Analysis: Indices

Novo Nordisk's $475-billion rise and fall as Wegovy-era gains wiped out

Novo Nordisk shares slumped by more than 16% on Monday, wiping away the remaining gains brought by its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, after the drugmaker said its next-generation obesity drug...

TSX futures slip on US trade policy uncertainty

Futures for Canada's main stock index edged lower on Monday as uncertainty over U.S. tariffs weighed on sentiment, while gains in gold prices offered limited support against weakness in oil prices. ...

Dollar dips as court ruling upends US tariff wall

The dollar fell on Monday as traders took the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down a slew of President Donald Trump's tariffs as supportive for global growth, though confusion and risk of...

Australia's Lendlease hits near four-decade low after swinging to first-half loss

Australia's Lendlease Group swung to a first-half loss on Monday, pressured by impairments and a fall in the valuation of its foreign properties, sending its shares to a near four-decade low. ...

Dollar dips as Trump's tariff wall slips

The dollar fell on Monday as traders took the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down most of President Donald Trump's tariffs as supportive for global growth, though confusion and risk of...

Germany's Merz hopes for relief after Trump tariff verdict but uncertainty lingers

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday he expected the burden on German companies to ease after the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down a large part of President Donald Trump's trade tariffs,...

ECB's Panetta says Chinese imports helped drive sharper-than-forecast inflation drop

Risks to euro zone inflation are significant in either direction, a top European Central Bank policymaker warned on Saturday, adding that the impact on prices of cheap Chinese imports warranted close...

TSX adds to weekly gain as investors cheer US tariff ruling

Canada's main stock index rose to another record high on Friday, helped by gains for financial and metal mining shares, as investors welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against President Donald...

Canadian dollar posts weekly decline as investors weigh US tariff ruling

The Canadian dollar added slightly to a weekly decline against its U.S. counterpart on Friday as investors weighed mixed domestic retail sales data and a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on...

Wall St indexes rise after Supreme Court rules against Trump's tariffs

Wall Street's main indexes jumped on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled against U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977. ...

TSX hits fresh peak; investors assess US data, Trump tariff ruling

Canada's main stock index reached a record high on Friday, led by tech and financial shares, while investors assessed key U.S. economic data and the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against President...

Trump ally ties up with Russia's Novatek on natural gas in Alaska, NYT reports

American financier Gentry Beach, who has ties to U.S. President Donald Trump's family, signed an agreement with Russia's energy giant Novatek last autumn to develop natural gas in Alaska amid Western...

Nutrien expects higher potash demand despite tough conditions for farmers

Top world potash producer Nutrien expects increased demand for the crop nutrient in 2026 despite farmers cutting back on phosphate fertilizer and facing low returns.  On its...

Solar industry accelerates shift from silver as costs soar

Solar panel producers are intensifying efforts to replace silver with alternatives such as copper after silver rallied 130% over the past year, squeezing margins already under pressure from production...

TSX opens lower as healthcare, mining shares drag 

Canada's main stock index opened lower on Thursday, mirroring moves on Wall Street, with weakness in mining and healthcare shares leading broad-based declines on the benchmark. At 09:32...

Teck Resources beats quarterly profit on higher copper prices, output

Teck Resources beat fourth-quarter profit expectations on Thursday, helped by a surge in copper prices and production, as the Canadian miner advanced its proposed merger with Anglo American. ...

Nestle adds ice cream sale to CEO's growing disposal to-do list

Nestle said on Thursday it was in talks to sell its remaining in-house ice cream business, adding to planned disposals of water and vitamin assets as CEO Philipp Navratil pushes to streamline the...

How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump

China sees an opening to turn President Donald Trump's tariffs to its advantage by reshaping global trade in ways that would insulate its $19 trillion economy from U.S. pressure far into the future. ...

As US agriculture flails, farmers see big corn acres as best bet to break even

U.S. farmers, though punished by slumping prices after last year's monster corn harvest, are expected to cut back only slightly on their plantings of the grain in 2026 as they brace for a fourth...