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• January 7, 2025 -

Borsa Istanbul Equity Market

BIST 100 Index Closing 9,972.03

BIST 100 Daily Change -113.4...

Oil Prices Rise on Tightening Supply and Growing Demand Expectations

Forex - Oil prices rose due to a tightening supply from Russia and OPEC members, along with data indicating that economic activity in the United States is expandi...

China Becomes the World's Second Largest Country with Lithium Reserves

According to state media, China's lithium reserves have increased from 6% to 16.5% of the global total, making it the largest owner of the second-largest lithium ...

China Expands Consumer Subsidies for Home Appliances to Revitalize Weak Domestic Demand

Forex - China has expanded the scope of consumer trade-ins for home appliances as part of its efforts to stimulate sluggish domestic demand and will provide more ...

Inflation Indicator in Australia Supports Lower Interest Rates

Forex - Australia's inflation indicator rose slightly in November, but remained at the lower end of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range, keeping ho...

Qatar Has No Plans to Supply Gas to Europe via Syria and Turkey

Foreks - The spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majed bin Mohammed al-Ansari, stated that reports suggesting the country could send its natu...

Honda Cautious About New Electric Vehicle Production Ahead of Trump's Presidency

In a statement, Noriya Kaihara, Vice President of Honda Motor, expressed that Honda will proceed cautiously in starting the production of new electric vehicles du...

Samsung's Q4 Profit Outlook Predictions Miss the Mark Significantly

Samsung Electronics announced its fourth-quarter operating profit forecast, significantly missing analyst expectations due to falling behind rival SK Hynix in sup...

Metemtur Decides to Merge with Galvano Market Through Acquisition

Foreks - Metemtur has decided to merge with Galvano Market by acquiring all of its assets and liabilities as a whole.

In a statement made to the Public Disclosu...

AWS Announces Plans to Invest 'At Least' $11 Billion to Expand Data Center Infrastructure in Georgia

Amazon's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced plans to invest "at least" $11 billion in Georgia to expand its infrastructure to support ...

Bank of America Downgrades Tesla Stock Recommendation, Raises Price Target Due to 'High Application Risk'

In a note sent to clients, Bank of America analyst John Murphy claimed that much of the rise of electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla had been recognized since the ...

India's Economic Growth Set to Miss Expectations

Forex - Nomura analysts stated that India's GDP growth is unlikely to meet the central bank's expectations in the fiscal year 2025, which ends in March 2025. The ...

Bank of America Downgrades Tesla Shares, Raises Price Target Citing 'High Application Risk'

In a note to clients, Bank of America analyst John Murphy downgraded his recommendation on Tesla from "Buy" to "Neutral," claiming that much of the electric vehic...

Danish Prime Minister Declares 'Greenland Belongs to Greenlanders'

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated that Greenland is not for sale in response to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's obsession with purchasing the vas...

Goodyear Sells Dunlop Brand to Sumitomo Rubber

Goodyear (IS:GOODY) has announced the sale of the Dunlop brand to Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) for approximately $701 million in cash. The transaction include...

Kuroda: BOJ Will Continue to Raise Interest Rates

In a recent statement, former Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda indicated that the BOJ is likely to continue raising interest rates in the coming years...

Trump Did Not Assure Against Using Military or Economic Pressure to Take Control of Greenland and the Panama Canal

Forex - Elected President Donald Trump refused to commit to not using military or economic pressure to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, and acceler...

Sejourne: The EU Must Be Ready to Defend Itself Against Protectionist Trade Measures from Other Countries

Forex - The European Commission's Vice President for welfare and industrial strategy, Stephane Sejourne, stated that the European Union must be prepared to defend...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba and SoftBank CEO Son Discuss Trump’s Policies Over Dinner

Forex - In Japan, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with Masayoshi Son, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., at a dinner in Tokyo to discuss the economic pol...

US Blacklisting China's Tech Giants Poses Greater Risk of Rapid Decoupling

The latest move by the U.S. to expand its list of Chinese military companies risks doing more than just lowering the stock prices of some of its most valuable fir...

Consumer Confidence Slightly Declines in Japan

In Japan, the outlook of households towards the economy showed a slight negative trend by the end of December 2024. According to the monthly survey results conduc...