By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stocks rallied on Monday to a fresh intraday record while the dollar eased on optimism that a potential trade deal was on the horizon between China and the U.S., as investors awaited a slew of central bank policy announcements and earnings from several megacap companies. Top Chinese and…
Preliminary trade talks between US and Chinese officials have been described as providing a “very successful” framework for the expected summit meeting of Presidents Trump and Xi in South Korea on Thursday. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the weekend talks were “constructive, far-reaching and in-depth”. China’s senior trade negotiator Li Chenggang said the two sides reached…
The U.S. dollar slipped on Thursday as the Sino-U.S. trade war sapped investor sentiment. Daniel Munoz | Photodisc | Getty Images The U.S. dollar slipped Thursday as the Sino-U.S. trade war sapped investor sentiment, while growing confidence of the U.S. Federal Reserve cutting its policy interest rate this year also weighed on the greenback. The…
42m agoWed 1 Oct 2025 at 2:22am Market snapshot at midday ASX 200: -0.4% to 8,812 points Australian dollar: -0.2% to 66.0 US cents Nikkei: -1.1% to 44,430 points S&P 500: +0.4% to 6,688 points Nasdaq: +0.3% to 22,660 points FTSE: +0.5% to 9,350 points EuroStoxx: +0.5% to 558 points Spot gold: +0.2% to $US3,866/ounce…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A trainee surgeon was released from custody on bail Friday after he was charged with secretly video recording hundreds of medical colleagues in the restrooms of Australian hospitals. Ryan Cho, 28, will likely face around 500 charges relating to 4,500 intimate videos he secretly recorded with phones mainly in the staff…
Reuters concurs with your gold news, as does the Financial Times and numerous other sources. Gold futures climbed to a record high on Friday after a report that the United States had imposed tariffs on imports of 1-kg gold bars, while spot gold stayed on track for a second straight weekly gain on tariff turmoil…
14h agoThu 31 Jul 2025 at 12:54am Market snapshot ASX 200: -0.5% to 8,717 points (live values below) Australian dollar: +0.1% to 64.41 US cents S&P 500: -0.1% to 6,362 points Nasdaq: +0.1% to 21,129 points FTSE: flat at 9,136 points EuroStoxx 600: flat at 550 points Spot gold: +0.3% to $US3,286/ounce Brent crude: +0.4%…
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Shares in Asia rallied and the Australian dollar hit an eight-month high on Thursday as optimism over earnings and trade supported demand for higher yielding assets. Tokyo’s broad Topix gauge of shares hit an all-time high, following new records on Wall Street overnight, after a trade pact between Japan and…
Hong Kong police are investigating a burglary in which luxury goods and cash worth about HK$2.14 million (US$272,610) in total, including 10 Rolex, Cartier and Patek Philippe watches, were stolen from a flat in Tuen Mun. Police said that they received a report at around 1.30am on Tuesday from a man, 28, who discovered the…
2h agoMon 23 Jun 2025 at 6:14am Market snapshot ASX 200: -0.4% to 8,475points (live values below) Australian dollar: -0.6% to 64.13 US cents Asia: Nikkei -0.1%, Hang Seng +0.4%, Shanghai +0.1% Wall Street (Friday): Dow +0.1%, S&P 500 -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.4% Europe (Friday): DAX +1.3%, FTSE -0.2%, Eurostoxx +0.7% Spot gold: -0.3% at $US3,359/ounce…