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Dollar rallies, stocks retreat after Trump swears tariffs
The dollar rallied versus significant peers on Tuesday after U.S. Presidentelect Donald Trump promised tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, and extra tariffs on China. Stocks declined, giving back some of the robust gains of the previous session, when they were buoyed by the election of fund manager Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary, considered by investors as a voice for Wall Street in Washington. Bessent's appointment had also resulted in a sharp fall in U.S. yields as financiers scooped up Treasury bonds, sending the dollar sliding in the previous session. The dollar jumped 2% to 20.679 Mexican pesos since 0040 GMT on Tuesday, and climbed 1% to C$ 1.4130. It strengthened 0.3% to 7.2681 yuan in overseas trading. The U.S. currency added 0.14% to 154.43 yen, while the euro slipped 0.5% to $1.0444. It's practically as if Trump wants to remind markets who is in control, after nominating Scott Bessent as Treasury Sec - a guy markets expected to cool Trump's strength, said Matt Simpson, senior market expert at City Index. With the Canadian dollar increasing against the Mexican peso, markets are assuming this will hit Mexico the hardest. Sterling lost 0.35% to $1.2526, and the Aussie dollar plunged 0.8% to $0.6453. Australia's stock standard eased 0.36%, a day after increasing to a record high. Japan's Nikkei lost 1.3% and South Korea's KOSPI alleviated 0.4%. Chinese markets are due to open shortly. U.S. S&P 500 futures pointed 0.3% lower following a. 0.3% gain in the money index overnight, when the small-cap. Russell 2000 index also hit an all-time high. Trump said that on his very first day in workplace he would impose a. 25% tariff on all items from Mexico and Canada, and an. extra 10% tariff on goods from China, citing issues over. unlawful migration and the trade of illicit drugs. It was simply last month that Trump stated that 'one of the most. lovely word in the dictionary is tariff', so there really. must not have actually been a surprise in Trump's objective, simply in. the timing of the comments, said Sean Callow, a senior FX. analyst at ITC Markets. The fall in trade-sensitive currencies makes sense, and. must persist near term. Bitcoin was constant at around $94,111, finding its. feet following a pullback from recently's record high at. $ 99,830. The token has gained from speculation of an easier. regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies under Trump.
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Dollar rebounds on Trump tariff warning; stocks point lower
The dollar rose against major peers on Tuesday after U.S. Presidentelect Donald Trump threatened Canada and Mexico with a 25% tariff on all imports into the United States. Stocks were weak after strong gains globally in the previous session following fund manager Scott Bessent being chosen as Treasury Secretary, thought about by investors as a voice for Wall Street in Washington. It's almost as if Trump wishes to remind markets who remains in control, after choosing Scott Bessent as Treasury Sec - a man markets anticipated to cool Trump's potency, said Matt Simpson, senior market analyst at City Index. The dollar jumped 1.5% to 20.58 Mexican pesos early in the Asian day, and climbed up 0.84% to C$ 1.4103. It included 0.14% to 154.43 yen. The euro slid 0.4% to $1.0453 and sterling lost 0.24% to $1.25405. The Aussie dollar slumped 0.6% to $0.6466. Australia's stock benchmark fell 0.24% and Japan's. Nikkei futures lost 0.4%. U.S. S&P 500 futures pointed 0.2% lower following a. 0.3% gain in the cash index overnight, when the small-cap. Russell 2000 index also struck an all-time high.
