Market News for October 30, 2026
Every story Market Flux published on October 30, 2026.
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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Inovio's Voceryq for Rare Respiratory Disease, Sending Shares Up More Than 280%
The US Food and Drug Administration on October 30 granted accelerated approval to Inovio Pharmaceuticals' Voceryq, formerly known as INO-3107, as an immunotherapy to reduce the frequency of…
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Accendra Health Receives NYSE Non-Compliance Notice Over Market Cap and Stockholders Equity Shortfalls
Accendra Health, Inc. received a formal notice from the New York Stock Exchange on October 27, 2026, notifying the company that it is out of compliance with Section 802.01B of the NYSE's…
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Church & Dwight Hits 52-Week High After Q3 Beat, $1 Billion Buyback and Raised Organic Sales Outlook
Church & Dwight posted third-quarter net sales of $1.602 billion, a 1.0% increase that exceeded the company's own guidance of a 1% decline. Organic sales rose 5.1%, well above the company's…
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Fitch Cuts France Outlook to Negative and S&P Does the Same to Meta on the Same Day
Fitch Ratings revised France's sovereign credit outlook to negative from stable on October 30, while affirming the country's A+ long-term rating. The agency cited conditions that have…
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Elton Resources Closes C$3.47 Million Flow-Through Private Placement on the TSXV
Elton Resources Corp., trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol DBAY, has completed a private placement of flow-through units totaling C$3.47 million. The financing was…
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NRx Pharmaceuticals Wins FDA Approval for Generic Preservative-Free Ketamine KETAFREE Ahead of Deadline
NRx Pharmaceuticals received FDA approval on October 30 for its generic preservative-free ketamine injection, branded as KETAFREE, beating the agency's November 10 GDUFA goal date. The…
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Grid Dynamics Posts Record Q3 2026 Revenue of $114.3 Million With AI at 31% of Sales
Grid Dynamics Holdings reported record third quarter 2026 revenue of $114.3 million, beating the top of its guidance range of $112.0 million to $114.0 million and rising 9.7% from the same…
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Alphatec Holdings Cuts Full-Year Revenue Outlook After Q3 Earnings and Estimates Miss Triggers 32% Stock Drop
Alphatec Holdings reported third-quarter 2026 total revenue of $221 million, a 13% year-over-year increase, but the result fell short of Wall Street estimates, sending shares down roughly…
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Reddit Stock Crashes Over 30% After CEO Warns Google AI Search Is Gutting Platform Traffic
Reddit shares fell more than 30% on October 30, marking what analysts called the company's worst single-day decline ever, after management warned that accelerating losses in search referral…
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Intel Plunges 29% in Worst Single-Day Drop Since 1974 After Catastrophic Q4 Guidance Miss
Intel shares collapsed as much as 29% to 31% on October 30, marking the chipmaker's worst single-day percentage decline since 1974 and potentially its worst day on record, after the company…
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Qualcomm Shares Sink 12% as Smartphone Chip Market Share Slips and Sector Selloff Hits Semis
Qualcomm shares fell as much as 12% on October 30, 2026, among the steepest declines in a broad semiconductor selloff that also dragged Arm down 10%, Marvell 8%, and Broadcom 5%. The drop…
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Illumina Stock Falls Nearly 19% Despite Q3 EPS Beat and Raised Full-Year Guidance
Illumina shares plunged roughly 19% on October 30 after the genomics company reported Q3 2026 revenue of $1.13 billion, up 4.2% year over year but below Wall Street's consensus…
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Stryker Shares Plunge 11% After Q3 Miss and Steep Guidance Cut Tied to March Cyberattack
Stryker Corp. reported third-quarter 2026 results that missed Wall Street expectations on both revenue and earnings, and slashed its full-year organic growth guidance, sending shares down…
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Twilio Stock Tumbles Nearly 20% After Q4 Guidance Signals Sharp Growth Deceleration
Twilio posted a strong third quarter on October 29, beating estimates on both the top and bottom lines, but its weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter outlook triggered a sharp selloff that…
