FILE PHOTO: A trader walks the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The specter of a trade war started by U.S. President Donald Trump rattled Wall Street on Thursday and ex... 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 »
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 on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – You ain’t seen nothing yet. Some veteran investors who were vindicated in calling for a pullback in s... More »
People stand in front of the logo of Punjab National Bank outside a branch of the bank in New Delhi, India February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian investigators raided the offices of jewelry retailer Gitanjali on Friday in a ... More »
A specialist trader works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bond vigilantes could be finding allies in the stock market. With inflation fears back ... More »
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wide swings in the U.S. stock market has blunted initial public offering (IPO) activity on Wall Street in what was set... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange ahead of the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the U.S. stock market suffered its worst selloff in more than six years on Monday, Richmond... More »
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the closing bell in New York, U.S., February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Energy stocks have got off to a strong start this year and look poised to run further, fue... 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 »
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: Kate Upton attends Harper’s Bazaar’s celebration of ‘ICONS By Carine Roitfeld’ at The Plaza Hotel during New York Fashion Week in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 9, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (Reuters) – Guess Inc shares fell more than 17 perc... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – A rising U.S. stock market normally reduces fear among investors, but the blistering pace of the current rally ha... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – Shares in French drugmaker Sanofi fell on Monday after the company announced a $11.6 billion takeover of U.S. haemophilia treatment specialist Bioverativ, with some traders saying the price looked expensive. Sanofi shares were down 2.3 percen... 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 Kodak logo is shown on a booth during the 2017 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 6, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Shares of Eastman Kodak Co (KODK.N) more than doubled on Tuesday after the one-time leader in photography became ... 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 »
FILE PHOTO: Sparks glow from broken Bitcoin (virtual currency) coins in this illustration picture, December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks that surged in recent weeks because of the cryptocurrency mania have man... 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 »
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 »
FILE PHOTO – Hunter Harrison speaks to the economic community at a business luncheon in Toronto, March 2, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (Reuters) – CSX Corp’s (CSX.O) shares tumbled on Friday in premarket trading after the No. 3 U.S. railroad said Chief Executive ... 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 »
(Reuters) – Shares of Siebert Financial Corp, a small 50-year-old New York brokerage, doubled on Thursday on plans to expand into cryptocurrency trading, in the latest instance of investor frenzy over the red-hot market for virtual currencies. The gains pushed... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (010140.KS) named Joonou Nam as its new chief executive officer on Monday after Park Dae-young resigned to take responsibility for the firm’s losses. The shipbuilder’s shares plunged last week as it fore... 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 »
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 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 »
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 »
The Qudian app logo is seen on a smartphone in an illustration photo taken in Beijing, China December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration (Reuters) – U.S.-listed shares of Chinese financial firms slipped in premarket trade on Friday after Reuters reported ... More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in Seoul, South Korea, August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s (005930.KS) shares fell more than 4 percent to a one-month low on M... More »
FILE PHOTO – The ticker and logo for General Electric Co. is displayed on a screen at the post where it’s traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – ... More »
BARCELONA/LONDON (Reuters) – Vivendi’s Universal Music Group (UMG) could be worth more than $40 billion, Chief Executive Arnaud de Puyfontaine said on Friday, helping to buoy shares in the French media group after third-quarter results in which UMG was a highl... More »
Roku Inc's shares surged nearly 43 percent to a record high on Monday after the streaming device maker said it signed a licensing deal that would put its technology on Philips-branded televisions in the United States this year. More »
With the announcement of Jerome Powell as the new Federal Reserve Chair, banks are likely to see a battle between a boost from deregulation supported by the new Fed leader and the challenge of a flattening yield curve as monetary policy is likely to remain on ... More »
European shares were flat on Monday with banks weighing and Madrid's bourse lagging its peers as Catalonia's political crisis deepened. More »
Airbus shares rose on Tuesday after the European planemaker and aerospace group agreed to buy a majority stake in Bombardier's CSeries jetliner program. 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 »
The boom in emerging market technology stocks is becoming a problem for fund managers of all stripes. More »
The S&P 500 posted its sixth straight record high close on Thursday, its longest run since 1997, as investors cheered increased prospects for a tax overhaul with Congress moving closer to agreement on a budget resolution. More »
European shares hovered around three-month highs on Tuesday as a sell-off in Spanish stocks eased and financials gained following another record-breaking session on Wall Street. More »