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Stocks climb up with bonds, dollar dips as markets cheer United States Treasury pick
MSCI's international equities evaluate rose and U.S. government bonds rallied while the dollar fell on Monday as investors welcomed the incoming U.S. president's choice of fund supervisor Scott Bessent as the next U.S. Treasury secretary. Wall Street indexes closed higher with the S&P 500 and the Dow touching intraday records as financiers authorized of Donald Trump's option. Financiers said they were hoping for tax cuts as well as fiscal caution from Bessent. U.S. Treasury yields fell dramatically as bond investors bank on a. more moderate than feared U.S. fiscal trajectory. In an interview published on Sunday, Bessent told the Wall. Street Journal that both tax and spending cuts were concerns. And Bessent told CNBC previously in November, before his. choice as Treasury secretary, that he would advise. tariffs be layered in slowly. Bessent comprehends a lot of various property classes and is. going to assist Trump stay very conscious market responses,. said Carol Schleif, primary investment officer, BMO household workplace. noting that investors worried that other prospects for the task. would take a difficult stance on tariffs and costs and think less. about the prospective market reaction. Markets are pretty self-indulgent. They want to make certain. people are taking note of them or they toss a temper tantrum. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 440.06 points,. or 0.99%, to 44,736.57, which was a record closing high. The S&P 500 rose 18.03 points, or 0.30%, to. 5,987.37 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 51.18 points, or. 0.27%, to 19,054.84. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe. rose 3.84 points, or 0.45%, to 857.97 while Europe's STOXX 600. index had closed up 0.06% earlier. The European index struck a two-week high throughout its trading. session, boosted by the Bessent election and comments from the. European Central Bank primary economic expert on financial policy easing. In a trading week reduced by Thursday's U.S. Thanksgiving. holiday, essential occasions will consist of the release of October Personal. Usage Expenditures, the current GDP estimate and U.S. Federal Reserve minutes from its last meeting. Traders are expecting a Fed rate cut next month, though. bets have been dialled back in recent weeks. In Treasuries, the yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes. fell 14.1 basis indicate 4.269%, from 4.41% late on. Friday while the 30-year bond yield fell 13.9 basis. indicate 4.4562%. The two-year note yield, which normally. moves in action with rates of interest expectations, fell 10.5 basis. points to 4.264%, from 4.369% late on Friday. He's a Wall Street guy, he's very good at what he does. He's not an extremist to the left or right. He's a practical,. clever business owner, and I believe the market likes that, and he's. anti-deficit, said Tony Farren, managing director at Mischler. Financial Group, describing Bessent. In currencies, the dollar index, which measures the. greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and. the euro, fell 0.56% to 106.89. The euro was up 0.74% versus the dollar at. $ 1.0494 while against the Japanese yen, the dollar. weakened 0.37% to 154.16. The euro had fallen sharply this month on concerns over Trump. tariffs, degrading financial conditions and indications of an. escalation in Russia/Ukraine war. Oil costs fell more than $2 per barrel after reports that. Israel and Lebanon had actually accepted the a deal to end the. Israel-Hezbollah dispute, citing officials from Israel,. Lebanon, the U.S. and France. U.S. unrefined futures calmed down 3.23% or $2.30 at. $ 68.94 per barrel and Brent ended up at $73.01 per. barrel, down 2.87% or $2.16 on the day. Bitcoin fell more than 2% to $94,811.03 after hitting. a record of $99,830 on Friday as investors bank on a friendly. regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies under Trump. Gold rates fell sharply, breaking a five-session rally, as. reports of Israel nearing a ceasefire with Hezbollah, coupled. with Trump's Treasury secretary choice, tainted demand for the. safe-haven precious metal. Spot gold fell 3.14% to $2,627.27 an ounce. U.S. gold. futures fell 2.56% to $2,640.40 an ounce.
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Rio Tinto-backed lithium tech start-up set to raise 2nd round of funds
A lithium innovation start-up backed by Rio Tinto expects to finalise a funding round in the next week to raise A$ 29 million ($ 19. million), even as the worldwide lithium market struggles, its. Melbournebased CEO told Reuters. ElectraLith is establishing a purification innovation that can. extract lithium from brine deposits without using water or. chemicals, which would be type in dry locations like Chile's Atacama. desert, and needs just percentages of energy. The lithium market is not excellent, venture capital markets. aren't fantastic, (so) the fact we will close this round. with an oversubscribed investor base ... for us that's. great, CEO Charlie McGill informed Reuters. Numerous companies, consisting of Exxon Mobil, are. completing to commercialise their own direct lithium extraction. ( DLE) technologies in a market that is expected to grow to. more than $10 billion in yearly income within the next decade. DLE is expected to reshape the lithium market by speeding. the production procedure of the metal used in EV batteries and. electronics to hours or days, compared with months or longer. with big evaporation ponds and open pit mines. ElectraLith's DLE-R procedure, for which the business holds. commercialisation rights, filters salt water through two membranes. that extract lithium and turn it into lithium hydroxide, in the past. injecting the staying salt water back into the aquifer. The group is dealing with how to scale the membrane for. large jobs while maintaining its homes, McGill stated,. and retains all business rights. ElectraLith plans to use funds raised to build its first. pilot plant at Rio Tinto's Rincon operations in Argentina, he. stated, including the task is about a year from being all set to. pilot. 2 more pilot plants are set to follow. The firm is. currently owned by venture capital firm IP Group, Rio Tinto and. Monash University, where its membrane technology was established. under Teacher Huanting Wang. By producing lithium hydroxide without water or chemicals,. ElectraLith states it can compete at around half the expense of. competitors, McGill stated. The accessibility of water in the areas where there are. lithium mines is a major problem, he stated. In Utah, where it is working on a task with. Australia-listed Mandrake Resources, water from the. Colorado River basin needs to flow to Las Vegas and Los Angeles. You can't get a water permit, McGill said. So we appear and we resemble, 'We do not require water.'
