Stocks dip, yields inch up; focus on upcoming US inflation data, earnings

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stock indexes mostly eased and Treasury yields edged higher on Tuesday, with investors bracing for key U.S. inflation data this week and the start of fourth-quarter company earnings...

The dollar was mixed, while in cryptocurrencies, bitcoin fell but remained near its strongest level since April 2022 amid anticipation the Securities and Exchange Commission will approve spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...

The S&P 500 rose 24% in 2023.. Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York, said stock investors may also be nervous following news from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd..

Samsung reported a likely 35% drop in fourth-quarter operating profit on Tuesday, much worse than analysts expected as weak consumer demand persisted in many of its businesses even as memory chip prices improved...

The dollar rose 0.12% against the yen to 144.38, while the euro was down 0.1% on the day at $1.0936, and the dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of currencies of other major trading partners, was up 0.2% at 102.52...

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