European stocks, propelled by a weaker euro, were heading for their best monthly gains this year on Friday, but Volkswagen shares sank on further provisions for its diesel scandal settlements. More »
European shares edged down on Monday as investors took a cautious view of the upcoming coalition tussle in Germany following elections in which Chancellor Angela Merkel secured a fourth term but saw her party weakened by a surge in support for the far-right. More »
The S&P and the Dow were set to open at record highs on Monday as appetite for riskier assets improved on easing tensions on the Korean peninsula and ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting that could unveil plans to trim its bloated balance sheet. More »
European shares rose on Monday, led by insurers as the downgrade of Hurricane Irma in the United States raised the prospect that costs for the industry may be lower than initially feared. More »
Roche shares fell in early trading on Monday after trial failures added to the Swiss drugmaker's challenge of replacing patent-expired medicines with lucrative new drugs. More »
Rathbone Brothers, the wealth manager that this month ended its pursuit of rival Smith & Williamson, said its share price fall on Friday had coincided with anonymous allegations made in an online discussion forum. More »
European shares traded lower on Friday across most exchanges and sectors, failing to get support from subdued sessions in Asia and on Wall Street, and as the euro's rally dims appetite for regional stocks. More »
European shares crept higher on Tuesday, brushing off geopolitical tension as attention turned to deal-making after Aveva's tie-up with Schneider Electric. Financials and health stocks underpinned broader gains. More »
Investors piled back into European stocks on Wednesday, boosting indexes higher in a relief rally after geopolitical concerns caused a sharp dip across equity markets. More »
Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) said on Wednesday it had resumed production in China after a supply disruption forced the suspension of operations last week, complicating its efforts to lift sagging sales in the world's biggest auto market. More »
U.S. small-cap stocks, highly sensitive to the fate of President Donald Trump's policy ambitions, may face more selling pressure, leaving small-cap investors scrambling for quality names and more resilient sectors. More »
Shares of India's Infosys Ltd fell as much as 4.6 percent on Monday to a near three-year low, slumping for a second consecutive session, after brokerages including Nomura downgraded the stock following the resignation of its chief executive. More »
Investors worried about lofty stock-market valuations may take comfort in signs that companies in the benchmark S&P 500 index are padding their bottomlines less than they have in previous years. More »
BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO)(BBRY.O) shares have been plunging from their more than two-year high hit in June after lackluster earnings and competitive threats have raised doubts about prospects for a turnaround at the business software maker. More »
European shares rose on Monday after geopolitical tension had sent them to their worst weekly losses of the year. More »
The three major U.S. stocks indexes ended higher on Friday, snapping three days of losses, as investors bet on slower U.S. rate hikes, but gains were muted by increasingly aggressive exchanges between the United States and North Korea. More »
Basic resources and energy stocks helped European benchmarks build on the previous week's robust gains on Monday, as commodity prices climbed. More »
The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2017. Charter Communications Inc’s shares surged to a record high on Monday after a source said Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp was considering an acquisition ... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., July 12, 2017. U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Monday as investors treaded water ahead of a busy earnings week from big U.S. companies. More »
FILE PHOTO – Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., July 5, 2017. U.S. stock index futures were higher on Wednesday ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s testimony to Congress. More »
Traders work in front of the German share price index, DAX board, at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Staff/Remote European stocks edged higher on Monday, with banks and utilities the strongest sectors, as mergers and acquisition... More »
Shares of Wanda Hotel Development Co Ltd jumped more than 150 percent on Monday after Dalian Wanda Group said it will sell 91 percent of 13 tourism projects, as well as 76 hotels in China to Sunac China for $9.3 billion. 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/File Photo Recovering technology stocks gave European shares another leg up on Wednesday, while deal chatter se... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday despite a sharp decline in energy shares after written testimony from former FBI director James Comey did no... 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 “Sell in May and go away” is perhaps the oldest saw on Wall Street, but it appears there’s n... More »
The Hong Kong-listed shares of AAC Technologies, an acoustic component supplier for Apple Inc, plunged as much as 14 percent on Thursday, after research firm Gotham City accused it of “dubious accounting” practices. More »
An investor checks stock information on a mobile phone at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song China stocks tumbled more than 1 percent on Monday and looked set for their biggest loss of the year amid signs that Beijing would... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid U.S. stock index futures rose sharply on Sunday on relief that centrist Emmanuel Macron took the first round of voting in the French pre... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid U.S. stocks have struggled since the timeline for the Trump administration’s pro-growth agenda came into question, but investors appear ... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Major U.S. stock indexes fell on Thursday for a third straight day as investors weighed earnings reports from big U.S. banks and geopoli... More »
