European stock indexes showed no clear direction on Tuesday (9/7), with the STOXX 50 and STOXX 600 moving sideways around the opening line. The main cause was the cautious attitude of investors who continued to monitor developments in trade negotiations between the United States and the European Union. This uncertainty made the market tend to wait and see without a strong direction. According to a Politico report, the US proposed a base tariff of 10% for all EU goods, but continued to reject the EU's request to remove tariffs from sensitive sectors such as cars, steel, aluminum, and...
The Hang Seng climbed 260 points or 1.1% to end at 24,148 on Tuesday, closing higher for the first session in four amid broad-based gains led by tech, consumer, and financial stocks. Sentiment improved following a recent pledge from China's top leadership to tighten oversight on aggressive price-cutting by domestic firms, a move analysts say could support a rebound in producer prices and boost long-term corporate earnings. The tech index surged around 1.8% as several firms issued upbeat profit alerts, while consumer shares gained on optimism that subsidies from food delivery platforms in...
Wall Street's main indexes opened mixed on Tuesday, as investors assessed President Donald Trump's latest tariff offensive, and hoped that upcoming trade talks with trading partners could defuse the threat of a full-blown trade war. At 09:31 a.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average tab fell 60.05 points, or 0.14%, to 44,339.31, the S&P 500 opens new tab gained 2.58 points, or 0.05%, to 6,233.03 and the Nasdaq Composite opens new tab gained 62.52 points, or 0.31%, to 20,475.03. Source: Reuters