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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Wall Street flat after NAFTA deal high
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks were little changed on Tuesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hovering at all-time…
S&P, Nasdaq hit record highs as trade war fears recede
(Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes rose on Tuesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes hitting fresh all-time…
World stock index at highest in over five months on trade deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An index of major world stock markets rose to its highest level in more than five…
U.S. stock fund investors show no fear of King Dollar
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. fund investors are in no rush to shore up defenses against the strong dollar. Traders…
Wall St. rallies as Powell stays on rate-hike course
(Reuters) – Wall Street rallied on Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hitting all-time highs, after Federal Reserve…
Stock futures flat as U.S.-China tariffs kick in
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Thursday as the United States and China slapped 25 percent…
Asian shares flat as drop in S&P 500 futures weighs
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian stocks were flat in early trade on Wednesday after Wall Street ended higher, with the S&P…
Asia stocks capped, dollar droops following Trump comments
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks were capped and the dollar dipped on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump accused China…
Asia shares inch up with yuan, wary on Sino-U.S. talks
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets crept cautiously higher on Monday as investors awaited developments on proposed Sino-U.S. trade talks…
Chinese internet stock sell-off may shake faith in FANGs
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A steep downturn in heavyweight Chinese internet stocks and recent weakness in half of the so-called…
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…
Wall St. falls amid Turkey woes; banks, tech decline
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks slid on Friday as a deepening economic crisis in Turkey dragged on bank stocks…
Trade war threatens reign of luxury stocks
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – An escalating trade war between the United States and China could abruptly end a glittering stock market…
Tech stocks take Nasdaq closer to record
(Reuters) – The Nasdaq inched toward a record on the back of high-flying technology trio of Apple, Amazon and Microsoft,…
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…
Wall Street closes higher as strong earnings cheer investors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher on Monday as investors applauded a strong U.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…
Berkshire Hathaway profit surges as economy gives Buffett a boost
(Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Saturday said quarterly operating profit rose 67…
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…
Meat processor Tyson Foods cuts profit forecast on mounting tariff pressures
(Reuters) – Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N) cut its full-year profit forecast on Monday, citing the uncertainty in trade policies and…
Economy, dollar, trade key to U.S. stocks’ global edge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The ability of the U.S. stock market to keep an edge this year over equities elsewhere…
Instagram not an instant fix for ailing Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Revenue forecasts from Facebook Inc that alarmed investors, fueling the worst day ever for its shares…
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…
Papa John’s shares fall as board adopts ‘poison pill’
(Reuters) – Shares of Papa John’s International Inc (PZZA.O) fell 8 percent on Monday after the pizza chain said it…
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…
S&P hovers at five-month highs, Amazon hits $900 billion market cap
(Reuters) – The benchmark S&P 500 remained at five-month highs on Wednesday as a rise in financial and industrial stocks…
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…
CSX profit tops Wall St target on cost cuts, pricing power
(Reuters) – CSX Corp (CSX.O) on Tuesday posted quarterly profit that topped Wall Street’s target, as the No. 3 U.S.…
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…
AT&T CEO confident Time Warner deal on solid ground
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has only a remote chance of overturning AT&T Inc’s takeover of Time Warner, Chief…
Broadcom loses $19 billion in market value after bid to buy CA
(Reuters) – Chipmaker Broadcom Inc’s surprise bid to buy software company CA Inc for $18.9 billion wiped off the same…
Sky shares leap as Comcast and Fox lock horns in bid battle
LONDON (Reuters) – Sky (SKYB.L) shares leapt to an 18-year high on Thursday as investors bet a transatlantic battle for…
Papa John’s drops after report alleges chairman used racial slur
** Shares of Papa John’s International Inc (PZZA.O) pizza chain down 3.5 pct to a more-than-two-year low on Wednesday a…
Wall Street snaps four-day rally; latest trade threat weighs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, breaking a four-session streak of gains after Washington’s threat to impose…
S&P 500 posts highest close since February 1; PepsiCo a boost
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 rose for a fourth session on Tuesday to post its highest close since…
Bank rally helps Wall Street as investors await strong earnings
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Monday, with banks and industrial stocks driving a third day of gains on Wall…
Investigators may use files seized from VW law firm: court
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) has lost a legal challenge to prevent prosecutors from examining unpublished documents about its…
Wall Street rises on U.S.-EU trade relations optimism
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s major indexes rose on Thursday as reports that the United States and the European…
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…
Dell moves to go public, spurns IPO
(Reuters) – Dell Technologies Inc said on Monday it would pay $21.7 billion in to buy back shares tied to…
Amazon to buy PillPack in potentially disruptive drug retail push
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would buy small online pharmacy PillPack, a move that will put the…
China’s Xiaomi prices HK IPO at bottom of range, raises $4.72 billion: sources
HONG KONG (Reuters/IFR) – China’s Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) priced its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) at the bottom of…