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US: Wall Street ends mixed; banks rally on upbeat results
WALL Street ended mixed on Tuesday as investors digested mostly positive quarterly results from big US banks, comments from Federal…
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US: Wall Street ends sharply higher on Trump China comments; Broadcom surges
The S&P 500 has posted seven new highs and 14 new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 91 new highs and 120 new lows Wall Street’s main indexes ended…
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US: S&P 500 ends down 2.7% after Trump warns of big China tariffs
Wall Street stocks tumbled Friday (Oct 10) after US President Donald Trump threatened “massive” tariffs on China, reviving trade war…
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Israel-Hamas War Ends: Militant Group Leader Confirms Ceasefire Has Been Reached after Trump Brokered Historic Peace Deal
The head of Hamas announced on Thursday that the war in Gaza was over and pledged a lasting ceasefire, just hours after Donald Trump…
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US: Dow ends at record as stocks shrug off shutdown risk
The Dow finished at a fresh record on Tuesday as markets largely shrugged off the likelihood of a partial US government shutdown due to a…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 slips as French rating review looms; still ends week higher
European shares ended the week on a strong note, but were a little lower on Friday (Sep 12) as investors turned cautious ahead of Fitch’s…
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Japan's Nikkei ends at record high as chip-related shares gain on Wall Street boost
Japan’s Nikkei share average ended at a closing high for a second straight session on Friday (Sep 12), as chip-related stocks tracked Wall…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 ends higher after ECB’s expected ‘hold’ verdict, defence stock boost
EUROPEAN shares finished higher on Thursday as a rally in defence stocks helped lift the main index, with investors taking in a widely…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 ends flat as merger boost balances France turmoil
EUROPEAN shares ended steady on Tuesday, as a boost from Anglo American’s merger deal and higher oil prices managed to counter uncertainty…
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US: Nasdaq ends at record as markets eye interest rate relief
The Nasdaq finished at a fresh record on Monday as major equity indices advanced in hopes that benign US inflation data will lead to…
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Nikkei ends at over 2-week high as Trump lowers tariffs on Japanese automobiles
Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a more-than two-week high on Friday (Sep 5) as auto shares rose after US President Donald Trump…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 ends near one-month low as bond yields rise on fiscal woes
EUROPEAN shares finished near one-month low on Tuesday after a broad-based selloff, driven by a rise in bond yields as investors grew…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 ends higher on defence boost; Novo Nordisk jumps after Wegovy data
European shares finished marginally higher on Monday (Sep 1), supported by defence stocks, while Novo Nordisk gained after data showed its…
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Australian shares post best August in 16 years as earnings season ends
The Australian benchmark notched its best August performance in sixteen years on Friday (Aug 29) as the corporate earnings season wrapped…
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Japan’s Nikkei ends at record high as automakers rise on weaker yen
Japan’s Nikkei share average extended its gains from last week to end at a record high on Monday (Aug 18), as a weaker yen pushed…
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Japan's Nikkei ends at record high as yen weakens, economy shows resilience
Japan’s Nikkei closed at an all-time high on Friday (Aug 15), as the yen weakened and data showed the nation’s economy was surprisingly…
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US: Nasdaq ends at record, Dow falls as tariff hikes take effect
The Dow fell while the Nasdaq finished at a fresh record on Thursday as markets grappled with worries over lofty equity valuations in…
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Opec+ leaves traders with cliffhanger as stormy chapter ends
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (Opec+) closed a two-year chapter in its oil strategy on Sunday (Aug…
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Tesla braces for rough quarters ahead as US ends EV incentives
Elon Musk warned of difficult times ahead for Tesla after one of the automaker’s worst quarters in over a decade. Tesla will be a…
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US: Nasdaq ends six-day streak of records
The Nasdaq retreated from a record Tuesday on a mixed day for stocks as markets looked ahead to upcoming earnings reports from Google…
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STI ends Tuesday flat as regional indices close mixed
The Straits Times Index (STI) closed flat on Tuesday (Jul 22), as regional indices showed mixed performances. The STI closed up 0.03 per…
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Samsung chairman Lee’s long legal saga ends with acquittal
Samsung Electronics executive chairman Lee Jae-yong was cleared of all charges related to accounting fraud and stock manipulation by South…
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Wall Street Ends Lower as Trump Targets Canada with Tariffs, Nvidia Hits $4 Trillion
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…
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US: Nasdaq ends at record as stocks shrug off latest Trump tariffs
The Nasdaq vaulted to a fresh record on Wednesday, shrugging off new tariff threats from President Donald Trump as Nvidia became the first…