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File photoPatrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMortgage demand is currently heavily skewed towards refinancing as interest rates have fallen for five consecutive weeks.Total mortgage applications rose just 1.6 percent last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index.The average contract rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) decreased from 6.44% to 6.43%, and the points for loans with a 20% downpayment increased from 0.54 (including origination fees) to 0.56. These rates were 78 basis points higher than the same week a year ago.Mortgage refinance applications fell 0.3%…

Axis Securities has placed a buy order for State Bank of India with a target price of Rs 1030. The current market price of State Bank of India is Rs 824.75.State Bank of India is a banking company established in 1955 (market capitalisation 736102.03 crores). The major products/revenue segments of State Bank of India include interest and discount on advances and bills, investment income, interest on balances with RBI and other interbank funds for the year ending March 31, 2024. Finance For the quarter ended June 30, 2024, the company reported consolidated total income of Rs 1,52,125.05 crore, down 7.76%…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, USA, August 30, 2024. Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersStocks @ Night is our daily after-hours newsletter, bringing you the latest on what’s on the horizon for tomorrow and what’s on the horizon for today. Sign up for free to receive it straight to your inbox.As the three major indexes started September on a downward trend, here’s what CNBC producers were watching and what’s in the spotlight for the next session.NVIDIAon tuesday, NVIDIA It’s lost more of its market cap in a single day than any…

A detailed view of the NFL Shield logo paint on the field during a preseason game between the Los Angeles Rams and Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on August 24, 2024 in Houston, Texas.Rick Tapia | Getty Images Sports | Getty ImagesSports team owners who profit from soaring team values ​​are also facing new pressures from two of the oldest certainties about wealth in America: death and taxes.As the average age of team owners rises and team values ​​soar into the billions of dollars, owners and the league are increasingly focused on how to ensure a smooth transition of ownership…

“And the second is a way for validators to effectively receive issuance,” Boisron added. “Effectively, if you think about these new chains that are emerging, they’re going to want to decentralize over time, so they need to incentivize people to actually run decentralized groups and decentralized provers, not just have a centralized sequencer. How can you do that if you don’t have a token or don’t want to issue a token yet? Effectively, this allows a portion of the POL issuance to actually go towards decentralizing the network and POL holders to receive fees from that network.”

Let’s take a look at some of the companies making waves in midday trading. Cleanspark – The cryptocurrency miner’s shares plummeted more than 15%. Cleanspark released its August mining update, indicating it mined 478 bitcoin last month. That’s down from 494 in July of last year and 659 in August. Vaxcyte – Shares recently rose more than 36%, previously hitting an all-time high, after the vaccine company reported positive results in a Phase 1/2 trial of its 31-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine candidate. The drug aims to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease in adults over 50 years old. Leerink Partners said the…

JPMorgan Chase said Monday that TikTok users who jumped on the get-rich-quick trend are breaking the law. Taking advantage of a temporary glitch in Chase’s ATM system, customers were able to deposit bounced checks and then quickly withdraw the funds before the checks were bounced. Video posted to social media It showed people waiting in line at a Chase store. He was also seen in videos purportedly waiting to withdraw money he had just “deposited” into a banking app using fraudulent cheques, as well as celebrating with stacks of fraudulently obtained cash. “We are aware of this incident and have…

Workers assemble the second-generation R1 vehicle at electric vehicle maker Rivian’s manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois, USA, on June 21, 2024. Joel Angel Juarez | ReutersAnother manufacturing indicator showed that U.S. manufacturing continued to slow in August, raising concerns about the economy’s future.According to the Institute for Supply Management’s monthly survey of purchasing managers, only 47.2% reported an increase in activity during the month, below the breakeven point of 50% activity.That was slightly higher than July’s 46.8% but below Dow Jones’ forecast of 47.9%.”U.S. manufacturing activity is still contracting, but the pace of contraction has slowed compared to last month,…

Liquidity in the banking system, measured by the net absorption of funds by the Reserve Bank of India, stood at a surplus of 2.23 trillion rupees as of September 2, according to central bank data. The weighted average call rate (WACR) was at 6.47% on Tuesday, up from 6.49% the previous day. The WACR is the operational target of the RBI’s monetary policy and is closely aligned with the central bank’s repo rate, which is currently at 6.50%.Liquidity in the banking system has been in surplus continuously for the past three months since June this year, driven by fresh government…

Metaplanet, a Japanese investment advisory firm that adopted Bitcoin as a reserve asset earlier this year, has tapped SBI VC Trade to provide custody services. SBI VC Trade, a cryptocurrency exchange under Tokyo-based SBI Holdings, is offering the possibility of using Bitcoin as collateral for fundraising, Metaplanet announced on Monday. In May, Metaplanet said it was adopting Bitcoin as a reserve asset to hedge against fluctuations in the yen. As of Aug. 20, the firm held 360.4 BTC ($21 million). The reserve asset strategy mimics that of software development firm MicroStrategy, which has been buying Bitcoin since 2020 and currently…