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Santa Claus is leaving investors in the lurch once again in 2024 as U.S. stocks have struggled during the typically bullish home stretch of the year.

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Tesla will fix software in 77,650 China-made Model 3 and Model Y cars over safety hazards, China's market regulator said on Tuesday. The action, due to software issues that may fail to display the monitored tyre pressure immediately after the vehicle starts, is described as a product recall under Chinese regulations, the regulator said. It was not immediately clear if drivers might need, or would be eligible, to return vehicles to Tesla for refunds.

South Korean markets tend to prefer XRP over larger assets such as bitcoin and ether, and a volume bump tends to precede price anomalies on local exchanges.

China's foreign exchange regulator released new rules that require banks to flag risky trades, including those involving cryptocurrencies, which would make it more difficult for mainland investors to buy and sell bitcoin and other digital assets. Banks are expected to monitor and report "risky foreign exchange trading behaviours", including underground banks, cross-border gambling and illegal cross-border financial activities involving cryptocurrencies, according to last week's announcement by t

After a satisfying year for investment bankers in Hong Kong, who helped lift the city back into the top 10 ranking in initial public offerings (IPOs) worldwide, the new year could be merrier as Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) prepares for more market debutants. Companies and investors raised US$11 billion from 64 first-time stock offerings on the main board, according to data compiled by the London Stock Exchange Group, making it the fifth busiest IPO venue. India's two main exchanges an

Markets that began the year with investors expecting a global stock rally to fizzle, swift U.S. interest rate cuts to boost Treasuries and soften the dollar and emerging market currencies to strengthen have firmly defied that consensus. That comes mostly thanks to a second year of huge gains for Wall Street stocks as artificial intelligence fever and robust economic growth sucked more global capital into U.S. assets and took the dollar up 6.6% against peers in 2024. U.S. exuberance rose after Donald Trump's Nov. 5 election win, as traders focused on the President-elect's plans for tax cuts and deregulation, with the surge in animal spirits propelling cryptocurrency bitcoin to a 122% annual gain.