Stocks in the US closed near the flatline on Friday as investors weighed President Trump's push for higher tariffs on the European Union against strong economic data and corporate earnings. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 finished mostly muted near their records, while the Dow Jones dropped 142 points, pressured by a 2.2% decline in American Express shares. Trump reportedly demands a minimum 15-20% tariff in any deal with the EU, which is working to finalize an agreement before his August 1 deadline. On the corporate front, Netflix shares fell 5.1% despite beating revenue and earnings...
US stocks were little changed on Tuesday as investors digested conflicting signals from President Trump on tariffs. After initially delaying the return of broad "Liberation Day" tariffs until Aug. 1, Trump reversed course and said there would be no further extension, adding confusion to an already volatile trade environment. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed near the flatline, while the Dow fell 165 points. The market reacted sharply to Trump's announcement of a steep 50% tariff on copper imports, sending copper futures soaring more than 10% and lifting shares of producers such as...
The European stock markets closed higher in Tuesday trading as The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.33%, Germany's DAX gained 0.50%, the FTSE 100 advanced 0.54%, France's CAC 40 increased 0.56%, and the Swiss Market Index was up 0.13%. In Germany, calendar and seasonally-adjusted exports declined 1.4% in May, while imports fell 3.8% compared with the previous month, according to the Federal Statistical Office. Compared with a year earlier, exports increased 0.4% and imports rose 4.2%. Meanwhile, the trade balance for May was 18.4 billion euros ($21.6 billion). And in corporate news, UBS made about...
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
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...
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...