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Tesla would likely be excluded from California state EV tax proposition
Tesla's electrical vehicles likely would not qualify for California's new state tax credits under a proposal in the works if President-elect Donald Trump scraps the federal tax credit for EV purchases, Governor Gavin Newsom's office stated on Monday. Trump's shift team is thinking about removal of the federal tax credit of $7,500 for EV purchases, Reuters reported this month. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a close Trump advisor and states he supports eliminating all subsidies for EVs, oil and gas. Newsom said on Monday that if Trump gets rid of a federal EV tax credit, he will propose producing a new variation of the state's Tidy Lorry Rebate Program that ended in 2023 and spent $1.49 billion to subsidize more than 594,000 lorries. The guv's proposal for ZEV refunds, and any prospective market cap, undergoes negotiation with the legislature. Any prospective market cap would be intended to foster market competitors, innovation and to support brand-new market entrants, the office said. Tesla did not right away respond to a request for remark. Tesla shares fell 1.4% on Monday. California supplied as much as $7,500 for the purchase or lease of a new plug-in hybrid, battery or fuel cell EV and might possibly be spent for by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund which is funded by polluters. Musk and Newsom have actually clashed over state policies such as shutting the Fremont factory during the pandemic and California's approval of a bill on transgender kids. In 2021, Tesla moved its headquarters from California to Texas, and Musk stated this year, his other companies such as SpaceX and social media platform X will follow suit. California has crossed the 2 million mark for sales of zero-emission automobiles, doubling total sales since 2022. Last month, a California official said he expects the Epa to approve the state's plan to stop the sale of gasoline-only cars by 2035, a proposal that significant automakers have met hesitation. California's guidelines, which have actually been adopted by a lots other states, need 80% of all new automobiles sold in the state be electric by 2035 and no greater than 20% plug-in hybrid electric.
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Stocks climb up while dollar falls as markets cheer United States Treasury choice
MSCI's international equities determine rose and the dollar fell with U.S. government bond yields on Monday as investors invited the incoming U.S. President's choice of fund manager Scott Bessent as the next U.S. Treasury Secretary. Wall Street indexes made headway, with the S&P 500 and the Dow touching record highs as investors were encouraged by Donald Trump's pick for the leading economic task. Some cited a focus on tax cuts and others were hopeful he would be fiscally careful. U.S. Treasury yields fell dramatically as financiers speculated on a more moderate than feared U.S. financial trajectory. In an interview released on Sunday, Bessent informed the Wall Street Journal that both tax and costs cuts were concerns. And Bessent had told CNBC earlier in November, before his selection as Treasury secretary, that he would suggest tariffs be layered in slowly. Bessent understands a lot of different asset classes and is going to assist Trump remain very conscious market reactions, said Carol Schleif, Chief Financial Investment Officer, BMO family workplace noting that financiers had worried that other individuals being considered for the task would take a difficult position on tariffs and spending and think less about the potential market response. Markets are pretty self-indulgent. They wish to make sure individuals are taking notice of them or they throw a temper tantrum. At 02:39 p.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 374.99 points, or 0.85%, to 44,671.50, the S&P 500 rose 10.75 points, or 0.18%, to 5,980.09 and the Nasdaq Composite increased 27.06 points, or 0.14%, to 19,030.68. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe increased 3.41 points, or 0.40%, to 857.54 while Europe's STOXX 600 index closed up 0.06% earlier. The European index had actually hit a two-week high throughout its trading session, improved by the Bessent nomination and remarks from the European Reserve bank primary economic expert on monetary policy easing. In a trading week reduced by Thursday's U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, key events will consist of the release of October Personal Consumption Expenses, the current GDP quote, and U.S. Federal Reserve minutes from its last meeting. Traders are hoping a Fed cut next month, though rate-cut bets have been dialled back in recent weeks. In Treasuries, the yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes fell 14.5 basis points to 4.265%, from 4.41% late on Friday while the 30-year bond yield fell 14.8 basis points to 4.4468%. The 2-year note yield, which generally moves in action with rate of interest expectations, fell 9.4 basis points to 4.275%, from 4.369% late on Friday. In currencies, the dollar index, which measures the greenback versus a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, fell 0.12% to 106.80. The euro was up 0.85% versus the dollar at $1.0506. and versus the Japanese yen, the dollar deteriorated 0.45%. to 154.04. The euro had fallen dramatically this month on concerns over Trump. tariffs, degrading financial conditions and signs of an. escalation in Russia/Ukraine war. Oil costs fell more than $2 per barrel after reports that. Israel and Lebanon had actually consented to the terms of a deal to end the. Israel-Hezbollah conflict, citing officials from Israel,. Lebanon, the U.S. and France. U.S. crude futures settled 3.23% or $2.30 at. $ 68.94 per barrel and Brent ended up at $73.01 per. barrel, down 2.87% or $2.16 on the day. Bitcoin fell 2% to $94,895 after striking a record of. $ 99,830 on Friday as financiers bank on a friendly regulatory. environment for cryptocurrencies under Trump. Gold prices fell dramatically, breaking a five-session rally, as. reports of Israel nearing a ceasefire with Hezbollah, combined. with Trump's Treasury Secretary choice, tainted need for the. safe-haven rare-earth element. Spot gold fell 3.22% to $2,625.22 an ounce. U.S. gold. futures fell 2.56% to $2,640.40 an ounce.
