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…
Trump wants weaker dollar but it could be a hard sell
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Donald Trump wants a cheaper dollar, saying earlier this month the United States should match…
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…
U.S. SEC chief says he has not met with Facebook since Libra announcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. financial market regulator said on Tuesday he has not discussed with Facebook its Libra…
Bitcoin tumbles as U.S. senators grill Facebook on crypto plans
LONDON (Reuters) – The cryptocurrency market took a beating on Tuesday with bitcoin losing over 10% in value after U.S.…
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…
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…
Fugitive U.S. tech guru: Cryptocurrency is next Cuban revolution
HAVANA (Reuters) – On the run from U.S. tax authorities, tech guru John McAfee puffs a cigar aboard his towering…
White House’s Navarro says China trade deal will take time: CNBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said on Tuesday U.S. trade talks with China are heading in…
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…
Trump says any China trade deal would need to be somewhat tilted in U.S. favor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday that trade talks with China were under way and any deal…
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…
U.S.-China trade talks: where they are and what’s at stake
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet on Saturday at the Group…
Explainer: U.S.-China trade war – the levers each country can pull
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will seek to revive talks to end a 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…
Fed pushes back on aggressive U.S. rate cut views
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday pushed back on market expectations and presidential pressure for the central…
Asia stocks slip after Fed tempers aggressive rate cut expectations
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks slipped on Wednesday and the dollar pulled back from three-month lows after Federal Reserve officials…
Dollar falls with yields as more Fed talk awaited
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks were left adrift on Tuesday as expectations of more dovish talk from the Federal Reserve…
Take Five: The Fed and the rest
With President Donald Trump’s trade policies heightening fears of a U.S. recession, expectations of a Fed rate cut have dramatically…
Global stocks dip as Fed meeting looms, oil climbs on geopolitical fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended nominally lower on Friday as investors awaited next week’s Federal Reserve meeting for…
Oil tumbles on demand worries; stocks hit by trade, economic fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices slid 4% on Wednesday on higher U.S. crude inventories and a bleaker demand outlook,…
Asian stocks subdued, oil near five-month low on U.S. inventory build
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks stuttered on Thursday, dogged by the uncertainty over an intractable U.S.-China trade dispute, while oil…
Equities rally dissipates as trade optimism fades, yield curve flattens
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s indexes ended Tuesday’s session virtually unchanged after investors turned their focus to U.S.-China trade…
Nasdaq confirms correction, bond yields fall further
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Nasdaq confirmed it was in a correction on Monday as stocks extended their recent sell-off,…
Global shares slide on fear trade spat is now a tech cold war
NEW YORK (Reuters) – World shares skidded further on Thursday and oil prices slid more than 5% as investors worried…
Take Five: Vol squall coming? World markets themes for the week ahead
May 3 (Reuters) – Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming…
Stocks slip, dollar drifts after Fed cools rate cut bets
LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar nursed overnight gains while Europe’s share markets struggled early on, after the U.S. central bank…
Bank results curb Wall Street, oil falls as Russia mulls production boost
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Underwhelming quarterly results from U.S. banks limited gains in world stocks on Monday, and oil prices…
Asia stocks hover below nine month peak after Wall Street stalls
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks hovered below a nine-month peak on Tuesday after disappointing bank earnings dented Wall Street, though…
Asian shares pause near eight-month high, dollar weakens
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks held near eight-month highs on Thursday and the dollar slipped again on expectations global interest…
Stocks edge higher as crude oil gains
NEW YORK – A gauge of global equities edged higher on Monday as another drop in Boeing shares and concerns…
Take Five: Panic over? World markets themes for the week ahead
LONDON (Reuters) – Following are the five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming…
Take Five: Panic over? World markets themes for the week ahead
LONDON (Reuters) – Following are the five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming…
Asia shares sit on weekly gains, await U.S. jobs test
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets consolidated weekly gains on Friday as Sino-U.S. talks dragged on with no concrete conclusions,…
Trump says U.S.-China trade deal may be reached in four weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States and China were getting very close to…
Wall Street powers world stocks; dollar up on Brexit woes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street led global stocks higher on Thursday on the back of upbeat economic data, while…
Pound jumps, Asian shares rise after changes to Brexit deal
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The pound jumped on Tuesday and Asian shares rose after the European Commission agreed to changes in…
Asia shares sluggish as global growth concerns return; ECB meeting eyed
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares eased on Thursday, with caution prevailing as investors awaited some kind of resolution to Sino-U.S.…
U.S. shares falter, investors await U.S.-China trade deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes closed lower while the dollar edged higher on Monday, as investors appeared to…
Trump says he’s inclined to extend China trade deadline and meet Xi soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday there was “a very good chance” the United States would strike…
U.S., China haggle over toughest issues in trade war talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators haggled on Thursday over the details of a set of agreements…
Standard Chartered fined $133 million by Britain’s financial watchdog
People walk inside the main branch of Standard Chartered in Hong Kong, China August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo (Reuters)…
Honda to shut UK car plant in 2022 with the loss of 3,500 jobs
LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese car maker Honda is set to announce it’s closing its only British car plant in 2022…
Honda to close UK car plant with the loss of 3,500 jobs
LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese carmaker Honda is set to announce the closure of its only British car plant in 2022…
Mexico to inject $3.9 billion in Pemex, seeks to prevent credit downgrade
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico will inject $3.9 billion into ailing state oil company Pemex, officials said on Friday, promising…
Asian stocks subdued, focus on new round of Sino-U.S. talks
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares barely budged on Tuesday with investors looking to a new round of Sino-U.S. trade talks…
U.S. dollar, yields firm; oil comes off two-month highs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar gained for a third straight session against a basket of currencies and U.S.…
Take Five: Dogs and Pigs – World markets themes for the week ahead
(Reuters) – Following are five big themes likely to dominate the thinking of investors and traders in the coming week…
World stocks post best January on record, yields fall
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets mostly rose on Thursday, fueled by upbeat Facebook earnings and the Federal Reserve’s…
Sterling up after May wins confidence vote; stocks climb
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Major world stock indexes rose on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 supported by sharply higher U.S.…
Asia shares recover as China stocks rise after weak data
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares edged up on Thursday as stimulus expectations and a rise in the yuan helped Chinese…
Trade optimism lifts stocks, but 2018 ends in red
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equities around the world rose on Monday as possible progress in resolving the trade dispute between…