Category: Trading

July 19, 2019

European stocks traded higher on Friday as market players increase their bets the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up by 0.4% after the opening bell, auto stocks leading the charge with […]

July 18, 2019

Global stocks dropped on Thursday as signs of renewed escalation in the US-China trade war, mixed corporate earnings, and rising US-Iran tensions weighed on market sentiment. “We have a long way to go as far as tariffs where China is […]

July 17, 2019

Global stocks were mostly lower Wednesday after Wall Street ended a five-day winning streak following disappointing corporate earnings reports. France’s CAC 40 fell nearly 0.1% in early trading to 21,469.18, while Germany’s DAX was little changed but slightly lower at […]

July 9, 2019

World stocks dropped on Tuesday as investors braced for the Federal Reserve to signal it could temper or scrap expected cuts to interest rates this month. German equities tumbled after a BASF profit warning dragged on sentiment. Traders will be […]

July 5, 2019

Asian stocks advanced Friday while European markets opened lower as investors waited for American jobs data and details of U.S.-Chinese trade talks. Benchmarks in London and Frankfurt retreated while Shanghai and Tokyo gained. Monthly U.S. employment numbers are expected to […]

July 1, 2019

Stocks surged on Monday after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping struck a truce in the US-China trade war, sending a wave of relief through global markets. “Trump and Xi gave investors what they wanted at the G-20 […]

June 28, 2019

Traders sent stocks higher on Friday on renewed hopes of de-escalation in the US-China trade war. President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are set to meet on Saturday in a high-stakes encounter that could determine whether the US […]

June 27, 2019

Companies are evading US tariffs on Chinese goods by rerouting them through Vietnam, according to the Wall Street Journal. The duty-dodging, combined with Vietnam’s hefty trade surplus, could spur President Donald Trump to slap tariffs on the Southeast Asian nation. […]

June 26, 2019

Global shares were mostly lower Wednesday as investors awaited developments in trade friction between the U.S. and China at the Group of 20 meeting of major economies in Japan later in the week. France’s CAC 40 dipped nearly 0.2% in […]

June 24, 2019

Oil, gold, and bitcoin jumped on Monday ahead of President Trump’s reveal of “major” sanctions on Iran, as traders parked their cash in commodities and cryptocurrencies in the face of rising geopolitical tensions. “We are putting major additional sanctions on […]