On this episode of Stock Movers:
- An index of precious metals and mining shares in Johannesburg rallied as much as 5.2%, touching its highest intraday level ever, after gold and silver hit records as the US Justice Department threatened the Federal Reserve with a criminal indictment, reviving concerns over its independence. Fresnillo jumped as much as 6.7%.
- Barclays falls as much as 4.8% after President Donald Trump said that credit-card lenders would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t heed his call to cap interest rates at 10% for one year.
- Abivax’s shares surged as much as 31% in early Paris trading as speculation mounted over a possible takeover of the French biotech.