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HP Inc Shares Tumble 9% as Intel Warns of Deepening PC Slump and Memory Shortages
HP Inc fell roughly 9% on October 30, 2026, dragged down by a stark warning from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan that memory shortages are choking PC demand and forcing original equipment…
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Coinbase Drops 26% in October as Q3 Revenue Miss and Binance Hack Hammer COIN
Coinbase Global closed October at $138.07, down 26% from its September 30 close of $186.41, after a weaker-than-expected third quarter and a $6.3 billion hack at rival Binance rattled…
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AMD Tumbles 10-13% as Intel's Weak PC Outlook and Poor Guidance Drag Semiconductor Sector Lower
AMD shares fell between 10% and 13% on October 30, 2026, as a broad semiconductor selloff triggered by Intel's dismal earnings guidance erased billions in market value across the chip…
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SanDisk Slides 13% Despite 378% Revenue Surge, 8-for-1 Stock Split and Raised Guidance
SanDisk reported fiscal first-quarter 2027 revenue of $11.03 billion, a 378% jump from the prior-year period and a 23% sequential increase, with non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of…
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Goldman Sachs Shares Weigh on Dow as Firm Warns AI Could Eliminate 15 Million US Jobs
Goldman Sachs shares fell on October 30, contributing repeatedly to sharp Dow Jones declines that reached as much as 684 points during the session, as broader market pressure from…
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Palantir Heads Into Monday Q3 Earnings Report With Valuation Scrutiny and Mixed Technical Signals
Palantir Technologies is set to report its third-quarter earnings on Monday, November 2, making it one of the marquee events of a packed week that also includes Apple and AMD. The stock has…
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Dell Stock Tumbles 12% as Intel Warning on PC Slump and Memory Shortage Hammers Hardware Sector
Dell Technologies shares fell roughly 12 to 13 percent on October 30, 2026, dragged down by a stark warning from Intel after its third-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings report. Intel issued…
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Three Texas Instruments Directors Sell and Exercise More Than $5.8 Million in Shares in a Single Day
Three Texas Instruments board members filed Form 4 disclosures covering transactions dated October 27, 2026, collectively involving more than $5.8 million in share sales and options…
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Robinhood Stock Drops Nearly 9% as Record $6.3 Billion Binance Hack Crushes Crypto Sentiment
Robinhood Markets shares fell as much as 8.85% on Friday after Binance disclosed a $6.3 billion hack, the largest theft in crypto history, hammering sentiment across digital assets and the…
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Broadcom Slides 5% Amid Chip Selloff as Anthropic Deal Draws Scrutiny Over Junk Credit Risk
Broadcom shares fell roughly 5%, trading at $327.49 on Friday, dragged down by a broad semiconductor selloff triggered by Intel's dismal earnings guidance and weaker-than-expected results…
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Apple Reclaims World's Most Valuable Company Title From Nvidia as Shares Sink Nearly 5%
Nvidia shares fell roughly 4 to 5 percent on Friday, breaking below their 200-day moving average and pushing the stock down about 13.6 percent from its October 6 peak, putting it on course…
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Applied Materials Trades 47.6% Below Its 52-Week High After Forecast-Free Investor Day Triggers Selloff
Applied Materials shares are down 47.6% from their 52-week high, making it one of the steepest drawdowns among large-cap technology stocks, according to market data circulating on October…
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Morgan Stanley Upgrades Lockheed to Overweight With Street-High Target as Hedge Fund De-Grossing Hits Record
Morgan Stanley analyst Kristine Liwag upgraded Lockheed Martin to Overweight from Equal-weight and raised her price target to $835 from $690, citing the company's multi-year F-35 fighter…
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Marvell in Advanced Talks to Acquire Nvidia-Backed Lumentum in All-Stock Deal With Limited Premium
Marvell Technology is in advanced talks to acquire Lumentum, the Nvidia-backed optical components maker, in a deal that CNBC's David Faber reported would be structured entirely in stock and…
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Cisco Shares Weigh on Dow as AI Code Overhaul and Sector Tailwinds Draw Attention
