​​​​​​​The Pound Sterling remains flat during the North American session as the government shutdown in the US reached its sixth day, which has kept financial markets trading blind without economic data.

The US government shut down last week, and markets barely noticed. If the closing of federal agencies, which is delaying key economic reports, is a risk factor, it’s not obvious on Wall Street.

The new announcement expands the executed renewable energy purchase deals between the companies to 100 MW across four solar projects, following an initial 25 MW agreement in 2023 for a project in Inuyama City, Microsoft’s first PPA in Japan.

As 2025 enters its final quarter, the energy sector faces a familiar mix of opportunity and risk.

Despite inflation nearing double digits and real rates staying negative, the NBR is expected to maintain its cautious stance at its 8 October meeting, prioritising stability amid weakening consumption and uncertain growth prospects.

Prairie Operating Co. is shifting its focus from cryptocurrency to oil and gas exploration.

Many market participants have built long positions on euro-denominated assets, expecting a positive outcome from the German stimulus plan and Rearm Europe projects.

Global has paid quarterly dividends since August 24, 2015. The current forward looking annual $2.10 dividend yields 6.88% per Friday’s $30.53 share price.

After opening the day higher, the benchmark indices continued their upward momentum and ended the session in green.

Despite its impressive gains of the past several months, the massive bull market that is soon to unfold before us hasn’t even started yet. 

Solana traded to highs of $236 on Monday as the crypto market rally continued amid a significant $705 million in inflows into SOL digital asset investment products.

Gold continued its bullish drive as price action attempts to test the $4,000 level for the first time.

Initial and continuing jobless claims were not reported last Thursday.

With the government shutdown, there were no major developments over the weekend, and economic reports that were due out this week have been delayed.

EUR/USD forecast remains restrained around 1.1660, with political chaos in France and the US government pressuring market sentiment.

Last week, the price of WTI crude tumbled from $66.42 to $62.46 (a 6% drop) in just a couple of days.

AMD stock climbed over 20% after announcing a major AI chip partnership with OpenAI.

NFCB tends to lead PCE because shifts in corporate investment, hiring, and prices usually reflect management’s expectations about future demand.

Shopify Inc. has demonstrated strong technical momentum and positive analyst sentiment, despite a mixed fundamental outlook and the need for caution regarding upcoming earnings.

Pharmaceutical stocks showed significant gains on October 1, 2025, following a landmark agreement between the Trump administration and Pfizer.