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The Nasdaq scaled a new closing high on Tuesday, but the broad market barely missed eking out a seventh day of gains as investors rotated out of large-cap tech names into other sectors expected to benefit from a proposed $1.9 trillion U.S. stimulus bill.

Global equities rose on Wednesday, lifted by strong results from Alphabet Inc and upbeat earnings in Europe, while oil prices advanced almost 2% to their highest in nearly a year after data showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell to their lowest since March.

Message : Required fields NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equities rose on Wednesday, lifted by strong results from Alphabet Inc and upbeat earnings in Europe, while oil prices advanced almost 2% to their highest in nearly a year after data showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell to their lowest since March. Silver rebounded after retreating from a near eight-year peak reached with the help of a social media-inspired buying frenzy. Silver rose 0.92% to $26.86 an ounce on hopes further government stim...

* MSCI’s all-country world index gains 0.5% * Silver rebounds, Brent crude prices at 11-month high NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Global equities rose on Wednesday, lifted by strong results from Alphabet Inc and upbeat earnings in Europe, while oil prices advanced almost 2% to their highest in nearly a year after data showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell to their lowest since March. Silver rebounded after retreating from a near eight-year peak reached with the help of a social media-inspired buying...

Global equities rally as more U.S. stimulus looms, silver slides Published 2 months ago By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stock markets surged for a second day on Tuesday, spurred by increased optimism about more U.S. stimulus and the economic recovery, while retail investors retreated from GameStop and fleeting interest in silver, causing their prices to tumble. The party for the Reddit-inspired trading frenzy that pushed GameStop’s stock up five-fold in five days last week appe...

* Social-media trading restrictions boost Wall Street NEW YORK/LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The dollar retreated and Wall Street rallied on Thursday as investors looked past weak U.S. GDP and jobless claims data to hopes of a rosier economy ahead and welcomed restrictions on the social media-driven trading frenzy. Online trading platforms Robinhood and Interactive Brokers restricted trading in shares of GameStop, BlackBerry and other companies that saw hefty gains this week after they were target...

* MSCI world shares index up 1.44% * GameStop shares plunge, silver prices tumble * U.S. stimulus package brightens in Congress NEW YORK/LONDON Feb 2 (Reuters) - Global stock markets surged for a second day on Tuesday, spurred by increased optimism about more U.S. stimulus and recovery, while retail investors retreated from GameStop and their fleeting interest in silver, causing their prices to tumble. The party for the trading frenzy mob that pushed GameStop’s stock up five-fold in a week ap...

* Retail crowd focus on silver drives it to 8-year high * Oil up 1%; dollar index, Bund, T-bill yields steady NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Global shares rebounded from last week’s steep sell-off and silver prices surged on Monday as retail investors expanded their social media-fueled battle with Wall Street to drive the precious metal to an eight-year high. A shift in the retail trading frenzy to silver drove up mining stocks on both sides of the Atlantic, with a 7.2% jump in the iShares Silve...

* Silver prices rise on social media speculation * J&J falls as vaccine disappoints * Bitcoin jumps 14% after Elon Musk mention * Treasury yields rise after inflation data NEW YORK/LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Silver prices jumped and global equity markets sank on Friday amid a growing battle on Wall Street between hedge funds and retail investors, while a dispute over COVID-19 vaccine supply in Europe cooled risk appetite. Disappointing vaccine data from Johnson & Johnson also hurt sentiment but...

TOKYO (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc will file for Japanese approval of its COVID-19 vaccine as early as mid-February, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, making it