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In a report dated November 10, the Japanese holding company SoftBank (one of the world's largest technology investors) disclosed that back in August it had pledged 87 million Intel shares - about 1.6% of all outstanding shares of the chipmaker. It has already received $7.4 billion against the collateral.
The pair reached 159.95 - right up against the round 160 mark and the highest since September 2. Japanese Finance Ministry currency official Atsushi Mimura said markets should not forget about intervention risks, and the rate pulled back from that zone.
The euro against the dollar has fallen to its lowest level in a year and a half, while the DXY dollar index has risen to 103.08 - also an 18-month high. By the European session, the pair had recovered part of the decline and is holding around 1.1090.
XAU/USD fell to $3,985 per ounce - the second decline in a row. The trigger is October US inflation: after the report, futures price a Fed rate hike at the December meeting as a done deal.
The board is preparing to fire the founder and the only CEO in the company's history and is already selecting a candidate. The stock, which closed Wednesday in positive territory, plunged to $157 in the evening session.
DXY (dollar index, the dollar's exchange rate against a basket of currencies) reached 103.048 during the Asian session on Thursday - for the first time since early April 2025. In the previous session it gained 0.7% after US inflation came in above forecast.
360X, a platform of the Deutsche Börse group, has launched tokenized versions of all 40 DAX index securities. Siemens or Allianz can now be bought even at night on Sunday, when the Frankfurt exchange is closed.
At the US market open on November 11, chipmaker stocks moved higher following CoreWeave's report. CoreWeave's own shares gained 16%, while the SOXX exchange-traded fund, made up of semiconductor company stocks, rose 5%.
Micron (MU, a major American manufacturer of memory for AI servers) shares were up about 6% before the US market opened on Wednesday, after closing Tuesday at $725.11. Two reasons converged: Anthropic named Micron among seven buyers of its $26 billion stock offering, and cloud company CoreWeave raised its revenue forecast.
The yen weakens for the second day in a row after October US inflation data. The market has almost fully priced in a Fed rate hike in December, and less than a figure remains to the 160 level, near which Tokyo has already entered the market with interventions.
Goldman Sachs trading division's internal stress indicator moved 8.55 points in two days on a scale of 0 to 10 - something that has never happened in the entire history of calculations. The previous record (7.87 points) had stood since April 16, 2013.
After two days of selling, Nvidia shares reversed upward on Wednesday. The company's own reaction to the scandal surrounding CEO Jensen Huang worked: an external law firm will check whether corporate secrets and US national security were compromised.
On Wednesday, November 11, by 11:58 Moscow time, silver (XAG/USD) was worth $52.92 per troy ounce versus $51.52 at Tuesday's close. In the European session, the metal rose almost 3%, to around $53.00.
Reuters reported on November 11 that a Chinese defense-oriented university purchased Nvidia H200 accelerators in circumvention of US export restrictions. This is the first case in which an organization linked to the military has been publicly named as a buyer of such chips.
On the morning of November 11, US index futures reversed upward: the market received a signal of de-escalation around Iran and strong earnings in the artificial intelligence sector. A day earlier, the same indices closed lower after inflation data.
Kevin Cramer, a Republican senator on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, publicly called for Jensen Huang to step down as head of Nvidia for the first time. According to The Telegraph, his departure could cost the company up to $1 trillion in market value. The trigger was an investigation into Huang's contacts with a woman suspected of working for Chinese intelligence.
CoreWeave (Nasdaq: CRWV - an American data center operator that leases computing capacity for artificial intelligence tasks) reported third-quarter results: revenue grew 2.7x to $3.66B, while net loss widened to $709M. After the main session closed, the stock was up as much as 8%.
On Tuesday, spot gold plunged almost 3%, to $4017.21 per ounce, after US inflation for October accelerated more than forecast. By 06:03 Moscow time on Wednesday, the metal had recovered part of the decline - $4043.62 per ounce, up 0.3%.
Nvidia shares fell to $166.95 on Tuesday, November 10 - below the level at which the stock began the year. The investigation surrounding company CEO Jensen Huang has reached Congress: the chairman of the House committee is ready to issue him a subpoena.
The developer of Claude has named its IPO price for the first time. On Nasdaq under the ticker ANT, 825 million Class A shares are being sold: at the upper bound, that's up to $64.4 billion raised and a company valuation of up to $1.4 trillion.
Anthropic (developer of the Claude AI assistant) has begun its roadshow ahead of going public with a range of $70-78 per share. Google announced a $10B investment, with its stake to be acquired at the same price that offering participants will pay for shares.
On Tuesday, gold gave back almost all of the previous day's gains - traders took profits, and a Fed official's comments about a possible rate hike in December added pressure.
By 11:57 Moscow time on Tuesday, US WTI crude lost the $84 per barrel mark and dropped to lows not seen since late August. This is the second consecutive day of heavy selling, with Brent plunging below $90 over the same period.
US stocks recovered almost the entire post-midterm Congress selloff: the S&P 500 posted its best day since April, while the Nasdaq gained 5% over two sessions.
