Julia Donnelly steps down on 30 October after three years. Shares fell by as much as 3.8%, and her successor inherits a $4bn AWS commitment and slowing growth.

Singapore, Aug. 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WEBUY GLOBAL LTD. (Nasdaq: WBUY) ('Webuy” or the 'Company”), a technology-driven comprehensive travel solutions company, today announced record preliminary unaudited travel bookings of approximately US$4.76 million during the three-day NATAS Fair in August 2026. The result represents an increase of approximately 42% from the more than US$3.34 million announced for the NATAS Fair March 2026 and is equivalent to nearly US$1.6 million in bookings per day

The yen is under renewed pressure amid fresh expectations of Federal Reserve monetary tightening.

The MSCI rebalancing exercise will happen in the last few minutes of trade. Apart from Eternal likely to witness increase in weightage, four stocks, Laurus Labs, Adani Energy, Lenskart Solutons and Groww's parent Billionbrains Garage Ventures, will be included in the MSCI Standard Index and are likely to see potential inflows between $250 million to $400 million as well.

HDFC Bank shares rose 3% after CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan's exit announcement, with succession plans now under scrutiny.

Gold and silver prices extended their losses for a fourth straight session on Monday as comments from US Fed Chair Kevin Warsh fuelled expectations of higher interest rates. Gold has declined ₹9,500 over four sessions, while silver is down ₹7,700 in three sessions.

Gold prices hit a near two-week low amid Fed Chair's hawkish comments on potential interest rate hikes to combat inflation.

Gold prices fall over 1% amid hawkish Fed signals, stronger dollar and higher yields. Here’s what investors should watch, including rate-hike expectations, support levels and geopolitics.

The choice of successor will now be central to the investment case for HDFC Bank, as the new leadership inherits a lender still navigating some of the after-effects of its merger with erstwhile HDFC Ltd, say brokerages.