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Asian markets moved higher after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a historic election landslide, boosting expectations of fiscal stimulus and policy continuity.Markets across the region edged up on Monday as Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ...

Market Summary: What happened yesterday and what awaits us today, December 31stA quiet end to the year in financial markets, with a decline on Wall Street and fluctuations in gold.Major U.S. stock indexes ended Tuesday’s trading session lower for the ...

Wall Street Declines as Tech Stocks Lag and Gold Plunges; Global Markets Move Cautiously at Year-EndMajor U.S. stock indexes closed lower on Monday, with technology stocks leading losses, while precious metals retreated from record highs. Trading began the holiday-shortened week ...

The Bank of Japan has pushed interest rates to their highest level in three decades, and markets are starting to feel the aftershocks. At its December meeting, the BoJ lifted its short-term policy rate by 25 basis points to 0.75%, a ...

The United States and the United Kingdom struck a sweeping pharmaceuticals trade deal this week that removes all tariffs on medicines, active ingredients, and medical technology, while locking the UK into a sharp increase in drug spending. Under the agreement, the ...

Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in a year and a half, underscoring how vulnerable the country remains to shifts in global trade. Government data for the July–September quarter shows GDP contracting at an annualised rate of 1.8%, a ...

The global race for critical minerals is sparking one of the most explosive rallies in years. U.S.-listed rare earths miners have soared as much as 300% in 2025, with Critical Metals up 241% in just three months.The surge follows intensifying ...

London’s FTSE 100 climbed 0.3% to a record 9,677.87 points on Tuesday, lifted by a 3.1% rise in HSBC shares after the bank raised its income outlook and promised to accelerate growth. Despite a 14% drop in quarterly profit following $1.4 ...

Asian stocks ended the week higher, with South Korea’s Kospi surging 2.5% as traders welcomed news that U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping will meet next week. The rally reflected optimism that the talks, set for Thursday ...

Markets leaned risk-on after the Fed chair Jerome Powell signaled room for additional easing this year, even as trade friction simmered between the world’s two biggest economies - the US and China. The policy cue was clear enough for futures: S&P ...

Japanese equities surged after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party chose Sanae Takaichi as its leader, a result markets treated as bullish for Japan’s business potential. The Nikkei 225 jumped 4.75% on Monday to close above the 47,000 mark for the first ...

The Bank of England (BOE) has held its benchmark rate at 4%, with a 7-2 majority on the Monetary Policy Committee opting to pause while two members voted for a 25-basis-point cut. The decision followed a quarter-point trim in August and ...

Novo Nordisk will cut around 9,000 jobs, or more than 11% of its global workforce, as the Danish drugmaker confronts intensifying competition from Eli Lilly in the multibillion-dollar obesity and diabetes market. The restructuring is expected to generate annualized savings of ...

The White House has locked in a Japan trade package that applies a 15% baseline tariff on nearly all Japanese imports, with sector levies covering autos and parts at the same 15% and additional lines for aerospace, generics, and natural ...

European equities extended their gains as optimism over a potential Russia-Ukraine peace deal lifted sentiment, with the Stoxx 600 climbing 0.6% to reach its highest level since early March. The Dax traded near 24,400, though investors stayed cautious ahead of ...