News about Stock market
Swiss bank UBS revised silver price forecasts downward at all key horizons, citing deteriorating supply and demand in the market.
The dollar strengthened after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, signaling a mood for policy tightening. The latest Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting showed the central bank’s increasingly hawkish stance. The trend has put pressure on most Asian currencies, including emerging market currencies.
Coca-Cola, one of the world’s largest beverage makers, started 2026 with results above market expectations, raising its full-year profit forecast. Against this backdrop, the company’s shares rose more than 2% in pre-market (before the start of main trading).
The price of the first cryptocurrency will reach a cycle low at $57,000 this October. This opinion was shared by investor Michael Turpin in a conversation with Cointelegraph.
Investors are selling off shares of arms makers that have failed to keep up with rising demand amid the war in Iraq, Ukraine, and the militarization of Europe.
Norway’s biggest sovereign fund with assets of $2.2 trillion reported a first-quarter loss of NOK636 billion ($68.44 billion) on Thursday amid the negative impact of the war in the Middle East on global stock markets.
Anthropic’s valuation on Forge Global, a leading private exchange, has reached $1 trillion, up from OpenAI, which was valued at $852 billion earlier this year.
Profits at Elon Musk’s Tesla surged in the first quarter amid a recovery in car sales after a slump in 2025. The electric car maker said it earned $477 million in the quarter, up 17% from a year earlier.
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom has asked the German government for approval to merge with its US subsidiary T-Mobile to create a new holding company.
JPMorgan raised its market capitalization target for 2026, reversing a previous downgrade in its forecast due to the war against Iran. Analysts said Anthropic’s new model breathes new life into the artificial intelligence industry. JPMorgan said expected first-quarter earnings growth will also boost the stock.
Centralized, closed and not open on weekends, the New York Stock Exchange is emblematic of everything bitcoin was created to disrupt, The Wall Street Journal writes. Nevertheless, the 233-year-old Wall Street giant has quietly and unexpectedly become a major player in the crypto industry.
The state decided not to keep the 30.08% stake in Alimentarmash JSC. It is included in the privatization list administered by the Public Property Agency.
The price of the first cryptocurrency rose to $78,000 for the first time since early February. The reason for the positive dynamics was the statement of Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who announced the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
According to the data of the Ministry of Finance, during the first five days of subscription (April 13-17, 2026), about 59 million lei were invested on the eVMS.md platform during the April round. More than fifty individuals carried out 635 transactions, reaching a record level of interest in investment instruments since the beginning of the year.
Bitcoin traded near $74,700 in Asian morning hours on Friday, down 0.4% in 24 hours but up 3.5% for the week as a 10-day rally in global stock markets paused ahead of the expiration of a truce between the U.S. and Iran next week.
French fashion house Hermes (HRMS) on Wednesday, April 15, led the fall of shares among luxury brands. The cost of securities collapsed by 14.22% to the closing level of the previous day and at the minimum amounted to 1529.5 euros. This is the strongest intraday fall in the history of the company.
The state intends to sell the “ultra-minority” stake in Moldindconbank through a regulated market, i.e. on the stock exchange. It is about 2,472 shares, which is only 0.05% of the bank’s capital.
Markets remain positive amid uncertainty, with the truce between the US and Iran looking fragile ahead of talks between the two countries scheduled for Saturday.
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), believes bitcoin probably bottomed out in early February at the $60,000 level.
The dollar fell sharply against all key currencies, following a two-week ceasefire agreement between Iran and the US. This agreement led to a significant drop in oil prices and weakened demand for the dollar as a defensive asset in the conflict.
