Nasdaq boosted by chip rally; Dow, S&P 500 stall
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 22, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan…
Wall Street edges higher as upbeat earnings dampened by trade, shutdown woes
(Reuters) – Wall Street ended slightly higher on Wednesday after a spate of upbeat earnings reports, but lingering concerns about…
Asset managers brace for more job cuts amid market turbulence
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Turmoil on financial markets is expected to deepen layoffs and accelerate acquisitions in the fund management…
Supermarket retailer Casino to sell six stores to rival Leclerc
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Casino shop is seen in Nice, France, January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo PARIS (Reuters)…
Netflix shares fall as weak forecast dampens investor optimism
(Reuters) – Shares of Netflix Inc fell nearly 5 percent on Friday, as investors looked past its record subscriber numbers…
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.…
Wall Street falls as China prompts global slowdown worries
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 10,…
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…
Fund managers hoping for stock rally look to emerging markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – After emerging market stocks led global equity markets lower in a brutal 2018, some U.S.-based fund…
Wall St. rebounds on robust jobs report, dovish Powell remarks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street rebounded on Friday to close at its highest in two weeks after a strong…
China warnings signal Trump’s trade war finally hitting home
ATLANTA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Weak sales at Apple and Cargill, U.S. giants of technology and agriculture, may be the clearest…
Bank, energy stocks lift Wall Street higher in choppy session
(Reuters) – Wall Street edged higher in a choppy session on Wednesday, as gains in energy and bank stocks helped…
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…
Wall Street rises, limps across the finish line of a turbulent year
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street advanced in low-volume trading on Monday as revelers gathered to ring in 2019, marking…
Wall Street rally pauses, but stocks mint weekly gain
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 ended marginally lower in a choppy session on Friday, but major indexes posted weekly gains…
Defensive stocks top 2019 playbooks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Perceived safe havens like utilities and consumer staples, often an afterthought in Wall Street’s cascade of…
U.S. retirees try to keep cool as stocks tumble
BOSTON (Reuters) – Nancy Farrington, a retiree who turns 75 next month, admits to being in a constant state of…
U.S. oil edges up after tumbling to lowest since June 2017 on economy fears
SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices were mixed on Wednesday as the U.S. benchmark rebounded from steep losses in the previous…
Global stock indices edge lower as U.S. government shutdown looms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stock markets continued a week-long sell-off on Friday as the threat of a U.S. government…
Wall Street rises in volatile trading led by defensive stocks
(Reuters) – Wall Street rose in volatile trading on Friday, after two days of heavy losses, with the biggest gains…
Oracle quarterly results beat on strength in cloud business
FILE PHOTO: People gather prior to the start of a keynote speech at the All Things Oracle OpenWorld Summit in…
Global stocks drop, where is ‘Santa Claus rally’?
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Broad stock declines in Europe and the United States dragged world equity markets lower on Monday,…
Wall St. tumbles, S&P closes at lowest level in 14 months
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan…
Asian shares perk up ahead of key policy events in China, U.S.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian share markets ticked up on Monday as investors cautiously looked to whether key policy events in…
Wall St. looks to Fed outlook Wednesday for early Christmas gift
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are eager for a touch of Christmas cheer from the U.S. Federal Reserve next week,…
Wall St. tumbles on global growth worries, J&J decline
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s three major indexes tumbled on Friday and the Dow confirmed a correction as weak data from…
S&P 500 ends choppy session little changed
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan…
Tencent Music debut strikes a chord with investors
(Reuters) – Shares of China-based music streaming company Tencent Music Entertainment TME.N rose more than 13 percent in their U.S.…
Dell gets shareholder approval for VMware deal
A logo of Dell Technologies is seen at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman…
Tech stocks lead Wall Street higher on China-U.S. trade talk progress
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday, rising for the second day in a row, led by technology companies on…
SoftBank’s record IPO reaches $23.5 billion after extra share sale
TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is set to raise 2.65 trillion yen ($23.5 billion) in Japan’s biggest-ever IPO…
Stock selloff snowballs as investors price in slowing world economy
LONDON (Reuters) – Losses on global stocks snowballed on Monday, with Wall Street set to follow Europe and Asia lower…
Apple leads futures lower again in volatile session
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan…
Licking their wounds, fund managers prep for rally in ’19
NEW YORK (Reuters) – With bond and equity markets from the United States to emerging markets all on pace to…
Wall Street swamped by fresh U.S.-China trade worries
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as the arrest of a top Chinese technology executive stirred fears of fresh…
Investors caught in crossfire of fight for holiday shoppers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors would normally be thankful for a strong U.S. economy, yet this holiday season they worry…
Wall Street futures, Asia stocks jump back on GOP’s house prospects
TOKYO (Reuters) – Wall Street stock futures and Asian shares erased losses to eke out small gains on Wednesday as…
Forget gridlock, Republican win may be better for stocks
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that his favorite measure of success, the stock market, is…
Slump persists, China fails to stimulate markets hobbled by pledged shares
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is struggling to restore confidence in its stock markets, which are being weighed down by a…
Exclusive: CrowdStrike hires Goldman Sachs to lead IPO – sources
(This October 19 story corrects penultimate paragraph to show that Tenable shares have gained, not declined, since the company’s IPO)…
With market on edge, investors look to tech trio
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The pressure is on for Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft as they prepare to report quarterly results…
Euro, pound rally on Brexit concession; global stocks dip
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks dipped on Friday, dragging a global index into a fourth consecutive weekly loss, while the…
Wall St. slides on Saudi Arabia, Italy concerns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell more than 1 percent on Thursday as the European Commission issued a warning…
Asia shares ride Wall Street bounce, China muted
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian equities got some welcome relief on Wednesday after upbeat U.S. earnings reports drove a rebound on…
Wall Street opens lower as Saudi tensions add to concerns
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks dropped at open on Monday as rising tensions between Western powers and Saudi Arabia added to…
Machines take the blame as U.S. stock market sells off
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors searching for perpetrators and victims in this week’s U.S. stock market selloff pointed to a…
Vivendi reaffirms support for TIM CEO, decries ‘rumor campaign’
PARIS/MILAN (Reuters) – Top shareholder Vivendi (VIV.PA) reaffirmed its support for Telecom Italia’s (TIM) (TLIT.MI) Chief Executive Amos Genish, while…
Dollar and global bonds track surge in Treasury yields, stocks sag
LONDON (Reuters) – A rise in U.S. Treasury yields to their highest levels since mid-2011 pulled global bond yields higher…
Canadian dollar, stocks rise as NAFTA salvaged
LONDON (Reuters) – Optimism about a reconstituted free trade agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico and what it…
Knorr-Bremse discloses dispute with Bosch in IPO prospectus
MUNICH (Reuters) – German brake maker Knorr-Bremse has disclosed a contractual dispute with Robert Bosch GmbH ahead of a stock…
Facebook’s slide stalls Intel-led advance on Wall Street
(Reuters) – Wall Street ended flat on Friday as gains by Intel, real estate companies and utilities offset a drop…
Fed likely to lift rates, possibly end ‘accommodative’ policy era
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the Federal Reserve widely expected to raise interest rates on Wednesday, financial markets are focused on…
Oil above $80 lifts stocks, offsets trade and bond market chill
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares rose and Wall Street was set for a stronger open on Tuesday, as oil above…
Futures flat as oil gains offset chipmaker falls
(Reuters) – Stock index futures handed back initial gains on Friday to point to a flat opening for U.S. markets,…
Global shares knocked after new U.S. tariff threat on Chinese goods
LONDON (Reuters) – European share markets followed Asian counterparts lower on Monday as investors took fright at news Washington was…