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Gold continued its relentless rally on Thursday, hitting a new record high above $5,500 an ounce. According to LSEG data, spot gold prices rose more than 3% and last traded at $5,501.18 per ounce. February gold futures rose more than 3% to $5,568.66 an ounce. Spot silver prices rose more than 2% to $119.3 an ounce, while March U.S. silver futures prices rose nearly 5% to $118.73 an ounce. Silver surpassed $117 an ounce for the first time on Thursday after rallying more than 145% in 2025, according to LSEG data. The white metal is up about 65% so far…
A Toyota dealership photographed on November 19, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesToyota Motor Corporation will maintain its position as the world’s best-selling automaker with record sales of 10.5 million vehicles in 2025, the Japanese auto giant announced Thursday. sale of toyota Luxury car Lexus rose by a narrow margin, increasing 3.7% from the previous year. volkswagen 9 million units for the Group and 7.27 million units for the Hyundai Motor Group. Demand was particularly boosted by strong sales of hybrid vehicles such as the Prius and RAV4 models in the United States. Toyota’s strength in the…
A view of Oslo from the rooftop of the Oslo Opera House on Thursday, October 21, 2021 in Oslo, Norway.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNorway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund posted record profits of $1.4 billion in 2025, driven by gains in tech, financial and mining stocks, management announced Thursday. By the end of last year, the fund’s total value had reached NOK 21.27 trillion ($2.2 trillion). The fund returned 13,456.8 billion kronor ($1.38 billion) through 2025, marking its highest annual return since its creation in the 1990s.The overall return was 0.28 percentage points lower than the benchmark index return.…
The fines totaled more than $1 million, and players from both teams were suspended following the African Cup of Nations final defeat and chaos.African football’s governing body has fined Senegal’s coach and Senegal and Morocco players more than $1 million and suspended them over a disastrous African Cup of Nations (AFCON) final that included a walk-off protest by one of the teams, fans attempting to storm the field and a scuffle between journalists.The ban announced on Thursday applies only to African matches and does not apply to the World Cup, which starts in June, where Senegal and Morocco have qualified.Recommended…
On January 26, 2024, the SK Hynix flag (R) and the Korean national flag (L) fly outside the Bundang office in Seongnam City. Jung Young Jae | AFP | Getty ImagesSK Hynix maintained its lead in high-bandwidth memory used in artificial intelligence chips, surpassing rival Samsung Electronics in operating profit for the first time in 2025. This week, two Korean memory manufacturers faced off, with SK Hynix announcing its financial results on Wednesday and Samsung announcing its financial results on Thursday morning local time.SK Hynix recorded full-year operating profit of 47.2 trillion won, exceeding Samsung’s 43.6 trillion won. The comparison…
French forward Kylian Mbappé has doubts about his team’s motivation after a damaging defeat sent Real Madrid into the play-offs.Published January 29, 2026January 29, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareReal Madrid striker Kylian Mbappé said the team “deserved” their current situation as they lacked enough stability for a top-eight spot as they slipped into the Champions League play-off round.The 15-time European champions finished ninth in the league after losing 4-2 to Jose Mourinho’s Benfica on Wednesday. This means they will have to face the Portuguese Conquistadors or Bodo/Glimt in February rather than advance directly to the last 16.Recommended…
On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, a television station broadcast the Federal Reserve Board’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, USA.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesof S&P500 It reached a milestone on Wednesday, reaching 7,000 for the first time, but lowered the level after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged and raised its economic growth assessment.The broader market index ended the day down 0.01% at 6,978.03. Earlier, the S&P 500 index rose 0.3% on the day to hit an intraday high…
Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable company thanks to its advanced chips that power the AI revolution. But it didn’t work without it ASML.The company, one of Europe’s most valuable Dutch semiconductor equipment companies, makes the lithography machines needed to print extremely fine patterns on silicon wafers.The company is the only company in the world that manufactures extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment used in the production of cutting-edge semiconductors. It holds a 90% share of the broader lithography market. Bank of America analyst Didier Chemama predicted that Bank of America will soon have exclusive rights to next-generation EUV lithography.…
delhi, india Reuters — Ajit Pawar, deputy chief minister of India’s richest state, Maharashtra, died on Wednesday along with four other passengers when his chartered plane burst into flames, aviation regulators said. Media reports said Pawar, who comes from a prominent political family, was on his way to his hometown to take part in local body elections. Two of his staff and two crew members were also on board the Learjet 45, operated by VSR Ventures, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said. The initial statement added: “There are no survivors on board.” VSR Ventures director VK Singh told broadcaster…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has a force to be reckoned with in the stock market, but whether he helps or hurts companies depends on where they stand. “Whatever you do, you have to factor in both the positive and negative aspects of government,” Cramer said on “Mad Money” after outlining the impact of the president’s policies on five stocks that made notable moves in Tuesday’s trading. First, Kramer singled out the group that went bankrupt on Tuesday: the nation’s largest health insurance company. shares of united health and humana It plunged more than 20%. CVS…