Analysis: Indices

Nasdaq short interest up 0.6% in late March

Short interest on the Nasdaq rose 0.6% in late March, the exchange said on Wednesday. As of March 31, short interest climbed to about 15.754 billion shares, compared with 15.664 billion...

Oil jumps 4% after Trump pauses tariffs on many countries, raises China levy

Oil prices climbed more than 4% on Wednesday, bouncing back from four-year lows earlier in the session, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would further increase tariffs on China but pause the...

EU to start retaliating against U.S. tariffs on Tuesday

BRUSSELS -The European Union will launch its first countermeasures against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs next week, the bloc's members agreed on Wednesday, joining China and Canada in...

Tariff turmoil leaves investors with few hiding places

Investors are dumping U.S. assets they usually favour in times of turmoil as fear over the economic impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs shakes confidence in traditional...

Asian buyers shun US farm goods, hit by ship crunch and trade war

Asian buyers are reducing purchases of U.S. agricultural goods as Washington's planned fees on China-linked vessels and sweeping import duties on key regional trading partners stoke uncertainty and...

Brazil coffee exporters glimpse opportunity amidst U.S tariffs

Brazilian coffee exporters see U.S. President Donald Trump's global tariffs as an opportunity to send more robusta beans to the United States after international rivals were hit with even heavier...

Brazil, Egypt and Singapore among potential winners from tariff onslaught

Days after U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs shocked multiple U.S. trading partners and global markets, a handful of countries are emerging as potential winners although...

Barrick's Reko Diq project in Pakistan aims new financing

Barrick Gold's Reko Diq copper and gold project in Pakistan intends to lock in upwards of $2 billion in financing from international lenders, with term sheets signed by early Q3, its project director...

Tariff-driven Wall Street pain sparks investors to weigh more gloomy scenarios

A dramatic U.S. stock slide is fanning fears of even more dire scenarios for the market, as investors weigh the potential for a prolonged global trade war and a much dimmer corporate profit outlook. ...

Morning bid: Ray of hope or false dawn for markets?

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland European investors still staggering from a nearly 12% plunge over three days in their regional stock benchmark...

Dow, S&P 500 end wild session lower, Trump digs in on tariffs

By Sinéad Carew and Pranav Kashyap -The S&P 500 and the Dow closed lower on Monday after a roller coaster session, with investors worried about an economic slowdown and rising...

EU Commission proposes 25% counter-tariffs on some US imports, document shows

BRUSSELS -The European Commission proposed counter-tariffs of 25% on a range of U.S. goods on Monday in response to President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium, a document seen by Reuters...

EU will target less than EUR26 billion worth of U.S. imports, Sefcovic says

The European Union's countermeasures targeting a list of U.S. imports in response to the Trump's administration steel and aluminum tariffs will be less than 26 billion euros' worth after taking in...

Wall Street 'fear gauge' flashes red as stocks extend selloff

Wall Street's most watched gauge of investor anxiety jumped to a new eight-month high on Monday as U.S. stocks extended their selloff from last week on worries over the fallout from U.S. President...

Stocks crater again, no 'ifs' or 'puts'

What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets Forget about those puts. The White House does not...

'Everything is so expensive': Bolivians tighten belts as new inflation reality bites

In Bolivia's highland city La Paz, homemaker Angelica Zapata is coming to terms with a new inflation reality as prices rise at the fastest speed in almost two decades, propelled by shortages of fuel...

Market meltdown: The British advantage

The London Stock Exchange's opening bell tolled not for gains but for a precipitous descent, as the FTSE 100 index plummeted , a stark echo of the market's pandemic-era tremors. The specter bore a...

Toyota to boost EV models to 15, targets producing 1 million by 2027, Nikkei says

Toyota aims to have about 15 electric vehicle models developed on its own by 2027 and is targeting production of about 1 million cars a year by then, the Nikkei newspaper said on Sunday. ...

Latam assets may receive a trade-war boost, investors say

NEW YORK -Latin American stocks and bonds could be unlikely winners as the Trump administration's trade war so far mostly spared the region, while it triggered a market rout on Wall Street that has...