Analysis: Indices

Asian stocks see heavy outflows for second straight month in November

Asian stocks were under selling pressure from foreign investors for a second consecutive month in November amid worries over potential U.S. tariff hikes on regional exports under the incoming Donald...

Tentative calm in Seoul, US juggernaut rolls on

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  As a degree of calm descends on South Korean markets, for now at least, Asia is set for a positive open on Thursday as investors also draw...

Deutsche Bank starts Applied Nutrition at 'buy'

The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and on Tuesday: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- Deutsche Bank raises Coca-Cola HBC price target to 3,200 pence -...

Politics prove investors right on the 'Korea Discount'

Global investors have always valued South Korea below other markets for reasons ranging from tensions with the North to the tight structures of its conglomerates - politics this week gave them cause...

Industrials Give Back Some Recent Gains -- Industrials Roundup

Shares of industrial and transportation companies fell, following a strong run in November. The 'American exceptionalism' trade is gaining momentum, driven by the potential return of America First...

Pipeline operator Enbridge forecasts higher 2025 core profit

Enbridge on Tuesday forecast higher core profit for 2025 as the Canadian pipeline operator expects strong oil and gas demand to lift volumes, sending its U.S.-listed shares up 1% in premarket...

Wall St at records as Paris simmers, yuan hits 2024 low

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall Street stocks are grinding out new records as U.S. growth continues to outperform, interest rate cut optimism has...

Oil prices little changed ahead of OPEC+ meeting

Oil prices inched down amid mixed market signals on Tuesday, with traders awaiting the outcome of an OPEC+ meeting this week. Brent crude futures fell 9 cents, or 0.13%, to $71.74 a...

Banks behind troubled Brazil coffee traders could take $181 million hit

Banks which financed two Brazilian coffee traders that last week sought court-supervised debt restructuring have a total of 1.1 billion reais in credit with the firms, court documents seen by Reuters...

Art Cashin, Wall Street veteran for over 60 years, dies at age 83

Art Cashin, UBS' director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange who spent more than 60 years on Wall Street, has died aged 83. It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of...

Saudi Arabia may slash January crude prices for Asia

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is expected to slash crude prices for Asian buyers in January to the lowest in years, largely tracking a slump in Middle East benchmark prices last month, traders said on...

Exclusive-Kioxia sets IPO price range of 1,390-1,520 yen per share, sources say

Bain Capital-backed chipmaker Kioxia has set a tentative price range of 1,390 to 1,520 yen per share for its initial public offering, two people familiar with the matter said. They...

Oil faces uphill fight as demand woes, oversupply challenge OPEC efforts

Oil prices could stall in 2025 as economic weakness in China clouds the demand picture and ample global supplies outweigh support from an expected delay to a planned OPEC+ output hike, a Reuters...

Oil prices mixed amid accusations of breaches to Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

Oil prices were mixed on Friday following a potential renewal of supply risk as Israel and Hezbollah traded accusations of ceasefire violations, and as a delay to an OPEC+ meeting left investors...

Ottawa must ensure Trump understands importance of Canadian oil to US, minister says

Ottawa must ensure the Trump administration understands how inter-related energy markets are in the U.S. and Canada, a Canadian government minister said on Thursday, following President-elect Donald...

Tech stocks drag US indexes lower as tariff talk clouds markets

A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  Investors were grappling with fresh U.S. inflation data and its implications for Federal Reserve policy along with continued fallout from...

Spooked by trade tensions, global stocks to deliver tempered gains in 2025

Most major stock markets will fail to even repeat this year's lacklustre performance in 2025 based on the prospect of global trade tensions and a worsening inflation outlook holding back gains,...

Indices: God Save The Footsie

The news had caused a sensation at the end of 2022: London had lost its status as Europe's leading financial center in terms of capitalization to Paris. This situation, perceived as a real crime of...

Morning bid: Holiday-bound US turns focus to inflation, France tense

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With Wall Street about to log off for what's effectively a four-day Thanksgiving holiday, trade tariff jitters are...