2023-08-02 21:53:47
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NEWS ESSENTIALS
• Fitch downgrades US credit rating to AA+; The Treasury describes it as “arbitrary”. Credit rating agency Fitch downgraded the highest US government credit rating on Tuesday, a move that angered the White House and surprised investors, despite the resolution of the debt ceiling crisis there. two months old.
•Thomson Archyde.com announces an increase in sales and profits in the second quarter. Thomson Archyde.com announced an increase in revenue and operating profit in the second quarter, thanks to the strong performance of its “Big 3” segments: Legal Professionals, Corporates and Tax & Accounting Professionals.
• OPEC+ panel unlikely to change oil policy at Friday’s meeting — sources. OPEC+ is unlikely to change its current oil production policy at a panel meeting on Friday, six OPEC+ sources told Archyde.com, as tighter supply and the resilience of demand lead to higher oil prices.
• Bausch + Lomb posts better than expected results in Q2. Bausch + Lomb posted slightly better-than-expected second-quarter results following its new chief executive, Brent Saunders, took the helm in March.
• AMD plans to launch an AI chip by the end of the year, sees an AI opportunity in China. Advanced Micro Devices predicted a strong end to the year on Tuesday, driven by the planned launch of artificial intelligence chips that might compete with Nvidia semiconductors.
TRENDS BEFORE OPENING
Futures contracts linked to the main Canadian stock market index and to Wall Street have declined, while european stocks also plunged following ratings agency Fitch unexpectedly downgraded the US government’s top-tier credit rating, citing fiscal deterioration. THE Nikkei Japan posted its biggest one-day drop as a surprise drop in the US credit rating weighed on sentiment. During this time, the Chinese and Hong Kong stocks ended lower as some investors took profits in the absence of concrete and forceful measures from Beijing to support a faltering economy. Gold prices rose as the American dollar was weakening. Oil jumped, supported by data on crude oil and fuel inventories in the United States which reflected strong demand.
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