ADVFN US – Market Content Editor

The Treasury Department is scheduled to announce the results of this month’s auction of $69 billion worth of two-year notes at 1 pm ET.

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) saw its stock push higher on Monday after its newly upgraded consumer AI application, Qwen, delivered an impressive performance in its first week of public beta testing — a result that renewed market enthusiasm for the company’s generative AI ambitions. According to a post on Alibaba’s WeChat account, the relaunched app surpassed…

Shares of WeRide Inc. (NASDAQ:WRD) surged 8% on Monday after the autonomous driving company delivered a blowout third-quarter update, showcasing explosive growth across its product portfolio and a sharp improvement in profitability metrics. For Q3 2025, WeRide posted total revenue of RMB171.0 million (US$24.0 million), a 144.3% year-over-year increase, marking one of its strongest quarterly…

Hedge funds continued to ramp up their exposure to U.S. equities last week, marking the third straight week of net buying, according to Goldman Sachs’ Prime Brokerage desk. Long positions outweighed short selling by a ratio of roughly 1.5 to 1, reflecting steady demand as November approaches its end. Goldman reported that overall trading activity…

Oil prices drifted lower on Monday, adding to last week’s losses as signals of progress in Russia–Ukraine peace discussions and a stronger U.S. dollar continued to pressure the market. As of 01:48 GMT, Brent crude slipped 14 cents, or 0.22%, to $62.42 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate eased 15 cents, or 0.26%, to $57.91.…

Gold prices weakened in Asian trading on Monday, pressured by a renewed shift toward risk assets after market expectations for a December rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve surged. Equity markets and other higher-risk assets rebounded sharply, diverting flows away from safe havens. Reports of ongoing U.S.-backed efforts to secure a Russia–Ukraine ceasefire added…

The U.S. dollar slipped slightly on Monday, trimming a portion of last week’s rally after comments from Federal Reserve official John Williams increased confidence that the central bank could lower interest rates as early as next month. At 04:00 ET (09:00 GMT), the Dollar Index—measuring the greenback against six major peers—was down 0.1% at 100.077,…