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WTI's break above $99.20 trendline resistance and the 50% Fib sets up a run toward $107.00, impacting commodity FX and the dollar. Next cue: a close above $107 or a drop below $98.50.
OECD sees BoJ rate climbing to 2% by end-2027, driven by a positive wage-price cycle. Spring wage talks now serve as the next concrete test for the yen's path.
Arafura signed a US offtake for 500tpa NdPr oxide, Anson locked a POSCO-funded DLE demo plant, and Core Lithium awarded a $274M underground contract. What the moves mean for the next catalyst.
The 38-year-old's sudden death forces a reassessment of the Yadav family's political alignment, with his BJP-member wife now a focal point. Next catalyst: condolence optics.
Commonwealth Bank's earnings miss and budget tax changes triggered the worst selloff since 2008, raising questions about the sector's margin outlook and valuation support.
The Senate Banking Committee released a revised CLARITY Act on May 12, scheduling a committee vote for May 14. The bill aims to clarify crypto regulation, with a bipartisan path now in play.
The yen stays weak despite a hawkish BoJ because the US-Japan rate gap anchors USD/JPY. US rates at 5.25-5.50% fund the carry trade. Next decision point: the Fed’s June dot plot.
A re-engineering of MobiKwik’s revenue mix lifted lending gross profit 18X, even as topline revenue contracted. A ₹55 Cr merchant-infra bet targets 10X revenue by FY28 alongside a newly acquired NBFC license.
OECD projects BoJ policy rate reaching 2% by end-2027, implying 150bp of tightening. The path would compress US-Japan yield spreads and force a carry trade recalibration.
Chicago Fed's Goolsbee says services inflation is the real worry after April CPI hit 3.8% headline, 2.8% core. Labor market stable, removing urgency to ease.
The Australian dollar climbed toward 0.7250 after the RBA's hawkish commentary shifted rate-cut expectations. The upcoming Trump-Xi summit now poses the next directional risk.
LPG price unchanged at ₹912.50; OMCs lose ₹1,700 crore/day with ₹1 lakh crore cumulative gap. The mismatch sets up a policy catalyst that will re-rate IOC, BPCL, HPCL.
JPMorgan's filing signals that major banks now view on-chain yield products as a competitive necessity for capturing stablecoin reserve balances.
Crude slipped after a three-day rally as traders tracked Iran ceasefire talks and a potential Trump-Xi summit, with the next catalyst being any concrete deal.
Prateek Yadav, 38, stepson of Mulayam Singh Yadav and husband of BJP leader Aparna Yadav, passed away at Lucknow's Civil Hospital. Cause unknown. No direct market exposure, but political continuity in Uttar Pradesh remains a watchpoint for Indian equities.
The Senate Banking Committee added the Build Now Act, co-sponsored by Kennedy and Warren, to the crypto bill ahead of the May 14 markup, altering the vote-counting calculus. The markup will test whether the bipartisan gambit delivers the votes.
YCANTH dispensed units rose 12.1% sequentially in Q1 2026. Verrica targets a mid-2026 COVE-3 trial start, with Japan launch and EU path extending the revenue map.
CEO Joseph DeVivo says 20% of serious-condition patients are first misdiagnosed, and point-of-care ultrasound can change that. The readthrough for traditional imaging players is direct.
62% attack-free and therapy-free at 28 weeks, attack rate cut in upper 80%, the data validate in vivo gene editing, shifting sector risk from scientific to execution.
Astrana Health Q1 revenue jumped over 40%, free cash flow tripled, CEO tells BofA conference. Prospect deal delivering; next catalyst full-year guidance.
Verrica's Q1 2026 call puts the YCANTH launch trajectory and cash runway under scrutiny. The stock's next move hinges on commercial execution details and pipeline timelines.
Up to 40 premises destroyed, hundreds affected. The speed of a tailored support scheme and the extent of insurance gaps will determine how many businesses survive.
Australia’s Wage Price Index rose 3.3% YoY in Q1, matching forecasts. The print keeps the RBA on hold and caps AUD/USD upside. Next catalyst: RBA minutes.
The dollar index hit its highest level in a week after a strong U.S. inflation print revived Fed tightening fears. Traders now turn to the FOMC minutes for rate clues.
Annual wage growth held at 3.3% for a second straight quarter, reinforcing the RBA's reluctance to cut rates while services inflation remains sticky. The next test for AUD/USD is the US PCE inflation print.
The 10.9 percentage point swing from +7.9% to -3% in Q1 investment lending removes a pillar of domestic demand, raising the probability of an RBA rate cut and pressuring AUD/USD.
India’s April CPI hit 3.5%, a 13-month high, as food inflation reached 4.2%. Rising costs and a weak rupee put rate hikes on RBI’s table ahead of monsoon risks.
The -4.3% quarterly swing in home loans casts doubt on the RBA's ability to hold rates, adding domestic pressure to an already strong US dollar.
Asian currencies slid against the dollar Wednesday after a hot US inflation print and a stalled Iran ceasefire reset the macro outlook. The next test is whether the Fed's hawkish repricing extends.
Oklo’s Q1 call transcript omits revenue and earnings. The participant list, Goldman, Cantor, B. Riley among others, maps the institutional desks pricing the name as an option on NRC approval.