Analysis: Indices

Navigating US rates, global tariff tensions

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  Asian markets are set for a rocky open on Monday following Wall Street's selloff on Friday, as U.S. inflation concerns bubble up and global...

Trump says he will announce 25% steel and aluminum tariffs on Monday

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will be announcing on Monday 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force...

New look Middle East had started to draw investors... and then came Trump

A historic shake-up of the Middle East is starting to draw international investors, warming to the prospects of relative peace and economic recovery after so much turmoil. President...

Exclusive-Chile's Codelco targets 1.391 million tons of copper output in 2025 - document

Chilean state miner Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, is targeting production of 1.391 million metric tons of the red metal this year, according to an unpublished government decree...

Northpointe Bancshares targets up to $595 million valuation in US IPO

Northpointe Bancshares is targeting a valuation of up to $595 million in its initial public offering in the United States, the private equity-backed community bank said on Friday. The...

Oil set for third straight weekly drop on tariff fears

Oil prices rose marginally in early Asian trade on Friday but were on track for a third straight week of decline, hurt by U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed trade war on China and threats of tariff...

Canadian oil producer Suncor well-protected against tariff threat, CEO says

Canadian oil producer Suncor Energy is well-positioned compared to many of its competitors to weather threatened U.S. tariffs, CEO Rich Kruger said on Thursday. On a conference call with...

Hershey forecasts lower-than-expected 2025 profit on higher cocoa prices

Hershey forecast annual profit below Wall Street estimates on Thursday as record cocoa prices weigh on the Kit Kat maker's margins. Packaged food companies including Hershey have had to...

Canada's Alberta eyes Japan for new LNG deals amid US tariff threat, minister says

Canada's Alberta province, a major gas producer, needs to find new export markets in face of a U.S. tariff threat, and expanding in Japan is an important target, its minister of environment and...

TotalEnergies CEO doubles down on US LNG, downplays Trump tariff fears

TotalEnergies will expand its investment in U.S. liquefied natural gas over the next decade as the French company seeks to cement its position as a major exporter of U.S. LNG, its CEO told Reuters on...

Gold demand up 1% in 2024, to remain supported by economic uncertainty, World Gold Council says

Global gold demand including over-the-counter trading rose by 1% to a record high of 4,974.5 metric tons in 2024 as investment increased, the World Gold Council said on Wednesday, adding that...

Watching AI As An Earnings Booster

Fiona Cincotta, senior analyst of City Index Financial Markets, discusses the impact of AI on tech earnings and regulation in the new Trump administration. She joins Caroline Hyde and Jackie...

Trade war with China casts dark cloud over new US LNG projects

President Donald Trump's emerging trade war with Beijing poses a new threat to billions of dollars in planned U.S. liquefied natural gas export projects, many of which rely on China as a key buyer,...

Exclusive-Encino's owner mulls $7 billion sale, IPO of energy producer, sources say

Canadian pension fund CPP Investments is weighing strategic options, including a sale or initial public offering, for Encino Acquisition Partners that could value the U.S. oil and natural gas producer...

Rebound eyed as tariff respite softens initial blow

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. First the stick, then the carrot. Investors breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after some of U.S. President Donald Trump's...

Cboe plans to extend equities trading to 24 hours amid global demand

Cboe Global Markets on Monday announced plans to expand U.S. equities trading to a 24-hour, five-days-a-week format to meet the global demand for the country's stock market. The plan...

Trump says Americans may feel 'pain' in trade war with Mexico, Canada, China

President Donald Trump said the sweeping tariffs that he has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China may cause short term pain for Americans as global markets reflected concerns the levies could undermine...

Tech Down on Lingering DeepSeek Concerns -- Tech Roundup

Shares of technology companies fell as lingering concerns about China's transformational emergence in artificial intelligence offset a relatively strong batch of earnings. One money manager said...

Ericsson: Opinion change, from Add to Reduce

OPINION CHANGECHANGE IN OPINIONReduce vs AddCHANGE IN TARGET PRICESEK 86.1 vs 97.9 -12.0%We have updated our model and removed the premium that we had previously applied to the peer group multiples...