First Light News: AI Trade Boosted on Anthropic IPO Filing as Brazil Slumps
Anthropics IPO filing lifts AI stocks, Brazil sells off, and a heavy week of earnings and central bank decisions looms.
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Anthropics IPO filing lifts AI stocks, Brazil sells off, and a heavy week of earnings and central bank decisions looms.

US dollar price forecast: DXY eyes 102.43 before Warshs Fed decision as EUR/USD breaks below its triangle and GBP/USD slips under 1.3356 into the Budget.

In yet another round of arrest in connection with the alleged pan-India cyber fraud and digital arrest case involving transactions worth INR 30,000 crore, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) nabbed Mukesh Kumar Pukhraj Jain Alias Mukesh Bhai, according to the sources. The sources further revealed that Mukesh was presented before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Panaji on October 16, 2026. The court sent him to ED custody until October 19, 2026. The total number of arrests has thus gone up to six with the latest action by the ED.

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Bank of Ghana interbank rates for October 26, 2026 show the cedi weaker against the US dollar, British pound and euro, with the dollar buying rate at GH¢11.6442.

Malaysian police have arrested seven people suspected of operating an online investment scam from a residential property in Kuching.

Oil prices plunged more than 6% as renewed US-Iran diplomatic efforts eased concerns over Middle East supply disruptions. With geopolitical risks still unresolved, investors are also watching key central bank decisions, rising equity markets and a busy earnings week for fresh signals on the global economic outlook.

State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman C S Setty expects the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to raise its policy rate by another 50 basis points in December, and then to hold until March 31. He made the projection at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026 in Mumbai on Monday, according to Business Standard. A basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point, so 50 basis points equal half a percentage point. The repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends to commercial banks and is the main lever of Indian monetary policy. Setty's number is a forecast from the head of India's largest bank, not an RBI announcement, and the central bank has not committed to a fixed path.

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Oil prices ease and European bonds recover ahead of Fed, ECB and BOJ decisions, while EUR/USD consolidates near 1.12 amid lingering inflation risks.

Rising oil prices provide support to safe-haven dollar.

Today (October 26, 2026), gold prices recorded a decline of INR 340 to INR 1.41 lakh, according to the India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA). On the other hand, silver prices went up. The one-kilogram price of silver grew INR 635 to INR 1.95 lakh.

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CBN data shows the naira fell to N1,361.84 per dollar on October 23, 2026, a N27.12 loss in two trading days, while parallel market rates hit N1,375 and reserves stood at $55.16 billion.

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Bank Negara Malaysia and the Bank of Thailand join MAS's Bloom initiative as policymaker members, working on cross-border digital money settlement across SGD, MYR and THB.

US dollar price forecast: five central bank decisions loom as DXY holds 101.60 support, EUR/USD defends 1.1189 and GBP/USD stays capped at 1.3407.