Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson NEW YORK (Reuters) – There is little doubt on Wall Street that U.S. corporate profits are on track to rise at a heal... More »
FILE PHOTO: The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Staff/Remote LONDON (Reuters) – European shares traded higher on Monday morning with gains across bourses and sectors as focus ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A view shows Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia in this undated handout photo. Saudi Aramco/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Oil steadied around its highest prices in three weeks on Monday, supported by comments from S... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man shelters under an umbrella as he walks past the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks notched further gains on Monday and the dollar stayed on the back foot, as inv... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares gained on Monday, joining a global recovery for equity markets as sentiment improved gradually from a recent shakeout that was sparked by fears of creeping inflation and higher borrowing costs. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacif... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices extended gains to hit their highest level in nearly two weeks on Monday, buoyed as Asian shares joined a global recovery in equity markets and as worries grew over tensions in the Middle East. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said... More »
U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this photo illustration taken February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/Illustration TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar found some traction on Monday following last week’s steep fall and managed to hold above a three-year low ag... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock markets are unlikely to return to the unusually calm conditions seen last year, ... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures rose on Friday, set to build on a rally that has lasted five straight days as inv... More »
FILE PHOTO: Traders work at their desks in front of the German share price index, DAX board, at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Staff/Remote/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – World shares were set for their best week of gains in... More »
FILE PHOTO – Pump jacks drill for oil in the Monterey Shale, California, U.S. on April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices gained on Friday as the dollar slipped to a three-year low and global stocks headed for their... More »
A visitor is seen as market prices are reflected in a glass window at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan, February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets found a semblance of calm on Monday as S&P futures extended their ... More »
A Japan Yen note is seen in this illustration photo taken June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The yen edged higher versus the dollar on Monday, but traded below a five-month high as a bounce in U.S. equities late last week dam... More »
FILE PHOTO: An offshore oil platform is seen in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose by 1 percent on Monday, recovering at least some of last week’s steep losses as Asia... More »
The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Staff/Remote LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks suffered a sharp sell-off at the open on Monday, tracking big drops in Asia as growing infla... More »
A man walks past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares fell the most in over a year on Monday as fears of resurgent inflation battered bonds, ... More »
FILE PHOTO: An oil pump is seen operating in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, U.S. on May 3, 2017. Picture taken May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices on Monday extended declines from the end of last week amid a wid... More »
FILE PHOTO: Bitcoin (virtual currency) coins are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris July 11, 2014. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Monday that North Korea last year stole cryptocurrency from the ... More »
A Hungarian woman exchanges forints for euros at a currency exchange shop in Esztergom, Hungary November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks were set to post their biggest weekly drop since late 2016 on Friday, as talk of central ba... More »
Two Euro coins are seen at the Money Service Austria company’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger LONDON (Reuters) – The euro held above $1.25 on Friday, continuing a strong week in which rising U.S. treasury yields fai... More »
The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Staff/Remote MILAN (Reuters) – European shares fell on Friday and were set for their biggest weekly loss in six months as a slump in Deutsch... More »
FILE PHOTO: Sheets of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on the five-dollar bill currency are inspected through a magnifying glass at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington March 26, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – The do... More »
Asian shares extended their bull run on Monday amid upbeat corporate earnings and strong global economic growth, while the dollar tried to bounce even as the White House continued to complain of "unfair" trade practices by competitors. More »
Pedestrians walk past an electronic board displaying the Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks were set for their 10th straight week of gains on Friday, while the euro jumped ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Sheets of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on the five-dollar bill currency are inspected through a magnifying glass at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington March 26, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – The d... More »
