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The United States stocks seem to head for a recovery when markets open on Monday as futures contracts posted significant gains earlier in the day. What Happened The futures recovered after a turbulent week where markets tanked in response to the worsening situation over the novel...

The United States dollar fell against the Japanese yen on Thursday as investors fear a possible coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. What Happened The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said it had identified a coronavirus patient with no travel history to affected areas or...

Chinese stocks led an Asia-wide market recovery on Tuesday, as the paranoia over the markets reopening post the extended lunar holiday seemed to calm down. What Happened The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose to 20,438 by the end of Monday, according to state-run Xinhua News...

Markets in China tumbled significantly in early trade on Monday (Beijing time) over coronavirus fears. What Happened The markets opened after the Lunar holiday, which was extended due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, after having last traded on January 23. The death toll from the virus...

Stocks in the European Union surged in early trade on Friday as the EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan gave positive reviews of his meetings with the United States counterpart Robert Ligthizer and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. The U.S. futures too extended gains. What Happened "These...

Stocks in Asia and the European Union surged Monday, with the United States and People's Republic of China set to sign the long-awaited first phase of their trade deal later this week. U.S. futures too pointed toward a higher open. China's Liu Arrives In US Monday...

Investors are looking for safe havens like gold and decentralized currencies as tensions in the Middle East region spike following Iran's strike at two airbases in Iraq that hosted American troops. What Happened More than a dozen ballistic missiles were launched targeting the Al-Assad and Irbil...

Markets in Europe extended their losses from last week on Monday as tensions in the middle-east region following U.S. strikes in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian military leader remain high. US futures too pointed to another poor open for the US markets on Monday, as investors look...

Seattle-based coffee chain company Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is losing ground in China to local competitor Luckin Coffee Inc. (NASDAQ: LK). What Happened Luckin Coffee had 4,500 outlets in China by the end of 2019 against Starbucks' 4,300, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Friday (...

The spot and derivatives exchange OKEx is launching options trading for digital assets later this month as part of an upgrade to its platform architecture. The product addition will help traders take advantage of volatility, hedge risk and discover prices, Enzo Villani, OKEx's...

Markets in Asia Pacific and U.S. Futures continued to see growth on Tuesday in the aftermath of the announcement of phase one of the trade deal between the U.S. and China. What Happened The two countries said that they reached an agreement over the long-standing trade war on Friday. When the...

Bitcoin mining equipment maker Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) made its trading debut on the Nasdaq exchange on Thursday. What Happened The China-based company raised $90 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday by selling 10 million American Depositary Shares at $9 each. Canaan...

Stock market indices continue to hit record highs in the United States. On Nov. 8, the Down Jones Industrial Average closed at an 18.7% increase since Jan. 1. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed with a 23.4% and 27.7% yearly gain, respectively. While this is a good thing for investors, what about...

Benzinga is highlighting nominees for the fifth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards ahead of the event Nov. 19 in New York City. One nominee is Modulus, a fintech servicing traders, brokerages, and educational institutions. Processing In 40 Billionths Of A Second Launched in 1997, the Arizona-...

Benzinga is highlighting nominees for the fifth annual Benzinga Global Fintech Awards ahead of the event Nov. 19 in New York City. One nominee is EquityStat, a tool for managing and tracking investments. Background Founded in 2015, EquityStat was built by investors for investors. The platform...