The AI titan will maintain its strong lead, but complicated product rollouts, sky-high expectations and the China threat add complications to growth potential.
The first snowfall of the season over Chicago and other swaths of Middle America and forecasts for frigid weather in the coming weeks have added fuel to the natural-gas rally, pushing prices of the power-generation and heating fuel to a new highs for the year.
Bitcoin hit a fresh record high and Hargreaves Lansdown said it could soon reach $100,000 on hopes of a crypto-friendly federal stance under Donald Trump, with investors closely watching for signs of regulatory clarity. The dollar slipped.
U.S. crude oil inventories rose last week as an increase in imports offset a decline in production, while refineries ran at a lower rate than the week before.
U.S. natural gas futures rose for a fourth straight session as the market braced for a turn in the weather and the start of the storage withdrawal season.
Oil rose with crude on track to record gains for the third consecutive session on increasing geopolitical concerns and signs of increased demand, Exness said.
Bund yields were higher in early European trading and Commerzbank Research said risk-off dynamics were fading, although the underlying safety bid in German bonds was likely to linger.