FILE PHOTO: A gas station attendant pumps fuel into a customer’s car at a gas station in Shanghai, China November 17, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed on Monday, pushed higher by comments from Saudi Arabia that coopera... More »
FILE PHOTO – A woman walks in strong wind caused by Typhoon Lan, past an electronic board showing the graphs of the recent movements of Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – Wall Stre... More »
Oil hovered below a three-year high near $70 a barrel on Monday on signs that production cuts by OPEC and Russia are tightening supplies, but analysts warned of "red flags" due to surging U.S. production. More »
The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 10, 2018. REUTERS/Staff/Remote LONDON (Reuters) – The euro hit a fresh three-year high on Monday as optimism around growth buoys expectations of tighter polic... More »
FILE PHOTO: An offshore oil platform is seen in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Friday after hitting a three-year high of more than $70 a barrel the previous day, bu... More »
A man walks past an electric board showing exchange rates of various cryptocurrencies at Bithumb cryptocurrencies exchange in Seoul, South Korea, January 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL (Reuters) – With a tech-savvy population quick to adopt the latest gad... More »
The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 11, 2018. REUTERS/Staff/Remote LONDON (Reuters) – Record high world stocks headed for an eighth straight week of gains on Friday, while the euro sailed to a t... More »
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures rose and pointed to a positive open for Wall Street on Friday as investors digested fourth-... More »
The euro surged above $1.21 to a three-year high on Friday on bets the European Central Bank is getting ready to wind down its huge monetary stimulus, and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached a deal that should lead to the formation of a "grand coalit... More »
Men exchange greetings in front of an electronic board displaying the Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan January 4, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares flinched from testing their 2007 record peak on Wednesday, as invest... More »
A gas station attendant pumps fuel into a customer’s car at PetroChina’s petrol station in Beijing, China, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices hit their highest levels since 2014 on Wednesday due to ongoing production cuts l... More »
FILE PHOTO: Japan Yen and U.S. Dollar notes are seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar extended losses against the yen on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan’s move to trim Japanes... More »
FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates at a well site leased by Devon Energy Production Company near Guthrie, Oklahoma, U.S., September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, with U.S. crude touching its hig... More »
A U.S. Dollar note is seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar was little changed against other major currencies on Monday in holiday-thinned trading while the cost of swapping the yen for th... More »
FILE PHOTO: A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 28, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Investors saddled in 2017 with the market’s worst performers, incl... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Major global stock indexes slipped on Friday in light pre-holiday trade, exacerbated by weakness in several blue-chip companies’ shares, while Spanish bond yields rose after separatists won a Catalan election. Shoe and apparel maker Nike I... More »
FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates at a well site leased by Devon Energy Production Company near Guthrie, Oklahoma, U.S., September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices on Friday dipped away from some of their highest levels ... More »
FILE PHOTO: People walk past an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – The euro dipped on Friday after Catalan separatists wanting to break away from Spain won a... More »
FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Dollar note is seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar edged up on Friday though it remained on track for weekly losses, while the euro slumped after Catalan vo... More »
MILAN (Reuters) – European shares rose on Monday, with merger and acquisition activity in focus and investor sentiment buoyed by expectations that a U.S. tax bill could soon pass. Thales (TCFP.PA) rose 8.4 percent after the French aerospace and defense company... More »
FILE PHOTO: People walk past an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Global stock markets hit record highs on Monday on expectations that a U.S. tax bill coul... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar dipped against a basket of major currencies on Monday, on caution ahead of a vote in U.S. Congress on... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – Wall Street was set to open higher on Friday, recovering from a bout of uncertainty surrounding the passage of the Republ... More »
The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Staff/Remote LONDON (Reuters) – World shares fell on Friday and the dollar slipped against major and heavyweight emerging market currencies... More »
A U.S. Dollar note is seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar slipped to a nine-day low against the yen on Friday, after wrangling in the United States Congress over a bill to change the ta... More »
