic is ““Structural Shifts in the Global Economy”. More on this: This year’s theme will explore several significant, and potentially
Share: The US Dollar is unchanged near the New York opening bell. Very light data calendar points to a rather uneventful day in the wake of US inflation data on Thursday. The US Dollar Index nudges lower, eyes key support test. The US Dollar (USD) is trading sideways to slightly lower as markets
Share: EUR/GBP struggles to capitalize on its modest intraday bounce from the 0.8600 mark. The BoE’s less hawkish signals undermine the GBP and act as a tailwind for the cross. Speculations that the ECB will soon pause its rate-hiking cycle caps gains for the Euro. The EUR/GBP cross attracts fresh buying near the
