Analysis: Indices

Oil prices post weekly gains on US-China trade talk optimism

NEW YORK -Oil prices settled nearly 2% higher on Friday and notched their first weekly gains since mid-April as a U.S. trade deal with the United Kingdom turned investors optimistic ahead of talks...

Cheniere's Q1 core profit, revenue beat estimates on strong LNG margins

Cheniere Energy, the largest U.S. liquefied natural gas exporter, beat first-quarter estimates for core profit and revenue on Thursday, helped by rising prices for the superchilled gas as demand...

Australia's stocks shine as global money seeks US alternatives

Foreign investors have been turning to Australia's domestically focused stocks, choosing an often overlooked market as a trade-war hideout with a cheap currency and resilient economy. It...

Oil prices rise 3% on support from US-China trade hopes

Oil prices rose around 3% on Thursday, buoyed by hopes of a breakthrough in looming trade talks between the U.S. and China, the world's two largest oil consumers. Brent crude futures...

Investors at Milken eye foreign shores as tariffs cloud US outlook

BEVERLY HILLS, California -Market uncertainty caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's erratic policymaking and aggressive stance on tariffs hung heavily over an investor gathering in Los Angeles this...

Disney, Miral announce plans for new Disney theme park in Abu Dhabi

Walt Disney announced plans on Wednesday to open a Disney theme park in United Arab Emirates' capital Abu Dhabi in collaboration with regional developer Miral Group, representing its first major new...

Disney earnings soar on resilient streaming, US parks revenue

STORY: Disney shares surged as much as 12% Wednesday morning after the media giant exceeded expectations in its most recent quarter, bolstered by an unexpected boost in its Disney+ streaming business...

Barrick CEO says he does not know where Mali is keeping miner's confiscated gold

Barrick Mining is spending $15 million a month to keep its Mali mine running and doesn't know where Mali's government is keeping the gold it confiscated from the Canadian company, CEO Mark Bristow...

Rising valuations, cloudy earnings view confronts US stocks after tariff rebound

NEW YORK -After a round-trip for U.S. stocks following their tariff-fueled swoon, investors are wary of obstacles that will prevent the market from more significant gains in the near term. ...

Lynas CEO says company is eyeing rare earths buys in Malaysia, Brazil

Lynas Rare Earths is eyeing potential purchases of rare earths deposits in Malaysia and Brazil and plans to work with early-stage developers to help bring their mines online, its CEO Amanda Lacaze...

EU to propose end-2027 halt to all Russian gas imports

BRUSSELS -The European Commission will next month propose legal measures to phase out the EU's imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas by the end of 2027, it said on Tuesday. ...

Oil ends at four-year lows as OPEC+ accelerates output hikes

NEW YORK/LONDON -Oil fell by more than $1 a barrel on Monday to settle at over four-year lows as an OPEC+ decision to expedite its output hikes stoked fears about rising global supply at a time when...

China's Ant Group plans to list overseas unit in Hong Kong, report says

HONG KONG -Ant Group, an affiliate of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group plans to list its overseas arm, Ant International, on the Hong Kong stock exchange, Chinese media reported, citing unnamed...

Estimated S&P 500 Q1 profit growth jumps vs a wk ago; Q2 forecast falls further

NEW YORK -Estimated earnings growth for S&P 500 companies for the first quarter of the year has jumped in the latest week, while the forecast for second-quarter earnings fell further, according to...

Thomson Reuters maintains 2025 financial forecasts amid economic turmoil

NEW YORK -Thomson Reuters on Thursday confirmed 2025 financial guidance amid tariff-induced global economic turmoil that has led some companies to revise or scrap forecasts altogether. ...

Oil up 2% as Trump threatens new sanctions on Iran

HOUSTON -Oil prices settled nearly 2% higher on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened secondary sanctions on Iran after a fourth round of U.S.-Iran talks was postponed. ...

TSX posts third straight monthly decline amid trade disruption

Canada's main stock index edged lower on Wednesday, adding to its modest monthly decline, as investors assessed U.S. gross domestic product data for signs of trade tariffs upending the global...

S&P 500, Dow reverse to end higher despite GDP decline, crude prices sink

NEW YORK -U.S. stocks pulled a late-session rebound on Wednesday and oil prices logged their biggest monthly drop in 3-1/2 years as investors parsed news of the first U.S. economic contraction since...

Mexican economy seen flat in first quarter

Mexico's economy likely remained flat in the first three months of 2025 as a result of uncertainty generated by U.S. President Donald Trump's fluctuating tariff policies, a Reuters poll showed on...