European stocks and US futures rose on Tuesday as a sell-off in bond markets moderated, although investors remained cautious ahead of US inflation data on Wednesday and the start of US President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in office next week. Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.7 per cent in the
Wall Street lost ground on Tuesday as investors closed the book on a remarkable year for equities, during which the US stock market was powered to record highs by the twin engines of the artificial-intelligence boom and the US Federal Reserve's first interest rate cuts in three-and-a-half years. T
World shares drifted lower on Monday as elevated government bond yields prompted investors to pull out of equities at the end of a year that has been positive for many regional markets. MSCI’s broadest index of world shares (.MIWD00000PUS) dipped 0.1 per cent, but is still 17 per cent higher
Wall Street's main indexes all closed higher on Tuesday, with gains in megacap and growth stocks bolstering benchmarks in a truncated Christmas Eve session. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite scored four straight sessions of gains, with the S&P 500 taking its winning streak
Apple is closing in on a historic $4 trillion stock market valuation, powered by investors cheering progress in the company's long-awaited AI enhancements to rejuvenate sluggish iPhone sales. The company has pulled ahead of Nvidia and Microsoft in the race to the monumental milestone, thanks to an
Shares in London-Listed Georgian banks fell on Friday, as traders reacted to Thursday’s news that the Georgian government would suspend talks on European Union accession and refuse budgetary grants until 2028. TBC Bank was down 7.4 per cent by 1030 GMT, at the bottom of the FTSE 350, while B
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a summons to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, indicted on U.S. bribery allegations related to a bombshell federal indictment against him, a court filing showed. The SEC is suing the head of the Adani Group and his nephew
Asian equities fell on Thursday after AI darling Nvidia disappointed investors with a subdued revenue forecast, while the dollar firmed and bitcoin hit a record high in anticipation of US President-elect Donald Trump's proposed policies. Prevailing geopolitical concerns following the escalating co
The US dollar and bond yields held near multi-month peaks on Monday on expectations the Federal Reserve would slow its pace of easing, while global shares were mostly lower, with investors waiting for Nvidia's earnings release later in the week. US President-elect Donald Trump's new administration
Nissan Motor shares jumped as much as 6 per cent in early Tokyo trading on Friday after Japan's Diamond Online magazine reported that activist investor Oasis Management had taken a stake in the automaker. Nissan's shares had also jumped on Tuesday after a filing showed an entity related to activis
Shares in Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory chip maker, fell on Wednesday to their lowest level in more than four years amid worries about the impact of US tariffs under a new Donald Trump administration, analysts said. The South Korean tech giant is the worst performing stock among glob
A single post on Truth Social helped boost the shares of Trump Media and Technology Group, adding a half billion dollars to the net worth of US President-elect Donald Trump as a result, according to CNN and Reuters. Donald Trump’s social media stock had been sinking fast after a short-lived,
Asian stocks rose broadly on Friday, tracking Wall Street's overnight rise to record highs, as investors digested the Federal Reserve's message for careful interest rate cuts even with expectations for big fiscal spending under incoming President Donald Trump. US Treasury yields pushed to new lows
