Swiss Stocks Are Becoming a Haven From AI Fears Roiling Markets
Shares of Switzerlandโs ultra-defensive big companies are a bright spot in a tumultuous period for European equity markets.
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Shares of Switzerlandโs ultra-defensive big companies are a bright spot in a tumultuous period for European equity markets.
Brazil votes Sunday in a runoff that polls call a technical tie, while Argentine bank shares jump about 5% in New York and Chile's peso slips. The post Latin American Pulse for Saturday, October 24, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Bloomberg Money takes the pulse of your financial life, powered by the reporting of our global newsroom. Today's guests: Whitney Tilson, Stansberry Research Editor, and Stephanie Guild, Robinhood CIO. (Source: Bloomberg)
O dรณlar fechou abaixo de R$ 5 nesta sexta-feira (23), e a bolsa brasileira subiu no รบltimo dia รบtil antes do segundo turno das eleiรงรตes presidenciais. O petrรณleo avanรงou mais de 3%, atingindo o maior patamar desde abril, com o agravamento das tensรตes no Oriente Mรฉdio. No mercado domรฉstico, investidores ajustaram posiรงรตes antes da votaรงรฃo de domingo (25), com as tensรตes geopolรญticas no Oriente Mรฉdio impulsionando os preรงos da commodity no exterior. Notรญcias relacionadas:Economia da Argentina recua 1,7% em agosto sob risco de recessรฃo.Receita abre consulta a lote residual do Imposto de Renda.Prรฉvia da inflaรงรฃo oficial cai pela metade e fecha outubro em 0,32%.Nรบmeros do dia: ย ย Dรณlar ร vista: R$ 4,993 (-0,92%); ย ย ย ย Dรณlar na semana: queda de 1,58%; ย ย ย ย Ibovespa: 205.082,56 pontos (+0,47%); ย ย ย ย Ibovespa na semana: queda de 0,17%; ย ย ย ย Petrรณleo tipo Brent: US$ 116,72 (+3,13%); ย ย ย ย Petrรณleo tipo WTI: US$ 103,27 (+3,82%). Cรขmbio O dรณlar comercial encerrou a sessรฃo em queda de 0,92%, cotado a R$ 4,993. Na reta final do pregรฃo, a moeda chegou ร mรญnima de R$ 4,989. A cotaรงรฃo estรก no menor nรญvel desde 9 de outubro, quando terminou em R$ 4,985. Na semana, a divisa acumulou desvalorizaรงรฃo de 1,58% em relaรงรฃo ao real, apรณs ter avanรงado 1,77% na semana anterior. O movimento ocorreu no รบltimo pregรฃo antes do segundo turno das eleiรงรตes presidenciais. Investidores ajustaram posiรงรตes diante das expectativas para o resultado da disputa entre o presidente Luiz Inรกcio Lula da Silva (PT) e o senador Flรกvio Bolsonaro (PL). A moeda brasileira apresentou o melhor desempenho entre as principais divisas globais, mesmo com a valorizaรงรฃo do dรณlar no exterior. Por volta das 17h, o รญndice DXY, que mede a forรงa da moeda estadunidense diante de uma cesta de moedas fortes, subia 0,19%, aos 101,799 pontos. Ibovespa Principal รญndice da B3, o Ibovespa fechou em alta de 0,47%, aos 205.082,56 pontos. O volume financeiro negociado na sessรฃo somou R$ 30,7 bilhรตes. Apesar do avanรงo desta sexta-feira, o รญndice acumulou queda de 0,17% na semana, marcada pela cautela dos investidores diante da eleiรงรฃo presidencial. No acumulado de outubro, a bolsa registra valorizaรงรฃo de 10,06%. Em 2026, a alta chega a 27,28%. A sessรฃo tambรฉm foi marcada pela alta de aรงรตes de petroleiras e mineradoras, acompanhando a valorizaรงรฃo do petrรณleo e do minรฉrio de ferro. Petrรณleo Os contratos futuros do petrรณleo fecharam em forte alta nesta sexta-feira, impulsionados pelo aumento das tensรตes no Oriente Mรฉdio. Referรชncia nas negociaรงรตes internacionais, o barril do tipo Brent alcanรงou o maior nรญvel desde abril, em meio aos temores de novos confrontos envolvendo Estados Unidos, Israel e Irรฃ e de possรญveis interrupรงรตes no fornecimento global. O petrรณleo Brent para dezembro subiu 3,13%, encerrando a US$ 116,72 por barril. O barril do tipo WTI, do Texas, subiu 3,82% e fechou a US$ 103,27. Na comparaรงรฃo semanal, os contratos do Brent e do WTI para dezembro subiram 6,24% e 4,29%, respectivamente. A alta foi sustentada pelo risco de agravamento dos conflitos na regiรฃo. O Irรฃ advertiu que poderรก responder a eventuais novos ataques dos Estados Unidos e de Israel com ofensivas contra bases militares, navios de guerra e outros alvos em paรญses vizinhos do Golfo Pรฉrsico. Paralelamente, confrontos envolvendo os houthis e a Arรกbia Saudita aumentaram as preocupaรงรตes com a seguranรงa regional. Nos Estados Unidos, o Departamento de Energia autorizou medidas envolvendo a Reserva Estratรฉgica de Petrรณleo para ajudar a estabilizar o abastecimento de combustรญveis diante de perdas de estoques e de possรญveis interrupรงรตes no mercado. * Com informaรงรตes da Reuters
