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Europe: Shares gain, French stocks at highs as investors focus on earnings
EUROPEAN shares closed slightly higher on Tuesday, following a 1 per cent jump in the previous session, as investors assessed mixed…
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US stocks pulled lower by financials; gold hits record highs
Wall Street stocks ended lower while gold prices surged on Thursday as declining financial shares and simmering trade tensions between the…
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Europe: French stocks revive after turmoil; Stoxx at record highs
European shares climbed to record highs on Wednesday (Oct 8), powered by strong gains in French and Spanish stocks, and steelmakers…
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US: Wall Street retreats from record closing highs as economic worries mount
US stocks closed lower on Tuesday (Oct 7) as investors, deprived of economic data resulting from the shuttered government, looked to…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq reach all-time closing highs on AI dealmaking boost
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq advanced on Monday, as artificial intelligence-related dealmaking boosted investor sentiment even as the US…
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US: Dow, S&P 500 manage record closing highs; Nasdaq falls in volatile session
The S&P 500 eked out a record closing high in a volatile session Friday, with interest rate-cut expectations holding up as the US…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit intraday record highs as rate-cut hopes Trump shutdown jitters
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit intraday record highs at market open on Thursday (Oct 2), on the back of renewed expectations for interest…
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US: Stocks end at record highs after Fed rate cut, Nvidia-Intel deal
US EQUITY indices finished at fresh records on Thursday following the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut of 2025 while Intel surged…
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S&P 500, Nasdaq hit new highs ahead of Fed rate meeting
Street stocks gained on Monday with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq reaching new records on hopes that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest…
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US: Wall St opens muted after record highs, on track for weekly gains
Wall Street indexes opened subdued on Friday (Sep 12) after notching record highs in the previous session, though they remained on track…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs on boosted rate-cut bets
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit intraday record highs at the open on Wednesday (Sep 10), after cooler-than-expected producer inflation data…
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Europe: Shares close at five-month highs after Powell hints at September rate cut
European shares closed at their highest level in more than five months on Friday (Aug 22) after US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell…
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Europe: Stocks close at five-month highs as investors monitor progress on Ukraine
European shares closed at their highest level in more than five months on Tuesday (Aug 19) as investors assessed the chances of an end of…
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Wall Street mostly declines as tech names pull back from highs
Wall Street’s stocks finished mostly lower on Tuesday (Aug 19), dragged down by tech companies retreating from record highs, while a Home…
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US: Wall Street mostly declines as tech names pull back from highs
Wall Street’s stocks finished mostly lower on Tuesday (Aug 19), dragged down by tech companies retreating from record highs, while a Home…
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Europe: Stocks close at two-month highs propelled by earnings, defence stocks
EUROPEAN shares closed at their highest level in more than two months on Thursday, with aerospace and defence stocks and financials…
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Europe: Shares near two-week highs on Fed rate cut expectations
EUROPEAN shares hit a near two-week high on Wednesday, underpinned by gains in heavyweight healthcare and technology stocks, as…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs at open on September rate cut hopes
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Aug 13) with the benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hitting record highs, underpinned…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs at open
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened at record highs on Thursday (Jul 31), as blockbuster earnings from Meta and Microsoft signalled Big…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open at record highs with earnings, Fed meeting in focus
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq opened at fresh record highs on Tuesday (Jul 29), as investors assessed a slew of earnings reports from major US…
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US: S&P, Nasdaq open at record highs on US–EU deal optimism
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened at record highs on Monday as a US-EU trade agreement boosted investor sentiment, kick-starting a pivotal…
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Europe: Automakers propel shares to two-week highs on US-EU trade deal optimism
EUROPEAN shares closed near two-week highs on Wednesday, led by automakers, as investors anticipated a possible agreement between the…
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US: Stocks mixed as indexes struggle to retain record highs
Wall Street stocks closed mixed on Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq struggling to log significant gains as investors awaited further…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq end at record highs after solid retail data
Wall Street stocks rose to fresh record highs on Thursday (Jul 16) as markets focused on solid US retail sales data and corporate earnings…