China finds second African swine fever case at WH Group plant
BEIJING (Reuters) – China found its second case of African swine fever (ASF) on Thursday at a slaughterhouse owned by…
Stocks, emerging currencies, lick wounds as lira bounces for second day
LONDON (Reuters) – Action from Turkey’s central bank pushed the lira higher for a second day on Wednesday, helping European…
Asia shares, euro under water as Turkish lira sinks
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asia share markets skidded and the euro hit one-year lows on Monday as a renewed rout in…
Turkish lira’s free-fall rocks equity markets, euro falls
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – A plunge in the Turkish lira rocked global equities and emerging markets on Friday and fear…
U.S. sanctions whack Russia’s rouble, Turkey’s lira free-falls
LONDON (Reuters) – Alarm bells were ringing on Thursday as harsh new U.S. sanctions drove drove down Russia’s rouble Turkey’s…
Global stocks lift on strong earnings as trade fight caps gains; sterling slumps
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock markets lifted on Monday after strong corporate earnings helped Wall Street close higher, but a…
Indonesia lobbies U.S. to maintain special tariff treatment
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia lobbied visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to keep the Southeast Asian nation on a…
Asian shares rise on trade war relief as investors await data
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street, as a report of attempts to renew…
Shares get China stimulus boost, bonds show the strain
LONDON (Reuters) – World shares climbed for a third day running on Tuesday, as China promised fiscal action to support…
Asian stocks choppy, sentiment shaken by sliding yuan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Most Asian stock markets retreated on Friday after China allowed its yuan currency to slide further, stoking…
Japan shares jump as yen bows to strong dollar
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday as a bullish outlook from the head of the…
Asia stocks sag after oil slides, dollar steady before Fed speech
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks sagged on Tuesday, weighed by a sharp decline in crude oil prices as Libyan ports…
Oil prices flat as IEA warns of output capacity limits
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices steadied on Thursday after sharp losses the previous session as the International Energy Agency (IEA)…
Trade war worries drag world stocks lower, yuan steadies
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks were dragged lower on Wednesday by growing anxiety ahead of Washington’s end of week deadline…
Asian shares, yuan on shaky ground on specter of Sino-U.S. trade war
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks were on shaky ground on Wednesday while the Chinese yuan stood near 11-month lows as…
Oil falls as Saudi output rises to compensate for disruptions
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell by more than one percent on Monday as investors eyed rising supplies in Saudi…
Global stocks slide on intensifying trade row, dollar wobbles
TOKYO (Reuters) – World stocks extended a sell-off on Tuesday as an escalating trade fight between the United States and…
Asian shares edge ahead, oil subdued before OPEC meeting
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares crept ahead on Thursday as a lull in the Sino-U.S. trade tussle and talk of…
World shares snap five-day losing streak on China policy easing
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks steadied near three-week lows on Wednesday and Chinese markets bounced after recent sharp falls as…
Asian shares fall as Sino-U.S. trade spat intensifies
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares retreated on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump cranked up trade tensions with China by…
Oil prices dip on unexpected growth in U.S. crude stocks
SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices dropped on Thursday, weighed down by a surprise rise in U.S. crude inventories and by…
Shares fall on Italian turmoil, euro near 6-1/2 month lows
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Tuesday and the euro hovered near 6-1/2 month lows as early elections loomed…
Oil falls as OPEC, Russia look to raise output amid U.S. surge
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, extending even steeper declines from Friday, as Saudi Arabia and Russia said…
Oil prices fall as top three producers look to boost supplies
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, extending a steep decline in the previous session, as the market eyed…
China relieved, U.S. business ambivalent over easing of trade tensions
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s government on Monday praised a significant cooling of trade tensions with the United States, saying agreement…
China relieved U.S. trade war is ‘on hold’; U.S. business ambivalent
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Monday praised a significant dialing back of trade tension with the United States, with the…
China praises positive steps in U.S. trade row, says didn’t give in
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Monday praised a significant dialing back of trade tension with the United States,…
Oil prices firm on OPEC cuts, strong demand and looming Iran sanctions
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices held firm on Friday on strong demand, ongoing supply cuts led by producer cartel OPEC…
Asia stocks edge higher, investors cautious on U.S.-China trade talks
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks edged up on Friday as investors kept a cautious watch on developments in U.S.-China trade…
Diesel fallout is responsibility of carmakers: German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – German carmakers will have to take responsibility for the fallout from their cheating in diesel cars’ emission…
Government borrowing costs rise as oil heads back to the 80s
LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar took a breather at a five-month high on Thursday, though government borrowing costs continued to…
Asian shares inch higher; euro tries to shake off Italian political risk
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares edged higher on Thursday while the euro gained some respite after hitting five-month lows a…
Asian shares steady; euro hampered by Italian political risk
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares held steady on Thursday, while the euro struggled near five-month lows set a day earlier…
Italian stocks slide, dollar powers on to new 2018 high
LONDON (Reuters) – Italian stocks slid on Wednesday after reports that the two parties seeking to form Italy’s next government…
Asian shares lower as North Korea suspends talks, U.S. yields shoot higher
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian markets fell in early trade on Wednesday after Pyongyang called off talks with Seoul, throwing a…
Oil cautious on rise in U.S. drilling, Iran sanctions opposition
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices edged lower on Monday as a relentless rise in U.S. drilling activity points to increased…
U.S. East Coast refiners look to Texas crude for discounted oil
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. East Coast refiners are shipping more shale oil from the Gulf Coast thanks to heavy…
Conoco moves to take over Venezuelan PDVSA’s Caribbean assets: sources
HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – U.S. oil firm ConocoPhillips (COP.N) has moved to take Caribbean assets of Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA to enforce…
World shares hemmed in by dollar and Fed rate expectations
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks inched higher on Wednesday after two days of losses but remained pinned down by the…
Asian shares edge higher as tensions ease, earnings rise
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares rose again on Monday as tensions in the Korean Peninsula eased and first-quarter earnings shone,…
Saudi Aramco appoints first woman to the board
DUBAI (Reuters) – State run Saudi Aramco, the world’s top oil company, said on Sunday it has appointed five new…
U.S debt deluge lifts bond yields to four-year high, Asia stocks down
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks slipped and the U.S. dollar advanced on Tuesday, as a deluge of U.S. government debt…
Asia stocks struggle with rising yields; oil stays high
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks dipped on Monday as investors braced for a bevy of earnings from the world’s largest…
Trump rails against high oil prices, OPEC pushes back
WASHINGTON/JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump accused OPEC on Friday of “artificially” boosting oil prices, drawing rebukes…
Asian shares edge ahead with Wall Street, but China lags
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares crept ahead on Wednesday after Wall Street took heart from upbeat corporate earnings, though nagging…
Shares in the red as nervous markets await Fed
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets slipped into the red on Monday as caution gripped investors in a week in…
Americans are drinking a daily cup of coffee at the highest level in six years: survey
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – The number of Americans drinking a daily cup of coffee is at the highest level since…