Cisco shares fell on October 30, contributing to a Dow Jones Industrial Average that dropped as much as 375 points on the day, with Cisco and Nvidia among the named drivers of the decline…
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Multiple Analysts Cut Hershey Price Targets After Q3 Earnings as Cocoa Costs and Consumer Caution Mount
The Hershey Company reported third-quarter 2026 net sales of $3.28 billion, up 3.0% year over year, with adjusted earnings per share of $2.64, a 103.1% increase that beat the Zacks…
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Mondelez Surges 7% After Beating Q3 Estimates and Acquiring Majority Stake in Undercover Snacks
Mondelez International shares jumped roughly 7% in premarket trading on October 30 after the snack giant delivered a stronger-than-expected third quarter and announced a majority investment…
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LyondellBasell Posts Q3 Earnings Miss on Revenue While Selling Houston Refinery Site to Valero for $320.5 Million
LyondellBasell Industries reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $758 million, with adjusted diluted earnings per share of $2.54, falling just short of the consensus estimate of $2.57 to…
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GoDaddy Q3 2026 Revenue Rises 6% to $1.34 Billion as AI Tool Airo Tops $100 Million Run Rate
GoDaddy reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.34 billion, up 6% year-over-year on both a reported and constant-currency basis, with net income of $261.8 million and earnings of $2.08…
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Regeneron Surges Nearly 14% After Q3 Revenue and EPS Smash Estimates on Dupixent and EYLEA HD Strength
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals posted a blowout third quarter on October 30, 2026, with revenue of $5.12 billion beating the Wall Street consensus of roughly $4.54 billion by more than $540…
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Apple Reclaims Title of World's Most Valuable Company, Surpassing Nvidia at $5 Trillion
Apple Inc. reclaimed the title of world's most valuable company on Friday, October 30, overtaking Nvidia Corp. as investors rotated toward the iPhone maker amid growing concerns about…
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Newell Brands Q3 Sales Beat Offset by Surprise Loss and Weak Q4 Margin Outlook
Newell Brands reported third-quarter 2026 results that beat top-line expectations but sent the stock down roughly 11% in premarket trading, as the company swung to a net loss and issued…
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Anthropic in Talks to Lease Hyperscale Data Centre Campus Near Edmonton With Beacon Data Centers
Anthropic is in talks to lease a large, hyperscale data centre campus near Edmonton, Alberta, according to reporting by The Globe and Mail. The AI company is negotiating with developer…
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Dallas Fed's Logan Calls for At Least Two More Quarter-Point Rate Hikes Before Any Pause
Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan said on October 30 that the Fed needs to deliver at least two additional 25-basis-point rate increases before any halt to its tightening…
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CD&R Pursues $40 Billion Buyout of Global Payments in One of History's Largest Ever Private Equity Deals
Clayton, Dubilier and Rice is pursuing a buyout of Global Payments, the Atlanta-based payments processor valued at approximately $40 billion, according to a Financial Times report published…
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Blackstone Warns Anthropic May Not Achieve Investment-Grade Rating After IPO
Blackstone has told investors that Anthropic may not secure an investment-grade credit rating following its initial public offering, according to a Financial Times report. The warning…
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Intel's Record 30% Crash and Amazon AI Spending Alarm Wipe $1.7 Trillion From US Markets
Intel suffered its worst single-day stock decline in over 50 years on October 30, plunging roughly 29 to 30 percent after issuing a deeply disappointing fourth-quarter forecast. The…
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North Korean Hackers Steal $6.3 Billion from Binance in Largest Crypto Heist on Record
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a $6.3 billion hack, the biggest theft in crypto history, with blockchain intelligence firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis…
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Fed and ECB Officials Flag AI Investment Boom as a Growing Force on Inflation and Policy
