By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares extended their New Year’s rally on Friday after Wall Street struck another record high on fresh Chinese stimulus while oil spiked after U.S. air strikes in Iraq heightened geopolitical tensions. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan () touched its highestRead More →
(Reuters) – European shares started the new decade on a strong note on Thursday as China further eased monetary policy to prop up the economy, with concrete indications of an imminent U.S.-China trade deal also lifting the mood. The pan-European STOXX 600 index () was up 0.5% at 0807 GMT,Read More →
Welcome to the party, little fella. Small-cap stocks have been a missing piece of the puzzle as the stock market roared back in 2019 from a fourth-quarter drop last year that saw the S&P 500 SPX, +0.38% come within a whisker of a 20% pullback, the widely used definition ofRead More →
By Medha Singh (Reuters) – U.S. stocks surged on Monday on growing hopes that major economies would act to stymie the slowing economic effects of escalating global trade tensions, while technology stocks rose led by a nearly 3% gain in Apple’s shares. China’s central bank unveiled a key interest rateRead More →
Stocks closed at new highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes on Friday, as investors welcomed strong corporate earnings, government approval of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger, and better-than-expected economic growth. How are the major benchmarks faring? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.19% ended up 51.47 points,Read More →
© Reuters. A passerby walks past in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo By Marc Jones and Wayne Cole LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Stocks rallied and bonds retreated on Monday as the United States and China agreed to restart trade talks, leading investors to pare wagersRead More →
© Reuters. The National Australia Bank Logo is seen on a branch in central Sydney By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian bank shares surged the most in a decade on Tuesday after a long-awaited report on finance-sector misconduct recommended dozens of rule changes but spared the “Big Four” lendersRead More →
