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Treasury Yields Rise as Markets Await Midterm Election Results

Treasury yields rose in early European trade as U.S. voters go to the polls in the midterm elections Tuesday, while oil prices rebounded slightly from their sharp fall on Monday.

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U.S. Stocks Mixed as Percolating AI Fears Offset Oil Relief

Stocks ended mixed after hopes for U.S.-Iranian negotiations caused a slide in the price of oil, while concerns about a potential AI bust weighed on the technology sector.

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U.S. Strikes Iran's Qeshm Island as Trump Talks Down War Risks

The assault follows comments by President Trump playing down the possibility of a return to war with Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections.

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Iran War Threatens Record Annual Drop in Global LNG Supply, IEA Says

Liquefied-natural-gas output was set for its steepest annual decline on record as the Iran war chokes off supplies and intensifies competition among importers.

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Swiss Inflation Jumps to Highest Since 2023 on Imported Energy Costs

Annual inflation was 1.5% in October, compared with 1.0% in the prior month, Switzerland's statistics office said.

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Australia Central Bank Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level in 18 Years

The Reserve Bank of Australia raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.85%, the highest since 2008 after "materially" revising up its inflation forecasts.

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China's Central Bank Tweaks Forex Reserve Rules to Steady Yuan

The People's Bank of China said it would hike the foreign-exchange reserve requirement ratio for financial institutions by 2 percentage points to 6%.

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Hedge Fund Elliott Warns of FOGO: Fear of Getting Obliterated in the Market

The $80 billion hedge-fund firm posted flat returns in third quarter and under 2% gains this year through September.

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America's Multi-Trillion-Dollar AI Buildout Is on the Ballot-and Wall Street Is Watching

Investors are following races in key states for pushback against the AI infrastructure build-out.

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South Korea Inflation Remained Above Target in October

Headline inflation eased in October but remained above the central bank's 2% target.

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This Earnings Season's Biggest Beats Are Coming From Outside Tech

Energy, utilities and industrials are delivering bigger earnings surprises as technology stocks struggle to exceed expectations.

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How soon gas prices could go down now that oil is tumbling

Retail gas prices dropped to $4.12 a gallon on Monday, as U.S. oil prices fell below $100 a barrel.

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Big Tech's AI Binge Is Sinking the Market. Can Santa Save It?

Stocks are sputtering as the tech trade loses steam. Rebounding from here, however, will be tricky.

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The bond-market rally is defying the typical investing playbook. Here's why.

The U.S. economy expanded at its fastest clip in over five years during the third quarter, according to the Commerce Department's initial reading on GDP. Yet despite a barrage of robust data, Treasury bonds staged a surprise rally in October.

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U.S. Factory Activity Expands in October

The Institute for Supply Management's purchasing managers' index was 55.5 in October - higher than the September figure of 54.5.

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Canada Manufacturing Sector PMI Slips Into Contraction Territory

The S&P Global Canada manufacturing purchasing managers index retreated in October to 49.6, a third straight monthly decline.

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November 03, 2026 03:15 ET (08:15 GMT)