Senior central bank officials from both the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank said on October 30 that the surge in artificial intelligence investment is creating measurable…
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Japan requests expanded access to Anthropic and OpenAI advanced AI models as part of emergency cybersecurity package
Japan has formally asked Anthropic and OpenAI for greater access to their most advanced AI models, according to a Nikkei report published October 30. The request is part of a broader…
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Trump Cancels Then Reinstates Kansas and Iowa Midterm Rallies Within Hours
President Trump abruptly canceled planned in-person rallies for Republican Senators Roger Marshall of Kansas and Ashley Hinson of Iowa, announcing he would instead hold tele-rallies for…
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Democrats Surge to 70% Odds of Midterm Sweep as Alaska Senate Race Roiled by Spoiler Scandal
Prediction markets sharply upgraded the chances of a full Democratic takeover of Congress in Tuesday's US midterm elections, with Polymarket putting the probability of Democrats winning…
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Fed's Barkin Backs Gradual Rate Increases as Business Cost Pressures Broaden
Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin on Thursday signaled support for a deliberate, step-by-step approach to raising interest rates, saying the direction of travel for the Fed is clear while…
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Chicago PMI Slips to 55.3 in October, Missing Forecasts and Falling from September High
The MNI Chicago Business Barometer fell to 55.3 in October, down from 58.8 in September and short of analyst forecasts that had centered on 55.8 to 56.0. The reading still signals expansion…
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Canada GDP Flatlines in July and August With September Contraction Signaled
Canada's economy stalled for a second consecutive month in August, following zero growth in July, and Statistics Canada's early data points to a slight contraction in September, capping a…
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Chevron Q3 Profit Nearly Triples to $9.9 Billion as War-Driven Refining Surge Lifts Earnings to Fourth Highest in Company History
Chevron reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $9.9 billion, nearly tripling year over year, as record U.S. refining margins driven by attacks on Russian and Middle Eastern refineries…
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SanDisk Drops 9% Despite Blowout Q1 Earnings, Raised Guidance and 8-for-1 Stock Split
SanDisk shares fell roughly 9% in premarket trading on October 30 after the memory-chip maker reported fiscal first-quarter results that beat estimates across the board, raised its outlook…
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Acumen Pharmaceuticals halts Alzheimer's drug sabirnetug after Phase 2 ALTITUDE-AD trial fails
Acumen Pharmaceuticals is ceasing development of sabirnetug, its lead Alzheimer's candidate, after the Phase 2 ALTITUDE-AD trial missed its primary endpoint and key secondary endpoints. The…
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Intel Plunges Nearly 29% After Q4 Guidance Miss, PC Slump and Factory Accident Overshadow Data Center Surge
Intel posted a better-than-expected third quarter but issued a fourth-quarter revenue forecast of $15 billion to $16 billion, roughly $1.1 billion to $2 billion below the Wall Street…
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ExxonMobil Posts Record Refining Profit in Q3 as War-Driven Diesel Crunch Doubles Net Income
ExxonMobil reported third-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings per share of $4.23, beating the Wall Street consensus of $4.08 by $0.15, on revenue of $113.16 billion that topped estimates of…
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NRx Pharmaceuticals Wins FDA Approval for Preservative-Free Ketamine Ahead of November 10 Deadline
NRx Pharmaceuticals received FDA approval for its generic preservative-free ketamine injection, branded as KETAFREE, on October 30, beating the agency's November 10 GDUFA goal date. The…
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AstraZeneca Surges 6% After Q3 Profit Jumps 23% and $1.5 Billion Cost-Savings Plan Unveiled
AstraZeneca reported third-quarter revenue of $16.21 billion, up 7% year over year, with profit beating estimates by 23% as double-digit growth in oncology, respiratory and immunology, and…
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Valero Agrees to Buy Former LyondellBasell Houston Refinery Site for $320.5 Million
Valero Energy Corporation announced Friday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Valero Refining-Texas, L.P., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding equity interests…
