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Wall Street posts another strong year in 2025

After a year marked by a flurry of news, both macroeconomic and corporate, U.S. indexes have managed to maintain an overall positive momentum.

Oil flat as Russia-Ukraine peace hopes fade, Yemen tensions rise

Oil was steady after a choppy session on Tuesday as investors weighed dented hopes of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East around Yemen. Brent...

Soaring prices spark Australia gold rush for new generation of fortune hunters

In the hinterlands of Australia's historic goldfields, Vicki Plumridge jumps for joy when she digs a small golden nugget out of the earth. The retired retail worker was learning how to...

China eases IPO rules for firms developing reusable rockets

Chinese companies developing reusable commercial rockets will have access to a fast lane for initial public offerings on the tech-heavy STAR market that exempts them from some financial requirements,...

TSX opens flat amid holiday trading

Canada's main stock index opened flat on Wednesday, following two consecutive sessions of record-high closings, in a thinly traded holiday-shortened session. At 9:30 a.m. ET, the Toronto...

TSX futures inch lower ahead of holiday-shortened session

Futures linked to Canada's main stock index edged lower on Wednesday ahead of a holiday-shortened session that is expected to have low trading volumes, following the index's climb to a record high in...

Gold tops $4,500, silver and platinum hit records in metal markets frenzy

Gold surged past $4,500-an-ounce for the first time on Wednesday, while silver and platinum also hit record highs, as investors piled into precious metals to hedge against geopolitical and trade...

RTX unit Raytheon lands $1.7 billion deal to supply Patriot systems to Spain

Raytheon Technologies, a unit of RTX Corp, won a $1.7 billion contract to deliver four Patriot air and missile defense systems to Spain, the U.S. defense contractor said on Tuesday. ...

Report says Amtrak's new higher-speed trains delayed by planning, track issues

U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak's next-generation high-speed Acela train cars were delayed by more than four years due to planning, design and track issues, and a desire for higher speeds that...

Oil price gains after US interception of oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela over weekend

Oil prices gained on Monday in early Asian trading hours after the U.S. intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters. The U.S. is also pursuing another...

Court in Brazil's Minas Gerais slaps down Nestle copyright lawsuit

A court in Brazil's Minas Gerais state has granted a preliminary injunction in favor of Brazilian company Coffee++, ordering international giant Nestle to stop using the Coffee+ brand, according to a...

Strategy and bitcoin-buying firms face wider exclusion from stock indexes

Michael Saylor's Strategy could soon be dropped from MSCI and potentially other major stock indexes, which analysts say could cost the bitcoin-hoarding giant up to $9 billion in demand for its shares...

US coffee drinkers face higher prices even after Trump's tariff reset

U.S. coffee lovers hoping President Donald Trump's tariff rollbacks last month will soon lower the cost of their daily caffeine hit had better think again. The widespread import tariffs...

Maersk tests Red Sea route as Gaza ceasefire offers hope

Danish shipping company Maersk said on Friday that one of its vessels had successfully navigated the ?Red ?Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait for the first time in nearly two years, as shipping companies...

The pain points and bright spots in a patchy US inflation report

The long-delayed Consumer Price Index report for November offered some early holiday cheer for a Trump administration feeling the heat from Americans over high and climbing prices. ...

TSX rises after US inflation data supports rate cut bets

Canada's main stock index opened higher on Thursday after a softer-than-expected U.S. inflation print strengthened market expectations for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. At...

CANADA FX DEBT - Canadian dollar strengthens, benchmark yield slips

The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt slipped.  The loonie was trading 0.1% higher at C$1.3776 to the greenback,...

US annual consumer inflation slows in November, but report distorted by missing data

U.S. consumer prices rose less than expected in the year to November, but households still faced affordability challenges as the costs of basic goods and services like beef and electricity soared,...

Woodside's next CEO must steer costly LNG projects through glut risk

Woodside Energy faces a leadership shake-up after chief executive Meg O'Neill's surprise exit for the top job at BP, ?a ?move that comes as the Australian firm is striving to deliver key projects in a...