The longevity of the technology stocks rally is on the line next week as Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) kicks off the earnings season for a sector that has mushroomed to account for more than a fifth of the U.S. stock market’s value. More »
FILE PHOTO: Tesla Chief Executive, Elon Musk enters the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., January 6, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo Shares of Tesla (TSLA.O) jumped nearly 3 percent on Thursday after Chief Executive Elon Musk said t... More »
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) before the opening bell in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S. April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid America First may be a main policy of the White House and fuel to the stock market rall... More »
An Under Armour logo is seen on a running shoe on display at an store in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young Shares of sports apparel and shoe maker Under Armour Inc (UAA.N) could rise 30 percent and the company is likely to increase s... More »
Shares of tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) opened up 0.2 percent at 2,094,000 won ($1,885.87) on Thursday following the launch of its Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone. More »
High U.S. share prices are pushing Lipper Award-winning equity fund managers into the shares of beaten-down healthcare companies, retailers and emerging-market stocks that they say offer a greater chance for outsized gains. More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Shares in U.S. banks tumbled on Tuesday as investors shrunk back from a post-election rally on worries that ... More »
FILE PHOTO – The HSBC bank logo is seen at their offices in the Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/File Photo The Hong Kong-listed shares of HSBC Holdings (0005.HK) were set to rise 0.95 percent on Monday... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid U.S. stocks looked set to open higher on Friday after an upbeat monthly jobs report underscored the strength of the U.S. economy and firm... More »
The run of gains on Wall Street turns 8 years old on Thursday and, despite its advanced age, is expected to rage on, with perhaps a few hiccups, based on a combination of stronger company earnings, lower taxes and a corporate-friendly administration in Washing... More »
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The run of gains on Wall Street turns 8 years old on Thursday and, despite its advanced age, is expected to rage on, with perhaps a few... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The S&P 500’s bull market run turns eight years old on Thursday as equities rebound from the sharpest recession since the Great Depressio... More »
Traders work on the trading floor at the opening of the markets at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly U.S. stock futures were ahead late on Tuesday, indicating a higher open on Wednesday... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid U.S. stocks were set to open lower on Friday as a drop in oil prices weighed and investors assessed if the “Trump rally” had gone too... More »
Emerging market equities have a spring in their step as an upswing in company profits extends a year-long 40 percent rally in the sector and allows investors to look past the threat of a global trade war. More »
JP Morgan Cazenove equity strategists on Monday backed favoring the German stock market over the French one, partly due to risks around the French presidential election and on prospects that Germany would benefit more from global economic reflation. More »
Liu Shiyu, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, drinks tea at a news conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s parliament, in Beijing, China, March 12, 2016. Picture taken March 12, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee ... More »
The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) shares fell for a fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, after South Korean special prosecutors sa... More »
European investors are piling into exchange-traded funds, favoring those that mimic active fund managers, in a market where traditional trading relationships between assets are breaking down. More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson The S&P 500 ended barely higher on Tuesday while the Nasdaq managed to scratch out a new record as gains i... More »
Shares of Gilead Sciences Inc are languishing over concerns about the U.S. biotechnology company’s declining hepatitis C drugs and profit outlook, but some value investors sense an opportunity with shares at extremely cheap levels. More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Monday as investors looked for fresh trading catalysts aft... More »
The logo of Toshiba Corp is seen behind a traffic signal at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Shares of Toshiba Corp tumbled as much as 5.8 percent in early trade on Monday after a newspaper report that some trust banks are ... More »
Shares of Intime Retail (Group) Co Ltd (1833.HK) were set to surge 38 percent when it resumes trade on Tuesday after Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) joined forces with the founder of the department store operator to take it private for $2.6 billion. More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., January 9, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Declines in energy and financial stocks weighed on the S&P 500 on Monday and helped stall the Dow’s pursuit... More »
A trader at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 30, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Yang Wall Street’s rally could be derailed by renewed worries about President-elect Donald Trump’s policies, a resurgent dollar or potential wi... More »
Pedestrians walk past a logo of Toshiba Corp outside an electronics retailer in Tokyo, Japan September 14, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Shares in chips-to-construction group Toshiba Corp tumbled 20 percent on Wednesday, hitting the Tokyo exchange’s dail... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is broadcast on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly U.S. stocks rose slightly on Tuesday, supported by upbeat consumer and housi... More »
Indian generic drugmaker Laurus Labs Ltd’s shares rose as much as 16.36 percent on their market debut on Monday after the company’s initial public offering raised $196.6 million. More »
