Analysis: Indices

Canada launches C$5 billion program to help exporters reach new markets

Canada is launching a C$5 billion program to help Canadian exporters reach new markets as part of a suite of measures to support businesses and workers in response to U.S. tariffs, the federal...

Hedge funds give up half of 2025 gains in 'challenging' markets, says Goldman Sachs

LONDON -Hedge fund stock pickers and multi-strategy funds gave up around half their average yearly gains in Thursday's tech-driven equity selloff, a note by Goldman Sachs showed.  Wall...

Rocky US stock market faces inflation data test

A critical inflation report in the coming week could further rattle an increasingly tumultuous U.S. stock market, with investors worried about an economic growth slowdown and President Donald Trump's...

Global coffee trade grinding to a halt, hit hard by brutal price hikes

Global coffee traders and roasters say they have slashed their purchases to minimal levels, as the industry reels from a steep surge in prices that suppliers have yet to convince retail stores to...

Microsoft to invest additional 5.4 billion rand in South Africa AI infrastructure

Microsoft will invest an additional 5.4 billion rand in artificial intelligence infrastructure in South Africa, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said on Thursday. ...

Exclusive-Russia ships diesel to Syria on tanker under U.S. sanctions, data shows

Russia shipped a diesel cargo to Syria onboard a tanker under U.S. sanctions, the first known such direct supply to the Middle Eastern country in more than a decade, LSEG data showed. ...

Goldman Sachs raises emerging markets' target on AI-driven China rally

Goldman Sachs raised its target price for emerging markets stocks on Thursday, projecting that the AI-powered rally in Chinese equities could boost other markets as well. The brokerage...

Trump mulls exempting certain agricultural products from Canada, Mexico tariffs, Bloomberg reports

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering exempting certain agricultural products from tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico, a Bloomberg reporter said on X on Wednesday. ...

Canadian brewer buys local grain, Chinese cans due to US tariffs

Phil Smith is going to buy more Canadian grain and Chinese cans as he, like millions of Canadians, responds to the U.S. tariffs imposed on his country. The Port Coquitlam, British...

China to boost food imports from Latin America, Europe as US trade war escalates

China's new tariffs on U.S. farm goods are poised to reshape global trade flows, prompting the world's top agricultural importer to source more meat, dairy and grains from countries in South...

Teck CEO says miner could sell to Asia to avoid Trump's new tariffs

Canadian miner Teck is looking to sell zinc to Asia instead of the U.S. to contend with new tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Canadian imports, CEO Jonathan Price said...

European companies take evasive action as Trump tariffs hit, brace for second wave

European companies, from Swiss chocolatiers to German car parts makers, are preparing their 'plan Bs' to adapt to U.S. trade tariffs that became a blunt reality on Tuesday, with a second barrage...

TSX futures drop as US tariffs take effect

Futures for Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs on top three trading partners of the world's biggest economy took effect, triggering a global trade...

South Korea and US to form working group on Alaska LNG project, tariffs

South Korea and the United States have agreed to establish a working-level group to discuss a gas pipeline project in Alaska, energy, shipbuilding, tariffs and non-tariff barriers, South Korea's...

A solid earnings season and some concerns

With 18.2% year-on-year EPS growth, the fourth quarter of 2024 was another excellent year for Corporate America. But for 2025, the risks are mounting, and analysts are revising their forecasts...

OPEC+ to proceed with planned April oil output hike, sources say

LONDON -OPEC+ has decided to proceed with a planned April oil output increase, three sources from the producer group told Reuters on Monday. OPEC+, which includes OPEC members plus...

China targets US agriculture over Trump tariff threat, Global Times says

China has American agricultural exports in its cross hairs as it prepares countermeasures against fresh U.S. import tariffs, China's state-backed Global Times reported, raising the stakes in...

Asia shares in tense wait for tariff news, bitcoin surges

Asian share markets dithered on Monday as the threat of imminent tariffs lurked in the background, while bitcoin surged on news it would be included in a new U.S. strategic reserve of...

S&P500 in red for 2025 as trade war fears ratchet

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The S&P500 stock benchmark plunged into the red for the year this week as an Nvidia-led selloff, economic slowdown...