US: Wall Street opens higher on rate cut hopes; earnings in spotlight
Wall Street futures opened higher on Tuesday (Aug 5), supported by ongoing optimism over potential Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, while investors assessed a fresh batch of…
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Wall Street futures opened higher on Tuesday (Aug 5), supported by ongoing optimism over potential Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, while investors assessed a fresh batch of…
The outlook for Wall Street bonuses is improving, with payouts now set to rise across most sectors of the finance industry as the market rebounds. After a tepid start to the year,…
Stock markets rose on Tuesday as investors grow increasingly confident the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next month, despite concerns about the US economy and Donald Trump’s…
Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Aug 4) after a sharp pullback in the previous session, as markets priced in prospects of deeper rate cuts by the Federal Reserve…
AS US President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his rhetoric against trading partners in Europe, corporates across the continent are taking notice. Some companies have begun to diversify…
U.S. stock markets plummeted sharply on Friday following President Donald Trump's new tariffs on imports from Canada, India, Brazil, and Taiwan. The Dow Jones fell 542 points (1.2%) and…
Wall Street’s main indexes declined sharply on Friday (Aug 1) as new US tariffs on dozens of trading partners and Amazon’s unimpressive earnings weighed on sentiment, while a weaker…
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Jul 30) as investors assessed better-than-expected GDP data, and awaited the Federal Reserve’s policy decision and key tech…
Boeing’s second-quarter loss narrowed and revenue improved as the aircraft manufacturer delivered more commercial planes in the period. Boeing Co. lost $611 million, or 92 cents per share,…
U.S. stocks are hanging around their records on Friday and coasting toward the close of another winning week. The S&P 500 was edging up by 0.1% in early trading, coming off its latest…
Wall Street’s main indexes opened steady on Friday (Jul 25) following record closes for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in the previous session, while investors looked for signs of…
Wall Street opened higher on Wednesday (Jul 23) after President Donald Trump struck a trade deal with Japan, shoring up expectations of further agreements ahead of the…
Wall Street opened flat on Tuesday (Jul 22) as investors weighed signs of potential trade deals between the US and its partners ahead of the August 1 tariff deadline and assessed…
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Jul 21), as investors welcomed the prospects of new trade deals to kick off a week packed with earnings from tech giants that…
President Trump sued the Wall Street Journal, its owners, and reporters for publishing what the president says is a "false" letter, purportedly wishing the late Jeffrey Epstein a happy…
President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Friday against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on ties to wealthy…
Wall Street opened higher on Friday (Jul 18), with investors weighing a week of mixed economic signals and earnings reports, while Netflix’s blockbuster profit failed to spark…
Wall Street opened largely steady on Thursday (Jul 17), as investors mulled over fresh economic data, while upbeat results from Taiwan’s TSMC that energised US chipmakers. At…
PepsiCo reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue in the second quarter despite sluggish North American sales. Sales of Frito-Lay and other snacks fell 1% in North America during…
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Jul 16) as investors sifted through new inflation data and digested a fresh round of heavyweight earnings reports. At 9.30…
Street’s main indexes opened mixed on Monday (Jul 14) as investors digested President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats against the European Union and Mexico, in a week…
The impact of the US president's tariff threats was evident in the US markets. Wall Street slid on Friday, led by a decline in Meta Platforms, after Donald Trump announced that the U.S.…
Global stock futures tumbled early Friday in Asia as President Donald Trump doubled down on tariff threats against major U.S. trading partners. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures fell 0.4%.…
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Friday (Jul 11) as President Donald Trump cranked up his tariff assault on Canada, deepening uncertainty around Washington’s trade…