FILE PHOTO: A sign board displaying Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) stock information is seen in Toronto June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index futures were little changed on Friday even as oil prices rose amid ongoing... More »
FILE PHOTO – A pumpjack brings oil to the surface in the Monterey Shale, California, U.S. April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices edged up on Friday, lifted by the Forties pipeline outage in the North Sea, ongo... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s finance minister said on Monday that relevant ministries are in talks to decide whether trading of bitcoins should be regulated. “We’re looking at its speculative nature, as well as situation in other countries as we review,” Ki... More »
The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Staff/Remote LONDON (Reuters) – A breakthrough in Brexit negotiations pushed sterling to a six-month high against the euro on Friday and add... More »
The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Staff/Remote/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks rallied to a week’s high on Friday as Britain and the European Union announced a ... More »
British Pound Sterling banknotes are seen in a counter machine at the Money Service Austria company’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger TOKYO (Reuters) – Sterling rose while the euro edged down on Friday, as traders wa... More »
FILE PHOTO – A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices were stable on Friday as the weight of a strengthening U.S. dollar was countered by China’s relentless thirst for... More »
FILE PHOTO: A bitcoin sign is seen during Riga Comm 2017, a business technology and innovation fair in Riga, Latvia November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Bitcoin tumbled more than 12 percent in volatile Asian trading on Friday, dr... More »
A driver looks at the price as he fills the tank of his car at a gas station in Shanghai, China November 17, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil fell on Monday after U.S. shale drillers added more rigs last week, but prices still held close to their h... More »
A woman walks in strong wind caused by Typhoon Lan, past an electronic board showing the graphs of the recent movements of Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato SYDNEY (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar bounc... More »
Pound coins are seen in front of a displayed U.S. 100 dollar banknote in this picture illustration taken January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar was broadly higher on Monday, reaching a 2-1/2-week peak against the yen, li... More »
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures opened higher on Sunday after the U.S. Senate approved a tax overhaul bill early Saturday. ... More »
The German Central Bank (Bundesbank) presents the 50 euro banknote at its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach LONDON (Reuters) – The euro edged higher for a third consecutive day on Friday as investment flows propped up ... More »
The Toronto Stock Exchange sign is seen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index futures were little changed on Friday as investors awaited GDP and jobs data. The gross domestic product report, due a... More »
A man looks at a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) – European shares fell on Friday despite strong euro zone factory data, after a delay to a keenly awaited U.S. tax reform bill... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – U.S. stock futures pointed to a reversal of some of this week’s gains for Wall Street on Friday as a delay in voting on a... More »
A oil pump is seen at sunset outside Scheibenhard, near Strasbourg, France, October 6, 2017 . REUTERS/Christian Hartmann LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Friday, following an agreement by OPEC and other major producers to extend output curbs until the end... More »
FILE PHOTO: Equipment used to process carbon dioxide, crude oil and water is seen at an Occidental Petroleum Corp enhanced oil recovery project in Hobbs, New Mexico, U.S. on May 3, 2017. Picture taken on May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo SINGAPOR... More »
South African bank notes featuring images of former South African President Nelson Mandela (R) are displayed next to the American dollar notes in this photo illustration in Johannesburg August 13 2014. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Afri... More »
FILE PHOTO: Two Euro coins are seen after being minted in the Austrian Mint (Muenze Oesterreich) headquarters in Vienna June 20, 2013. EUTERS/Leonhard Foeger /File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – The euro hit a two-month high versus the dollar and held firm against ot... More »
Passersby are reflected in an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares hovered below their 10-year peak on Friday while mainland Chinese shares dropped to three-mo... More »
FILE PHOTO: British Pound Sterling and U.S. Dollar notes are seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar wobbled in thin trading on Friday, on track for losses against most rivals in ... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese stocks slipped further on Friday after the biggest selloff in months the previous day, with fresh government steps to reduce financial risks and a rout in the bond market sapping investors’ confidence. The blue-chip CSI300 Index .C... More »
People walk past an electronic board showing exchange rate between Japanese Yen and U.S. Dollar outside a brokerage at a business district in Tokyo, Japan August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares pulled back on Monday with investor... More »
