Analysis: Indices

India nears deal to slash US tariffs on Indian imports to 15%-16%, Mint reports

India and the United States are nearing a long-stalled trade agreement that would reduce U.S. tariffs on Indian imports to 15% to 16% from 50%, India's Mint reported on Wednesday citing three people...

Trading Day: Stocks' momentum fades, gold plunges

ORLANDO, Florida -U.S. stocks were mixed on Tuesday, with the global momentum that had lifted Japanese and several other indices to new highs fizzling out, as investors digested a sharp fall in gold...

Global investors like the new-look Japan government, for now

SINGAPORE/LONDON/NEW YORK -Global money managers are circling back to Japan's stock and debt markets, drawn by the promises of its new reflationist government and a desire to diversify from pricier...

Argentina economic activity growth seen slowing to 2.5% in August

BUENOS AIRES -Argentina's economic activity growth likely slowed for a second consecutive month in August, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Tuesday.  According to the median...

United States: a risky catch-up for small caps?

After several years of underperformance, US small caps have been catching up since the summer, in the wake of expectations of Fed rate cuts. But the fall of regional banks at the end of last week has...

Wall Street opens flat as investors assess earnings for direction

Wall Street's main indexes opened flat on Tuesday, as investors assessed a wave of quarterly earnings from corporate majors. At 09:30 a.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13.17...

Signs of pressure on valuation

While enthusiasm for artificial intelligence is mixed with a latent sense of fragility, the time has come for vigilance and greater selectivity in the stock market. The main US index, the S&P 500, is...

Canada offers tariff relief to some steel, aluminum products from US, China

OTTAWA -Canada offered tariff relief on some steel and aluminum products imported from the U.S. and China, a government document showed, in efforts to help domestic businesses battered by a trade war...

Wall St opens higher with big earnings, inflation data on deck

Wall Street opened higher on Monday as investors prepared for a wave of earnings from corporate majors and a long-awaited inflation report, which could shake up markets later in the week. ...

Tons of silver from US, China ease London spot market squeeze

LONDON -Large flows of silver from the U.S. and China to London's spot market in the past week are easing a liquidity squeeze in the world's largest over-the-counter precious metals trading hub,...

New copper demand drivers from US, India as China juggernaut slows

LONDON -Copper consumption in the United States and India is set to emerge from China's shadow over the next decade as demand growth in the world's largest consumer of the industrial metal slows. ...

EV supply chain data firm Benchmark Mineral trims workforce, sources say

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a UK-based pricing and data research firm for energy transition minerals, has cut at least a fifth of its workforce in recent weeks, said three people familiar with...

SPAC backed by Trump Jr., Omeed Malik, Palihapitiya files for $260 million US IPO

Colombier Acquisition Corp. III, a blank-check firm backed by Omeed Malik, filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Friday.  The Palm Beach, Florida-based company...

UBS lifts global equities view to 'attractive' on AI boost

UBS Global Wealth Management upgraded its stance on global equities to attractive, citing expected productivity gains from AI spending and a supportive policy backdrop.Structural trends remain firmly...

Global equity funds draw fourth weekly inflow on hopes of Fed rate cut

Global equity funds attracted inflows for a fourth straight week through October 15, as dovish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reinforced expectations that the central bank...

North America's LNG export capacity could more than double by 2029, EIA says

Liquefied natural gas exporters in the U.S. have announced plans to more than double U.S. liquefaction capacity, adding an estimated 13.9 billion cubic feet per day by 2029, the U.S. Energy...

Korea at the top

Up 52% since the beginning of the year, the South Korean index is leading the race. And nothing seems to be stopping it at present. On Wednesday, the index rose another 2.7% to set a new closing...

Top South Korean official expresses optimism about US tariff talks, fuelling stock rally

SEOUL -South Korea's chief presidential policy adviser said on Thursday he was optimistic about talks to finalise a trade deal with the U.S., the latest remark by an official pointing to progress in...

TSX opens higher on US bank earnings, Fed rate cut optimism

Canada's main stock index opened higher on Wednesday, with mining stocks leading the advance, buoyed by renewed U.S. rate cut optimism and robust earnings from major U.S. banks that signaled strength...