European stocks continued to strengthen on Monday, October 27, 2025, as markets grew more confident after the US and China announced they had a preliminary framework for a trade agreement. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose around 0.2%, Germany's DAX index moved up around 0.1%, and the UK's FTSE 100 gained around 0.7%. Investors saw signs that trade tensions between the world's two largest economies were beginning to ease, making the risk of a global recession feel slightly less looming. This gain comes after an already very strong week. The FTSE 100 just hit a record close above 9,600...
The Hang Seng jumped 274 points, or 1%, to end at 26,434 on Monday, rising for the third session. A surge in U.S. futures boosted sentiment, amid renewed optimism over a potential U.S.-China trade deal after top officials outlined a framework to ease tensions ahead of a meeting between President Trump and Xi Jinping later this week. Meantime, the U.S. Fed is widely expected to cut interest rates by 25bps after consumer prices rose slightly less than expected in September. In fresh data, China's industrial profits grew 3.2% yoy in the first nine months of 2025, much faster than 0.9%, with...
Wall Street's main indexes opened at record highs on Monday, as expectations of a U.S.-China trade truce fueled risk-taking in a week packed with Big Tech earnings and a likely Federal Reserve rate cut. At 09:30 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), opens new tab rose 315.67 points, or 0.67%, to 47,530.09, the S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab gained 63.83 points, or 0.92%, to 6,856.09 and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC), opens new tab gained 335.24 points, or 1.45%, to 23,544.00. Source: Reuters.com