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Skyrocketing legal fees in snarled Citgo auction rankle companies
Court consultants have actually billed almost $30 million for a stalled auction of shares in a parent of Venezuelaowned oil refiner Citgo Petroleum, raising the ire of lenders that have waited years to get compensation. Citgo, the crown gem of Venezuela's abroad assets, sits at the center of a Delaware court auction in which 18 business seek to gather approximately $21.3 billion for financial obligation defaults and expropriations in the South American nation. Quotes in the auction's 2nd round were submitted this year, and the consultants, consisting of an officer selected by the court to manage the procedure, were to deliver an advised winner in July. The advisors went on to negotiate exclusively with an affiliate of financier Elliott Financial investment Management, which has resulted in a quote opposed by many creditors as deficient. Four creditors in a court filing challenged the consultants' $ 4.1 million expense for September, saying charges have increased by an incredible amount and were most likely to go higher. The latest bill is five-and-a-half times the fees for September 2023 and consists of expenses for more than 70 law office workers, with specific charges up to $2,350 an hour. Rusoro Mining, which has a pending $1.48 billion claim in the event, also slammed the advisors' reworking of one proposition, calling the result neither a product enhancement or a valuable development. U.S. Judge Leonard Stark last week rebuked law firm Weil, Gotshal & & Manges, investment banker Evercore and court authorities Robert Pincus for not following his guidelines in their transactions with Elliott affiliate Amber. Representatives for Weil, Evercore, and Pincus did not reply to requests for comment. Stark proposed to redirect the auction, leave among the red lines set by Amber, offer bid details to the 18 companies and offer them a state in how profits are to be distributed. Amber has actually threatened to walk away if the auction continues as Stark has actually indicated he wants it to go. An Amber spokesperson did not have an instant comment. The revised procedure is expected to lead to a minimum of 2 bids when Citgo reopens access to its financial and operational data. The winner might get three U.S. oil refineries, energy pipelines, distribution terminals, and fuel supply to 4,200 retail outlets. Groups associated with the auction have repeatedly told Pincus that he should stop losing time and money pursuing Elliott's. non-viable and insufficient quote, an attorney for Venezuela wrote. to the court.
