Waning ECB stimulus bets push bond yields higher
LONDON (Reuters) – Global bond yields rose on Monday, amid growing caution over the extent to which the European Central…
Vietnam culls 4.7 million pigs as African swine fever spreads
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has culled about 4.7 million pigs to contain an outbreak of African swine fever that has…
Asia shares rise on trade talks hope, firm U.S. data; safe havens sold
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks gained on Friday, joining a global trend as investors took heart from firm U.S. economic…
Toxic chemical at PES refinery mostly cleared, aiding probe of June blaze
(Reuters) – Most of a highly toxic chemical stored at a fire-damaged Philadelphia oil refinery has been rendered inert, clearing…
Oil falls ahead of hurricane but posts weekly gain as U.S.-China trade war eases
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil futures fell on Friday, with U.S. crude down nearly 3% ahead of a hurricane near…
Stocks edge higher but post monthly loss; yuan weakens as tariffs loom
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hopes for a thaw in the U.S.-China trade war helped a gauge of global stocks rise…
Shares rally, bond yields rise as China fuels trade deal hopes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. and European shares advanced on Thursday as China struck a hopeful tone on trade relations…
Oil falls as trade war raises recession fears
TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, pushing U.S. crude to its lowest in more than two weeks, as…
Trump regrets not raising tariffs on China higher, White House says
BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) – President Donald Trump wishes he had raised tariffs on Chinese goods even higher last week, the…
Oil spills into U.S.-China trade war, prices slump
NEW YORK (Reuters) – China said on Friday it would impose tariffs on U.S. crude oil imports for the first…
Trump heaps another 5% tariff on Chinese goods in latest tit-for-tat escalation
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping…
Oil prices climb after Saudi oilfield attack, but recession worries drag
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Crude oil prices rose on Monday following a weekend attack on a Saudi oil facility by Yemeni…
Oil rises alongside equities, but downbeat OPEC outlook caps gains
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices on Friday rebounded from a two-day drop, alongside equities as expectations of further stimulus…
Dollar firms, global stocks soar on ECB rate cut expectations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. and European stocks surged on Friday on expectations the European Central Bank will cut interest…
Stocks, oil tank on growing signs of global slowdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equity markets tanked and oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday after a closely watched bond indicator…
Oil slumps more than 4% on weak global economic data, U.S. crude build
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices sank more than 4% on Wednesday after global demand fears were revived by weak…
China cuts 2019/20 corn use forecast by 2 million tonnes due to African swine fever
Corn kernels are seen at a corn harvester on a farm in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, China October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer…
Oil rises on European stock draw despite demand slowdown forecast
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel on Friday, supported by a drop in European…
Gold gains as trade concerns weigh on global markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Signs of further escalation of the U.S.-China trade war and weak UK economic data weighed on…
African swine fever hits sixth pig farm in Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s veterinary authorities said on Friday they would cull 8,253 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African…
Bulgaria to compensate owners who cull pigs to help stamp out swine fever
FILE PHOTO: A pig rests at a farm near the village of Belotincy, 140 km (90 miles) from the capital…
Fifth Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday that they would cull another 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of…
Greece bans pork imports from Bulgaria due to African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Greece has banned imports of pork from its northern Balkan neighbor Bulgaria due to outbreaks of African…
Third Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian veterinary authorities said on Friday they will cull 30,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African…
Oil rises near $64/bbl on second downed Iranian drone
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil rose to almost $64 on Tuesday, jumping late in the session after the head of U.S.…
China’s agri ministry emphasizes need to ensure stable hog market
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday that it would work to ensure the country’s pork supplies and…
Easing hopes prop up global stocks, pound sags as Britain eyes new PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Expectations of policy easing by major central banks such as the Federal Reserve propped up global stocks…
Global stocks down as big rate cut hopes fade, dollar rises
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks declined after early gains dissipated on Friday as expectations for a…
Oil climbs as Middle East tensions offset demand worries
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Friday after steep losses a day earlier, supported by…
African swine fever hits pig farm in northeast Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria reported on Saturday an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm for pigs near…
Oil falls about 2.5% as U.S. Gulf production returns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil fell about 2.5% a barrel on Thursday, weighed down by weakness in U.S. equities markets…
Stocks gain on Fed rate cut optimism; oil drops
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks advanced on Thursday, erasing declines on a late rally after comments…
U.S. retail sales data dents stocks, lifts Treasury yields
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global equities lost ground on Tuesday and U.S. Treasury yields moved higher as…
Oil falls as Iran tensions seen easing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices turned lower on Tuesday, falling more than 3% after U.S. President Donald Trump said…
Oil prices down on dwindling storm impact, Chinese economic data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices sank about 1% on Monday on signs that the impact of a tropical storm…
China data steadies stocks as U.S. earnings get underway
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks rose modestly on Monday after economic data from China came in…
Cargill shuts animal-feed mills in China as fatal hog disease spreads
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cargill Inc shuttered animal-feed mills in China in recent months partly because the rapid spread of a…
Cargill quarterly profit dives 41% on trade tensions, U.S. floods
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Global commodities trader Cargill Inc reported a 41% drop in adjusted quarterly profit on Thursday, citing supply…
Oil falls on dim OPEC demand outlook, pares gains from Gulf of Mexico storm
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Thursday as OPEC forecast slower demand for its crude next year, with…
Bulgaria reports six new outbreaks of African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria has reported new outbreaks of African swine fever among backyard pigs in six villages in the…
Oil prices rise on Iran tensions, OPEC output cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil futures rose on Friday as tensions over Iran and an extension to output cuts by…
Tempered expectations of Fed rate cut sink stocks globally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A strong U.S. jobs report that tempered expectations of an aggressive interest rate cut by the…
Bulgaria confirms two cases of African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria has confirmed two cases of African swine fever among backyard pigs in the village of Zhernov…
Oil dives 4% on demand worries even as OPEC, allies extend cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than 4% on Tuesday, even after OPEC and allies including Russia agreed…
Weak economic data, tariff concerns weigh on stocks globally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Modest gains in U.S. stocks helped global equity indices edge higher on Tuesday as investors weighed…
Oil prices slip as demand worries outweigh OPEC supply cuts
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as worries that a weakening global economy would dent demand for the…
Asian shares cautious as weak manufacturing data stoke growth worries
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares were choppy on Tuesday as weak global manufacturing activity reinforced worries about slowing world growth,…
Preserve your ammunition, BIS urges top central banks
LONDON (Reuters) – Bank for International Settlements (BIS) chief Agustin Carstens has urged top central banks to preserve their ammunition…
Global stocks enjoy relief rally in Asia, bonds retreat
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Stocks rallied while bonds retreated in Asia on Monday as a thaw in the Sino-U.S. trade dispute…
Oil prices fall, but post weekly gain ahead of G20 talks, OPEC
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Friday but posted their second straight week of gains ahead of trade…
Stocks advance to end first half as G20 in focus
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks climbed on Friday in advance of a meeting on trade between…
Oil prices mixed ahead of U.S. crude stock data
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday ahead of data expected to show U.S. crude stocks declining, outweighing…