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Global equities end the week on a negative note as investors struggle to find a balance between hopes of a soft landing and expectations of future rate cuts

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Global stocks trade higher as optimism around the possible end of the US government shutdown improves sentiment, alongside greater odds of rate cuts from the Federal Reserve

The NASDAQ's uptrend gets called into question as doubts about US monetary policy and artificial intelligence weighs on sentiment.

Market sentiment improves, lifting equities and weighing on the dollar, as a deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has passed the Senate

Markets digest the impact of last week's volatility after a hawkish cut from the FOMC and tech earnings that didn't quite meet the mark

Sentiment in US equity markets softens into the weekend as markets digest a busy week of information from the Federal Reserve and key tech earnings

The US Federal Reserve cut the Federal Funds Rate by 25 basis points