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Stocks climb while dollar falls as markets cheer US Treasury pick
MSCI's global equities determine rose and the dollar fell with U.S. government bond yields on Monday as investors invited the incoming U.S. President's choice of fund supervisor Scott Bessent as the next U.S. Treasury Secretary. Wall Street indexes picked up speed, with the S&P 500 and the Dow touching record highs as investors were encouraged by Donald Trump's choice for the leading economic task. Some cited a focus on tax cuts and others wager he would be fiscally cautious. U.S. Treasury yields fell sharply as investors speculated on a more moderate than feared U.S. fiscal trajectory. What we're in is a Trump rally. Markets like a Republican because they figure taxes aren't going up and ideally will go down, said Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist at Ingalls & & Snyder in New York. And the reality that the President-elect has already created his cabinet recommends he will be up and running early, said Ghriskey, adding that the market was seeing the Treasury Secretary pick as a favorable even with issues about tariffs. In an interview released on Sunday, Bessent informed the Wall Street Journal that both tax and spending cuts were top priorities. Bessent had informed CNBC earlier in November, before his selection as Treasury secretary, that he would suggest tariffs be layered in gradually. At 11:19 a.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 404.35 points, or 0.91%, to 44,700.86, the S&P 500 rose 25.98 points, or 0.44%, to 5,995.36 and the Nasdaq Composite increased 112.30 points, or 0.59%, to 19,116.04. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe rose 4.80 points, or 0.56%, to 858.93 and Europe's the STOXX 600 index rose 0.21%. The European index had struck a two-week high, increased by the Bessent nomination and remarks from the European Central Bank primary economist on monetary policy easing. In a trading week shortened by Thursday's U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, essential events will be the release of October Personal Usage Expenses (PCE), the latest GDP price quote, and U.S. Federal Reserve minutes are due on Tuesday. Markets still expect a Fed cut next month, though rate-cut bets have been dialled back in recent weeks. In Treasuries, the yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes fell 11.3 basis indicate 4.298%, from 4.41% late on Friday while the 30-year bond yield fell 12.1 basis indicate 4.4742%. The 2-year note yield, which normally relocates step with rates of interest expectations, fell 5.8 basis indicate 4.311%, from 4.369% late on Friday. In currencies, the dollar index, which determines the greenback versus a basket of currencies consisting of the yen and the euro, rose 0.02% to 106.95. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar damaged 0.23%. to 154.39 and the euro up 0.7% against the dollar at. $ 1.049. The euro had fallen dramatically this month on concerns over Trump. tariffs, deteriorating economic conditions and signs of an. escalation in Russia/Ukraine war. Oil prices fell after Axios reported that Israel and Lebanon. had agreed to the terms of a deal to end the Israel-Hezbollah. conflict, mentioning an unnamed senior U.S. official. U.S. crude fell 3.03% to $69.08 a barrel and Brent. was up to $73.09 per barrel, down 2.75% on the day. Bitcoin fell 0.9% to $96,145.00 after Friday hitting. a record of $99,830 on bets on a friendly regulative environment. for cryptocurrencies under Trump. Gold costs fell sharply, breaking a five-session rally, as. reports of Israel nearing a ceasefire with Hezbollah, coupled. with Trump's Treasury Secretary pick, tarnished need for the. safe-haven precious metal. Spot gold fell 2.93% to $2,633.10 an ounce. U.S. gold. futures fell 2.56% to $2,640.40 an ounce.
Texas heat wave sends power need to all-time high for May
Power usage in Texas broke the record for the month of May on Monday and will likely top that high over the next week as homes and businesses keep their air conditioners cranked up to get away a spring heat wave.
Extreme weather in Texas is a reminder of the February freeze in 2021 that left millions without power, water and heat for days and resulted in over 200 deaths as the state's grid operator scrambled to prevent the power system from collapsing.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) stated the system was currently operating generally with adequate supply offered to satisfy anticipated demand all week.
ERCOT said power demand hit an initial 72,261 megawatts ( MW) on May 20, which topped the previous record for the month of May, 71,645 MW embeded in 2022.
That record came as a surprise to some in the market considering that ERCOT projected lower need earlier in the day due in part to remaining power outages in the Houston area from extreme storms last week.
The record will likely not stand for long with ERCOT forecasting demand will reach 73,537 MW on May 21, 74,904 MW on May 24, 75,310 MW on May 26 and 75,868 MW on May 27.
The grid's all-time peak was 85,508 MW on Aug. 10, 2023.
Experts anticipate ERCOT electric use will top that all-time high this summer with financial and population development in Texas and need for power from information centers, artificial intelligence ( AI) and cryptocurrency mining increasing quick.
One megawatt can usually power about 800 homes on a regular day however as couple of as 250 on a hot summertime day in Texas.
Heats in Houston, the greatest city in Texas, struck 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 Celsius) for a third day in a row on Monday and will likely remain because range through May 23 before increasing to around 95 F on May 27, according to meteorologists at AccuWeather.
The normal high in Houston at this time of year is 87 F.
Despite the record for the month of May, area power costs at the ERCOT North Center << EL-PK-ERTN-SNL >, that includes Dallas, eased to$ 32 per megawatt hour( MWh )for Tuesday from$ 34 for Monday and approximately$ 47 over the prior 7 days, according to prices information on the LSEG terminal. That compares with approximately $30 per MWh
this year,$ 80. in 2023 and $66 over the previous 5 years
(source: Reuters)