Take Five: World markets themes for the week ahead
LONDON (Reuters) – Following are five big themes likely to dominate the thinking of investors and traders in the coming week, and the Reuters stories related to them. Offshore oil…
Tariffs threaten market-leading tech, consumer stocks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. technology and consumer discretionary stocks have been insulated from global trade tensions, but if another round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods goes into effect,…
Wall Street propped up by gains for bank stocks
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks inched higher for a fifth day on Friday, as declines in real estate and utilities were offset by gains for banking stocks, driven by a rise…
Wall Street gains as Apple, tech rebound; oil lifts energy shares
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as Apple led a jump in technology shares and a gain of more than 2 percent in oil prices drove up…
SEC halts trading in two cryptocurrency products, citing market confusion
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Sunday it was immediately suspending trading in two investment products that track cryptocurrencies, citing confusion in the markets…
Emerging markets and equities reel as dollar flexes muscles
LONDON (Reuters) – The sell-off in emerging markets gathered pace on Wednesday and global stocks fell for the fourth day in a row as a looming deadline in the U.S.-China…
JD.com’s CEO was arrested on allegation of rape: police
MINNEAPOLIS/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The CEO of Chinese online retail giant JD.com Inc, Richard Liu, was arrested in Minneapolis last week following an allegation of rape, according to a public information…
Deutsche Bank to exit Eurostoxx 50 in blow to lender: documents
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) will be booted from the Eurostoxx 50 index of leading European stocks, documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed, the latest blow to Germany’s…
Wall Street extends rally, tech leads S&P, Nasdaq to record highs
(Reuters) – Wall Street extended its rally on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hitting record highs for the fourth straight session as technology companies pushed indexes higher…
Asia stocks makes modest gains as trade optimism extends Wall Street’s bull run
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks were mostly higher on Thursday, buoyed by a firmer finish on Wall Street, which hit record highs on expectations the North American Free Trade Agreement…