The Dow Jones Industrial Average has surrendered its early gains heading into the afternoon session. But the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were still poised to finish higher. That's at odds with how ...

As Friday afternoon trading kicked off in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was wavering but appeared to be on track for its biggest three-week rise since late 2022. On a weekly basis, the ...

The break up plans of conglomerate Smiths Group today fired its shares to the top of the FTSE 100 index. Demand for ...

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.3% in morning trading. Smiths Group rose 14.9% and ALK-Abello Series B added 7.3%. On the other hand, Umicore slipped 7.5%, and Hemnet Group dropped 4.7%. The ...

Stocks pulled back on Friday as investors digested news that Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China would begin on ...

DHF Capital analyst Bas Kooijman commented: "The European Central Bank is expected to cut rates by 25 basis points, with further reductions likely if inflation pressures ease and economic growth slows ...

Stocks rose on Thursday, posting gains in a bout of rocky trading as investors weighed the latest earnings from Big Tech companies. Stocks cut gains late in the session after President Donald Trump ...

The Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE) saw more than 1.8 million call contracts and 967,197 put contracts exchanged on Tuesday. The ...

In commodities, Brent crude was flat at $76.49 a barrel, and WTI crude gained 0.2% to $73.94 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.9% to ...

Russ Mould at AJ Bell noted the FTSE 100 "continued to be an island of calm", with investors lapping up its "plethora" of defensive stocks. "Utilities and healthcare were in demand, implying that ...

Nvidia and other U.S. tech stocks are steadying a day after tumbling on doubts about whether the artificial-intelligence ...