Rainfall records are being broken in the San Francisco Bay Area: six inches since the start of the year, the most since 1982. Local drivers react by randomly deploying wipers, brakes and lights; it…
Fragile market conditions, poorly controlled algorithms and inexperienced staff all contributed to last October’s flash crash in sterling, global policymakers have…
After the excitement around Opec agreeing oil supply cuts with Russia and other non-members at the end of last year, attention…
Friday 04:50 GMT Overview Asian stocks were mixed in the wake of a retreat by US stocks and the dollar as…
Donald Trump’s upcoming presidency has led many investors to size up oil, coal and gold trades that could benefit from the…
Oil continued its see-saw start to the new year, registering its biggest advance in six weeks on Thursday after Opec’s biggest…
A classic distinction in markets exists between bulls and bears, the snorting herd of enthusiasts and the pessimists who roar at…
Global investors sold the dollar and sought government bonds and gold on Thursday in the wake of Donald Trump’s pre-inauguration press…
Thursday 08:40 GMT Overview The dollar, Treasury yields and equities are lower — with pharmaceutical groups in the firing line —…
Investors drew a line in the sand on Wednesday, forcing companies to rewrite bond documents in a stinging rejection of covenant packages…
The New York Stock Exchange is expanding trading on its storied floor as part of a move to an integrated technology…
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s attempt to take control of all levers of power and a mounting terrorist threat has begun…
Staff costs are rising faster than beer prices and its market faces intense competition. Still, Hong Kong investors sent Bar Pacific…
On Wall Street, Donald Trump’s election win spelt pain for the dollar and stock markets right up until the moment he…
Wednesday 08:30 GMT Overview European stocks and US index futures are lacking momentum, while government bond yields see minimal moves, as…
Saudi Arabia plans to follow its record breaking debut on global debt markets with an Islamic bond issue in a sale…
The New York Stock Exchange plans to end floor trading on its NYSE MKT venue for small capitalisation stocks in the…
The FTSE 100 notched up its longest run of record highs on Tuesday as another low for sterling helped the UK’s…
For more evidence that central bank intervention in the foreign exchange market is increasingly becoming an exercise in futility – look…
January 10, 2017 by: Nicole Bullock in New York US stock market bulls can be forgiven for feeling like Vladimir and…
Yep, it’s still falling. Turkey’s battered currency is taking no break from its recent woes at the start of European trading…
Tuesday 02:10 GMT Overview Stock and currency markets across Asia were mixed as Wall Street again pulled back from record highs,…
Bigger may not always be better when it comes to beverage companies. Goldman Sachs analysts, in a note on Monday, downgraded…
The world’s main repository for data on credit derivatives deals will move its database on to the blockchain, in the first…
The pound was the biggest faller on foreign exchange markets on Monday, sliding to its lowest level against the dollar since…
Monday 2.15am GMT Overview Asian stocks were on the rise, buoyed by record highs for Wall Street on Friday and a…
Banks have flooded the market with debt in the first days of the new year, propelling a record pace of bond sales…
One of the more cherished bits of jargon used in finance is an idea that cash may sit on the sidelines,…
