Breaking News: Markets
- Chip stocks rally after bumper earnings and a report of a game-changing China approval for Nvidia - Reuters reported that China has approved sales of Nvidia's H200, sending the AI chip giant's shares higher in premarket trade.
- Mining stocks have been on a tear, with gold passing $5,000. Analysts are split on what's next - Appetite for mining stocks has cooled over the past six months, according to a Citi note.
- Dollar suffers worst one-day slide since last April after Trump says currency hasn't fallen too low - The dollar dropped about 1.3% on Tuesday.
- Asia markets set to open mostly higher after S&P 500 hits record - Markets across Asia were poised to extend gains on Tuesday after a record close on Wall Street, with Australia’s inflation release in focus.
- Five years after the GameStop mania, retail investors have become a force Wall Street can’t ignore - "Retail investors are difference-makers. They can move markets with size and conviction," said Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat.
- Fed is likely to lower rates only two more times, even under Trump's next chair pick: CNBC Fed survey - Forecasters don't believe the next Fed chair installed by President Donald Trump will drive down overnight rates towards the low levels demanded by the president.
- China's industrial profits rise 0.6% in 2025, accelerating in December as output expands despite weak demand - EconomyChina's industrial profits rise 0.6% in 2025, accelerating in December as output expands despite weak demandPublished Mon, Jan 26 20269:05 PM ESTAnniek B
- Health insurers tumble after Trump administration proposes keeping Medicare Advantage rates flat next year - Shares of large Medicare plan providers Humana, CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group plunged in extended trading.
- Trump says tariffs on South Korean autos, pharma, lumber to rise to 25% over trade deal enaction delay - South Korean-based automaker Hyundai Motor is the largest importer of new vehicles from that country into the United States.
- AI spending wasn't the biggest engine of U.S. economic growth in 2025, despite popular assumptions - The GDP value of AI is smaller than it might appear given that a lot of high-tech equipment is imported, according to a recent MRB Partners report.