Men work for Iraqi Drilling Company at Rumaila oilfield in Basra, Iraq, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil markets were tepid on Monday as traders were reluctant to take on big new positions ahead of an OPEC meeting at the end of t... More »
50 and 20 Euro banknotes are displayed in this picture illustration taken November 14, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The euro hit a two-month low against the yen on Monday, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s efforts to form ... More »
Sterling was flat on the day at $1.3115, nursing losses after it skidded in the previous session against a backdrop of political turmoil as British lawmakers this week debate the U.K. government's plans for leaving the European Union. More »
Asian stocks put in a subdued performance on Tuesday as Chinese economic data disappointed and investors pondered whether a marked flattening in the U.S. yield curve might be a harbinger of a future slowdown there. More »
Oil prices fell on Tuesday as the prospect of further rises in U.S. output undermined ongoing OPEC-led production cuts aimed at tightening the market. More »
Cracks in the red-hot U.S. high-yield bond market are starting to widen, with two junk-rated companies pulling their deals on Friday and U.S.-based high-yield funds suffering their second consecutive week of cash withdrawals. More »
The dollar edged higher on Friday as an overnight spike in U.S. Treasury bond yields prompted some investors to buy the greenback after some recent heavy selling. More »
World stocks edged lower on Friday on signs that U.S. tax reforms could be delayed after Senate Republicans offered a plan that differed significantly from the House of Representatives' version. More »
Oil prices hit their highest levels since July 2015 early on Monday as markets tightened, while Saudi Arabia's crown prince cemented his power over the weekend through an anti-corruption crackdown that included high profile arrests. More »
Asian shares stepped back from recent decade highs on Monday while major currencies held in tight ranges and oil jumped to a more than two-year peak as Saudi Arabia's crown prince cemented his power through an anti-corruption crackdown. More »
The dollar touched its highest level in nearly eight months versus the yen on Monday, supported by expectations for continued monetary policy divergence between the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. More »
The dollar edged away from last week's three-month highs on Monday, while the euro nursed losses after the European Central Bank and unrest in Spain's Catalonia led it to post its worst week this year. More »
Asian shares climbed on Monday, as technology stocks were bolstered by solid earnings from U.S. tech stalwarts and on strong pre-orders for Apple's iPhone X, while oil hovered around a 2-year peak on supply fears. More »
Oil markets were stable on Monday, with Brent remaining above $60 per barrel supported by expectations that an OPEC-led production cut due to expire next March would be extended. More »
Asian shares gained on Friday as technology stocks were boosted by upbeat earnings from U.S. high-tech giants while the euro hovered near a three-month low against the dollar after the European Central Bank extended its stimulus. More »
The euro had its worst day against the dollar in 16 months on Thursday after the European Central Bank began weaning the euro zone off loose monetary policy, while U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly, hurt by weak demand at an auction of 7-year notes. More »
European shares were flat on Monday with banks weighing and Madrid's bourse lagging its peers as Catalonia's political crisis deepened. More »
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's convincing election victory lifted the Nikkei to its highest in 21 years and world stocks to an all-time high on Monday, despite an escalation of Spain's constitutional crisis that weighed on the country's banks. More »
The dollar touched a three-month high against the yen on Monday, with investors betting that an emphatic election victory for Japan's ruling party would see a continuation of the ultra-loose "Abenomics" policy that have kept downward pressure on the yen. More »
World equity markets held close to all-time highs on Tuesday, as investors latched on to rising bets on higher borrowing costs in the U.S. and Britain. More »
Oil prices crept higher on Tuesday, holding on to gains made as fighting between Iraqi and Kurdish forces threatened supplies from northern Iraq while political tension rose between the United States and Iran. More »
Oil prices firmed on Friday as strong Chinese oil import data and turmoil in the Middle East boosted bulls in a market that has already shown signs of rebalancing after years of excess. More »
European shares hit their highest in nearly four months on Friday, helped by gains in Bayer after an asset sale deal paving the way for the German drugmaker's $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto. More »
World stocks rose for a fourth straight day on Friday on expectations of broad-based global growth, while the dollar headed for its worst week in five as investors awaited U.S. inflation data. More »
Oil prices edged up on Monday, after a 2 percent slide on Friday, as the number of rigs drilling for new oil in the United States dipped and on expectations that Saudi Arabia would continue to restrain its output to support the market. More »
Chinese shares climbed on Monday after a week-long break as a disappointing survey on the country's service sector did little to dent optimism on global growth, while political uncertainty caused turbulence for the Turkish and British currencies. More »
