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Detailed price information for Take-Two Interactive (TTWO-Q) from The Globe and Mail including charting and trades.

Gold price is finding buyers early Thursday to take on the $2,040 barrier once again, having failed to resist above the same since last Friday.

A look at the day ahead in global markets from Tom Westbrook

Japanese Yen declines broadly in today's Asian session, reacting to dovish remarks made by BoJ Deputy Governor. The official's commentary emphasized a cautious approach to monetary tightening, highlighting that even with exit from negative interest rate policy, the pace of interest rate hikes would remain measured.

But the S&P500’s rally is backed by the anticipation of upcoming rate cuts and robust earnings. And sentiment in both yields and earnings remains supportive. In this respect, Disney followed in the footsteps of its happy tech peers yesterday and rose almost 7% in the afterhours trading after reporting better than expected earnings and issuing an upbeat profit outlook.

Infused with another strong earnings season and calmer bond markets, a record high S&P500 now looks to vault the 5,000 point hurdle for the first time - just as China's worrying deflation deepens into its Lunar New Year break. With U.S. economic growth above 3%, unemployment below 4% and aggregate annual profit growth above 8%, the S&P500 has raced up 21% since late October. Excluding China's ailing market, the MSCI World index of developed economy stocks hit a record on Th...

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Infused with another strong earnings season and calmer bond markets, a record high S&P500 now looks to...

The Indian rupee ended little changed on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India kept its benchmark policy rates unchanged, with the focus now on U.S. economic data and remarks from a Federal Reserve official due later in the day.

On a quiet day of economic announcements, the Weekly Jobless Claims might get attention on Thursday. Amid earnings, Disney has scheduled its quarterly earnings after the bell.

Investors have pared bets on a March rate reduction and are setting their sights on the Fed’s subsequent decision on May 1, but still see a slim possibility of an earlier move.