Tag: 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 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 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 […]

June 18, 2019

The Federal Reserve is expected to leave borrowing costs unchanged Wednesday at the end of a two-day policy meeting, even as President Donald Trump continues to call on officials to lower them. The president has renewed pressure on the Fed […]

June 14, 2019

U.S. stock futures were lower on the final trading day of the week, with investors monitoring attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and reacting to economic data out of China. As of 3:20 a.m. ET, Dow futures […]

June 12, 2019

When the bull market has its last hoorah, most likely technology and internet stocks will be at the top of the hill, leading the charge. But before that, analysts have diverging views on how much and which names investors should […]

June 10, 2019

Global stocks rose Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexico as the countries inked a deal on immigration. But broader concerns remain over global growth and a trade dispute between the United States and […]

June 3, 2019

Shares wobbled Monday after U.S. and Chinese officials traded jibes in their widening clash over trade and technology. China’s Shanghai Composite lost 0.3% to 2,890.08 after surveys showed a deteriorating manufacturing outlook in May. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.9% […]

May 31, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. shares shot higher in after-hours trading Thursday after executives indicated a price war with Lyft Inc. that was keeping ride-hailing fares low was settling down. Uber UBER, +0.25% reported first-quarter losses of $1.01 billion, or $2.26 a […]