According to the president of Blackstone Inc., thereโs no bubble in artificial intelligence. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent isnโt seeing a โsystemic problemโ in the boom. But as hard as Wall Street brass works to tamp down concerns around the space, markets are refusing to be calmed.
Indiaโs rupee extended its gains to a six-week high, buoyed by foreign inflows into Jio Platforms Ltd.โs initial public offering.
Hong Kong is opening its arms to more sovereign debt issuers, as this weekโs Apec Finance Ministerial Meeting (FMM) provides a good opportunity to demonstrate the depth and advantages of the cityโs financial markets. Its signature dim sum bond market could leverage low fundraising costs relative to that of developed markets and risk diversification considerations to make the city a magnet for sovereign borrowers, including many members of the Asia-Pacific organisation, according to...
Hong Kong is opening its arms to more sovereign debt issuers, as this weekโs Apec Finance Ministerial Meeting (FMM) provides a good opportunity to demonstrate the depth and advantages of the cityโs financial markets. Its signature dim sum bond market could leverage low fundraising costs relative to that of developed markets and risk diversification considerations to make the city a magnet for sovereign borrowers, including many members of the Asia-Pacific organisation, according to...
Cboe Global Markets Inc. launched pre-market trading in single-stock options, like those on ETFs tracking major stock indexes.
Primoz Dolenc, Slovenian Central Bank Governor and European Central Bank Governing Council member, says a tightening in financial conditions may limit the need for ECB monetary policy action. He speaks with Avril Hong on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok. (Source: Bloomberg)
Casey Sprake, Market Strategist at AG Capital told Bloombergโs Jennifer Zabasajja on Horizons Middle East & Africa, the Fed's September hike marked a turn in policy and the Bank of England may be close to the same point. (Source: Bloomberg)
S&P 500 futures rose 0.5%, on track to close at the first record high in two months, buoyed by resilient corporate profits and a pullback in oil prices.
On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, Carolin Pflueger, associate professor at the University of Chicago, joins Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal to discuss why Treasury and global bond yields have been surging and what central banks have to do to make bonds more โbond-likeโ again. (Source: Bloomberg)
A London-listed fund run by Partners Group Holding AG will ask investors to approve a wind-down of the entire portfolio after a majority said they would like to exit their investment.
Randy Ewell, Senior Funding Officer, World Bank Group; Isabelle Laurent, Deputy Treasurer & Head of Funding, EBRD and Charles Perreault, Senior Director, Debt Management, Department of Finance Canada, discuss how global issuers are adapting funding programs to changing rates, geopolitical uncertainty and evolving investor demand, with Bloombergโs Jorgelina Do Rosario at the 2026 Canadian Finance Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Hungarian central bank Deputy Governor Zoltan Kurali said the government should follow through on the plan for euro adoption as it would help elevate the countryโs status in financial markets.
For years, an overwhelming share of trading in US stocks happened on the big exchanges during daytime market hours. Powerhouses like the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Inc. offered after-hours trading sessions, but activity was generally light.