Topic: stocks

Wall Street slides as trade anxiety resumes

Wall Street slides as trade anxiety resumes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 07:08 AM

US stocks fell back into the red on Wednesday, putting equities down for three of the last four sessions as investors reacted to reports of possible new US-China trade frictions.  Read more »

Asian stocks off 4-month lows, but Huawei row weighs

Asian stocks off 4-month lows, but Huawei row weighs

Hideyuki Sano and Tomo Uetake, Reuters
Updated as of May 21 03:18 PM

China's blue-chip CSI300 index jumped 1.4 percent, a day after it fell to a three-month intraday low as Washington allowed Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to purchase American-made goods in order to maintain existing networks and provide software updates to existing Huawei handsets until Aug. 19. The benchmark Shanghai Composite climbed 1.2 percent. Read more »

Asian shares steady after steep losses; Saudi comments lift oil

Asian shares steady after steep losses; Saudi comments lift oil

Andrew Galbraith, Reuters
Posted at May 20 09:28 AM

In early trade, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan tacked on 0.6 percent after a steep 3 percent loss the previous week. US S&P 500 e-mini futures also turned higher, rising 0.5 percent following losses on Wall Street on Friday. Read more »

Stock futures slip in Asia as US-China trade standoff rages

Stock futures slip in Asia as US-China trade standoff rages

Wayne Cole, Reuters
Posted at May 13 08:12 AM

The trade war between the world's top two economies escalated on Friday, with the United States hiking tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods after President Donald Trump said Beijing "broke the deal" by reneging on earlier commitments. Read more »

Asian shares turn south after Trump vows tariff hike

Asian shares turn south after Trump vows tariff hike

Andrew Galbraith, Reuters
Posted at May 06 08:35 AM

US President Donald Trump sharply escalated trade tensions between the world's two largest economies with tweeted comments on Sunday that talks toward a trade deal with China were proceeding "too slowly", and that he would raise tariffs on $200 billion of goods to 25 percent on Friday from 10 percent. Read more »

Asian shares dip as investors await China data, Fed

Asian shares dip as investors await China data, Fed

Andrew Galbraith, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 09:03 AM

Shares in Asia fell on Tuesday despite another record high close for the S&P 500, as investors await a US Federal Reserve policy decision for clues on whether it would continue to take a "patient" approach to interest rate policy. Read more »

World stocks slip as growth fears linger; euro slides

World stocks slip as growth fears linger; euro slides

Herbert Lash, Reuters
Posted at Apr 26 07:52 AM

The dollar rose to almost a two-year high against the euro on Thursday on an upbeat US capital goods report, while world equities slid as weak economic data from South Korea and a profit warning from 3M Co renewed concerns about global growth. Read more »

Wall Street edges lower, energy stocks fall

Wall Street edges lower, energy stocks fall

Sinéad Carew, Reuters
Posted at Apr 25 07:49 AM

The S&P 500 slipped on Wednesday after ending the previous session with a record and the Nasdaq failed to hold all-time highs reached earlier in the day while investors waited for more earnings reports. Read more »

Tech startups Pinterest, Zoom soar in Wall Street debut

Tech startups Pinterest, Zoom soar in Wall Street debut

Ali Bekhtaoui, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 19 08:26 AM

Pinterest got off to a flying start on Wall Street Thursday in the market debut for the San Francisco-based visual discovery service, a positive sign for the wave of Silicon Valley firms planning stock listings.   Read more »

Asia shares at 7-month peak as China talks stimulus

Asia shares at 7-month peak as China talks stimulus

Wayne Cole, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 10:22 AM

Chinese blue chips climbed 1.4 percent to territory not visited since March last year. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan followed by gaining 0.4 percent to its highest since August. Read more »

WWE's next battle royale: Investor fans vs short sellers

WWE's next battle royale: Investor fans vs short sellers

Sinéad Carew, Reuters
Posted at Mar 28 10:52 PM

While a large contingent of short sellers have been betting that the stock will fall, WWE's most ardent Wall Street fans say it will continue to rise even after outperforming the stock market last year and for much of 2019. Read more »

Asian shares steady ahead of Fed meeting

Asian shares steady ahead of Fed meeting

Tomo Uetake, Reuters
Posted at Mar 19 08:58 AM

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was virtually flat, just a hair away from the highest level since Sept. 21. Japan's Nikkei average dropped 0.5 percent, while Australian stocks eased 0.1 percent.   Read more »

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