The Australian and New Zealand dollars were down sharply on the euro on Friday after the European Central Bank shocked markets with a hawkish turn, though a bounce in U.S. stock futures helped underpin them elsewhere.
Asian equity markets fought for a footing on Friday, supported by an Amazon-led bounce in U.S futures, but oil's rise to a seven-year high kept traders on edge over prospects that interest rates will rise to curb global inflationary pressures.
TikTok, the pandemic and mobile data costs in India all helped draw people away from Facebook at an unprecedented rate last quarter. The big question is when will it be Instagram's turn?
Wall Street snapped a four-session winning streak on Thursday, with all three benchmarks ending lower after Facebook-owner Meta Platforms' dour forecast sent its stock plummeting and halted a nascent recovery built on upbeat earnings from other big tech.
Australian shares are likely to slide on Friday, with domestic technology stocks expected to weigh on the local bourse, as major indexes on Wall Street slumped overnight after Facebook-owner Meta Platforms' dour forecast sent its stock plummeting.
Big Tech pivoted lower on Thursday -- dragging all three major benchmarks with it -- as optimism in the tech sector faded in the wake of Meta Platforms' (FB) alarming earnings report. The Dow shaved off 518 points, and was joined by both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in
This week’s relief rally came to an abrupt stop Thursday as a few high-profile earnings reports cratered investor confidence and weighed on the major indexes.
Snap Inc reported better-than-expected fourth quarter revenue and user growth on Thursday, and provided a first quarter outlook that surpassed analyst estimates, sending its shares up 30% in trading after the bell.
Pinterest Inc's monthly active users declined 6% during the fourth quarter to the lowest since June 2020, signaling that a pandemic-driven surge in demand was cooling off as easing restrictions encourage people to step out more.
Technology stocks were finishing near their Thursday lows, with Facebook parent company Meta (FB) weighing on the sector and other social media firms after reporting below-consensus Q4 earnings and guiding Q1 revenue below Wall Street expectations.
Wall Street snapped a four-session winning streak on Thursday, with all three benchmarks closing lower after Facebook-owner Meta Platforms' dour forecast sent its stock plummeting and halted a nascent recovery built on upbeat earnings from other big tech.
With Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB) stock getting hammered today following its fourth-quarter earnings report, many investors may be wondering if this a good opportunity to buy shares of the Facebook parent company.
Global equity markets slumped lower on Thursday while gold prices steadied and the dollar weakened as frightened investors digested disappointing updates from major central banks about the outlook for inflation and interest rates.
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Canada's main stock index opened lower on Thursday, after four sessions of gains, as technology stocks fell due to weak sentiment after Facebook-owner Meta Platforms' downbeat forecast.
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Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ: FB) stock price plunged 23% to its lowest levels since July 2020 after it released its fourth-quarter earnings report on Feb. 2.