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North Korea Suspected in $6.3 Billion Binance Hack, Largest Crypto Theft on Record
Hackers stole an estimated $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, in what analysts are calling the biggest crypto heist in history. The theft, which…
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UK Gilt Yields Hit Five-Week Low After Burnham Budget While US Treasuries Also Retreat
The UK bond market staged a notable recovery after Prime Minister Andy Burnham's debut budget, delivered by Chancellor John Healey on October 28, reassured investors with fiscal restraint…
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ECB's Panetta Warns of Worsening Price Outlook and Signals Further Rate Hikes Ahead
European Central Bank Governing Council member Fabio Panetta warned on October 30 that the outlook for prices is worsening and that further increases in policy rates could prove necessary…
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ExxonMobil and Chevron Post Blowout Q3 Profits as War-Driven Refining Margins Hit Records
ExxonMobil and Chevron delivered the headline results of a busy October 30 earnings day, both crushing estimates as war-related disruptions to Middle Eastern and Russian refineries sent…
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Tesco Sells Czech and Slovak Supermarket Operations to Ahold Delhaize for 1.7 Billion Euros
Tesco, Britain's largest supermarket chain, has agreed to sell its supermarket businesses in the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Dutch retailer Ahold Delhaize at an enterprise value of 1.7…
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BP, ExxonMobil and Chevron Post Record or Near-Record Profits as Iran War Drives Refining Boom
The world's largest publicly traded oil companies swept past analyst estimates in third-quarter 2026 earnings, all crediting the same force: war-driven supply disruptions that sent refining…
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Eurozone Q3 GDP Beats at 0.4% as France Contracts and Germany Inflation Tumbles
The eurozone economy grew 0.4% in the third quarter, double the 0.2% consensus estimate and ahead of the prior quarter's 0.6%, with output up 1.3% year over year against an 1.1% forecast…
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Gold Falls Below $4,000 as US Inflation Data Fuel Federal Reserve Rate Hike Expectations
Gold dropped below the psychologically significant $4,000 per ounce level and extended losses into a second consecutive session, pressured by stronger-than-expected US inflation data that…
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North Korea Stages Kamikaze Drone Drills Against Mock US and South Korean Targets as Seoul Vows Firm Response to Border Breaches
North Korea conducted simulated kamikaze drone strikes against mock South Korean and U.S. military targets at a weapons exhibition personally attended by Kim Jong-un, escalating an already…
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Trump and Vance Cancel Final Weekend Rallies as Alaska Senate Scandal and Iran Tensions Roil Midterm Homestretch
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance scrapped their planned in-person campaign appearances in the closing days before the November 3 midterm elections, canceling stops in Kansas…
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Bank of Japan Holds Rate at 1.25% and Declares Inflation Target Met for First Time Since 2013
The Bank of Japan kept its short-term interest rate target unchanged at 1.25% on Friday, a three-decade high, in an 8-1 vote, while making a landmark declaration that underlying inflation…
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Australia Q3 Producer Prices Rise at Slower Pace as Private Credit Beats Forecasts
Australia's producer price index rose 1.1% quarter-on-quarter in Q3 2026, easing from the 1.3% gain recorded in the prior quarter, according to data released October 30. The annual PPI rate…
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Oil Surges to Four-Month Highs as Iran Mines Three Tankers in Hormuz and Ukraine Hits Russian Refinery
Crude oil prices surged to their highest levels in months on Friday after Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy reported that three oil tankers, including a supertanker carrying more than 2…
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Japan Posts Mixed October Data as Tokyo Inflation Holds Above BOJ Target and Industrial Output Surges
A wave of Japanese economic data released on October 30 painted a mixed picture of the economy, with Tokyo inflation remaining above the Bank of Japan's 2% target, industrial production…