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U.S. stock futures were little changed late Monday, following another brutal week for tech stocks.
UOB Global Economics & Markets Research highlights that Malaysia’s final 4Q25 GDP grew 6.3% year‑on‑year, the fastest since 4Q22, lifting full‑year 2025 growth to 5.2%, above the official 4.0%–4.8% range. Growth was driven by domestic demand, exports, tourism and AI‑related tech. UOB expects real GDP to slow to 4.5% in 2026 and Bank Negara Malaysia to keep the OPR at 2.75%.Robust 2025 gives way to slower 2026″Malaysia’s final 4Q25 GDP surprised on the upside, growing 6.3% y/y (advance est: +5.7%; 3Q25: revised upwardly to +5.4% from +5.2%), the fastest quarterly expansion since 4Q22.””For the full year of 2025, Malaysia’s economy…
Here’s how trading hours and other services will be affected on the federal holiday, which falls on Monday, Feb. 16, this year.
Gold prices fell in United Arab Emirates on Monday, according to data compiled by FXStreet.The price for Gold stood at 587.94 United Arab Emirates Dirhams (AED) per gram, down compared with the AED 594.28 it cost on Friday.The price for Gold decreased to AED 6,858.50 per tola from AED 6,931.57 per tola on friday.Unit measureGold Price in AED1 Gram587.9410 Grams5,877.33Tola6,858.50Troy Ounce18,287.15FXStreet calculates Gold prices in United Arab Emirates by adapting international prices (USD/AED) to the local currency and measurement units. Prices are updated daily based on the market rates taken at the time of publication. Prices are just for reference…
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Highlights include US PCE and GDP, FOMC Minutes, RBNZ, Flash PMIs, UK, Canadian and Japanese Inflation Week Ahead Highlights SUN: Japanese Prelim. GDP (Q4) MON: US Holiday (Washington’s Birthday/Presidents Day); Eurogroup Meeting; Swedish Unemployment (Jan), EZ Industrial Production (Dec) TUE: RBA Minutes (Feb); UK Unemployment/Wages (Dec), German ZEW (Feb), US ADP Weekly, Canadian CPI (Jan), NY Fed (Feb), Chinese Lunar New Year (Hong Kong markets closed from 17th-19th Feb) WED: RBNZ Announcement, FOMC Minutes (Jan); Japanese Trade Balance (Jan), Australian Wage Price Index (Q4), UK CPI (Jan), US NY Fed (Feb), Industrial Production (Jan) THU: Japanese CPI (Jan), Australian…
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MUFG’s Michael Wan views the detailed US–India interim trade deal, including tariff cuts and exemptions, as positive for India’s external position. He sees scope for USD/INR to briefly break below 90 in coming months, but expects only a shallow INR recovery. MUFG forecasts USD/INR at 89.50 in Q1 2026 before rising back to 93.00 by year-end on FDI repatriation and wider deficits.Tariff cuts help but upside later”USD/INR: US and India provided more details around the interim trade deal. Overall we think it is a positive, and we forecast USD/INR at 89.50 by March 2026 and 93.00 by Dec 2026″”Overall, we…
As shares of Amazon deepen into a bear market, investors are once again weighing if the company’s spending plans will pay off.
Retail Prop Trading for U.S. Traders Prop Trading I was watching a news program recently when I saw an advertisement for a proprietary trading firm. It immediately made me wonder: Is retail prop trading really suitable for U.S. traders? Anyone who has traded global markets understands there is no free lunch in trading. Success requires not only skill, but discipline to survive, let alone thrive in the challenging world of retail trading. For anyone in the U.S. (or elsewhere) considering signing up for a retail prop trading challenge, it’s essential to go in with eyes wide open. The…