February 17, 2017 by: Eric Platt, US Capital Markets Correspondent A few seats away from starlets Adriana Lima, Amber Valletta and Diane Kruger in the salon at New York’s St. Regis hotel, buyers from…
“Stock market hits new high with longest winning streak in decades. Great level of confidence and optimism — even before tax…
The four major US stock benchmarks snapped their longest record setting streak since 1995 on Thursday. The S&P 500 closed 0.1…
Friday 04.40 GMT Overview Market volatility dissipated in Asia trade on Friday as the dollar’s downward momentum eased and US Treasuries…
Europe’s fish lovers are facing higher cod prices because of a prolonged fishing strike in Iceland and increased demand after the…
For a coking coal industry that enjoyed bumper profits last year off the back of a price rally that made it…
The number of American companies tapping Europe’s bond markets has fallen this year with rising relative borrowing costs on the continent…
It is not just equities that are rebounding this month. The dollar is up almost 2 per cent against a basket…
Record sales of non-performing loans are expected in Europe this year with a more urgent approach from policymakers driving increased activity,…
Thursday 05.10 GMT Overview The dollar was on the back foot in afternoon Asia trading on Thursday as US Treasuries steadied…
China ended a six-month streak disposing of its US Treasury holdings in December, adding to its position for the first time…
The reflation trade is back, in earnest. On Wednesday, all-world stock indices traded at all-time highs for the first time since…
Wednesday 14:30 GMT Overview Global equities were on track to close at all-time highs as Wall Street hovers near record levels…
Painting a relatively optimistic economic picture during Congressional testimony this week, Janet Yellen confirmed the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates…
As central bankers seek to wean markets off quantitative easing and exit the dangerous experiment of negative rates, they increasingly fret…
When Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen testifies before a Senate committee on the state of the economy on Tuesday, there will…
The reaction to a strike at the world’s largest copper mine underlines the sharp reversal in fortune in one of the…
Greece is planning to appoint Rothschild to advise on its debts as the country attempts to end a long-running creditor stand-off…
A striking feature of global financial markets since the crises of 2007 and 2008 has been the high propensity of many…
US markets regulators have delayed enforcement of new derivatives rules due to come into effect in two weeks’ time because few…
Tuesday 04:40 GMT. Overview Equities in Asia were struggling ahead of comments by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen and as oil…
The value of stocks listed on the S&P 500 eclipsed $20tn on Monday for the first time, as investor optimism over…
Optimism that the Trump administration is close to proposing a series of business-friendly tax reforms sent the main barometer for US…
February 13, 2017 by: Anjli Raval, Oil and Gas Correspondent Steep Opec production cuts could ease an oil market surplus quicker…
Japan’s yen softened further in early Asian trade on Monday after the country reported slower than expected fourth-quarter growth. The yen…
Copper prices in China rose as much as 7 per cent on Monday to their highest level in more than two…
Monday 04:15 GMT Overview Equities climbed and the yen softened after Japan reported gross domestic product figures for the final quarter…
The UK is set to import its first ever cargo of liquefied natural gas from Peru as a pricing dispute forces…
