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UK Stocks Drop as Middle East War Keeps Investors Cautious

UK Stocks Drop as Middle East War Keeps Investors Cautious

The UK's main indexes closed lower on Wednesday, as oil prices continued to climb on concerns that the Middle East conflict will disrupt supply, while disappointing corporate earnings also weighed on sentiment. The ​blue-chip FTSE 100 closed down 0.5%, while the mid-cap FT...


March 11, 2026
Synopsys Rolls Out new Software Tools for Designing AI Chips
Synopsys Rolls Out new Software Tools for Designing AI Chips

Synopsys on Wednesday rolled out new software tools to handle the fast-increasing complexity of designing ​artificial intelligence chips, the first...

Italy's CDP Sues Euronext over Milan Bourse Spat, Sources
Italy's CDP Sues Euronext over Milan Bourse Spat, Sources

Italian state lender Cassa Depositi ​e Prestiti has filed a lawsuit against pan-European exchange operator Euronext in ‌an Amsterdam...

Kitchens Across India Ditch Hot Food due to Cooking Gas Shortage
Kitchens Across India Ditch Hot Food due to Cooking Gas Shortage

CHENNAI/BENGALURU, March 11 (Reuters) - In kitchens across India, hot food and drinks - even tea - are disappearing from the menu in place of ​fast...

KKR's Publicly Traded Private Credit Fund has seen Pressure, CFO
KKR's Publicly Traded Private Credit Fund has seen Pressure, CFO

KKR's publicly traded private credit fund has seen some pressure, ​but the company sees more opportunity ‌in non-traded vehicles,...

US Consumer Prices Increase Moderately before Iran Conflict
US Consumer Prices Increase Moderately before Iran Conflict

U.S. consumer prices rose moderately in February as rents maintained a steady pace of increases, though households paid more for gasoline and at...

Meta Unveils Plans for Batch of in-House AI Chips
Meta Unveils Plans for Batch of in-House AI Chips

Meta Platforms on Wednesday unveiled a roadmap of four new chips that the company is making in-house, as it rapidly expands its ​data...

Grubhub Taps Drone Startup Dexa for New Jersey Aerial Delivery Pilot
Grubhub Taps Drone Startup Dexa for New Jersey Aerial Delivery Pilot

Grubhub and drone technology company Dexa announced a three-month pilot program on Wednesday to introduce aerial ​food delivery services to...

Zoox and Uber Tie Up to Deploy Robotaxis on Ride-Hailing Network
Zoox and Uber Tie Up to Deploy Robotaxis on Ride-Hailing Network

Uber Technologies signed a ‌multi-year partnership to deploy Zoox's purpose-built robotaxis to its platform, the companies said on...

Eli Lilly to Invest $3B in China, Seeks Approval for Weight Loss Pill
Eli Lilly to Invest $3B in China, Seeks Approval for Weight Loss Pill

Eli Lilly plans to invest $3 billion in China over the next decade, which ​will help build production capacity for its experimental...

Gold Steady as Rising Oil Prices, Inflation woes Curb Safe-Haven Demand
Gold Steady as Rising Oil Prices, Inflation woes Curb Safe-Haven Demand

Gold was largely steady on Wednesday, as higher oil prices ‌fueled worries of a spike in inflation and tempered hopes of rate cuts, while...

Campbell's Cuts Annual Forecasts, Consumers Shift to Cheaper Alternatives
Campbell's Cuts Annual Forecasts, Consumers Shift to Cheaper Alternatives

Campbell's Co cut its annual sales and profit forecasts on Wednesday, as the ​packaged food company expects demand to be weighed...

Saudi Aramco Seeks Dual Gulf, Red Sea Buyer Plans amid Iran Crisis, Sources
Saudi Aramco Seeks Dual Gulf, Red Sea Buyer Plans amid Iran Crisis, Sources

Saudi Aramco has asked ​buyers in Asia to offer April crude oil ‌loading plans for both its main Gulf export terminal of Ras Tanura and Yanbu...

Europe Shares Fall, Mideast Tensions Keep Investors on Edge
Europe Shares Fall, Mideast Tensions Keep Investors on Edge

European shares declined on Wednesday ​as investors weighed the economic fallout from the 12-day Middle East war and digested a slate ‌of...

Cathay Pacific Plans to Carry more Passengers Despite Disruptions from Iran War
Cathay Pacific Plans to Carry more Passengers Despite Disruptions from Iran War

Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday it would expand passenger capacity by 10% this year ​but remain agile as the Middle East conflict...

French Inflation to Remain Low Despite Iran War, Cbank Chief
French Inflation to Remain Low Despite Iran War, Cbank Chief

Inflation in France is expected to remain low, even though the war in ​Iran may lead to slightly higher prices and ‌lower growth globally,...

Uniper to Pay First Dividend in Four Years, Govt Exit Nears
Uniper to Pay First Dividend in Four Years, Govt Exit Nears

State-owned utility Uniper will pay a dividend for the first time in four years, it said on Wednesday, as the group prepares for ​a return to...

StanChart Says Companies see Room for Yuan Financing to Grow
StanChart Says Companies see Room for Yuan Financing to Grow

Businesses see scope to borrow more yuan, according to a report published by Standard Chartered , which could ​support China's push to...

Canal+ Beats Profit Guidance, to Hire 1,000 Salespeople in Africa
Canal+ Beats Profit Guidance, to Hire 1,000 Salespeople in Africa

French media group Canal+ on ​Wednesday reported annual core profit ahead of guidance and said ‌it would hire more than 1,000 salespeople...

Oil Prices Seesaw as Markets Weigh IEA Reserves Release, Persistent Supply Concerns
Oil Prices Seesaw as Markets Weigh IEA Reserves Release, Persistent Supply Concerns

Oil prices rebounded on Wednesday as markets doubted whether the International Energy Agency's reported plan for a ​record release of oil...

Shares Steady, Oil Turbulence Deepens over Middle East War Fears
Shares Steady, Oil Turbulence Deepens over Middle East War Fears

Shares steadied on Wednesday following a retreat ​in oil prices, but contradictory signals from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran kept...

Dollar Wobbles as Foggy Outlook for Iran War Keeps Investors on Edge
Dollar Wobbles as Foggy Outlook for Iran War Keeps Investors on Edge

The dollar eased on Wednesday as traders awaited ​cues on what comes next in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran with mixed messages on a...

Rupee Slips, Lags most Asian Peers in Conjunction with Local Stocks
Rupee Slips, Lags most Asian Peers in Conjunction with Local Stocks

The Indian rupee and stocks were regional laggards on Wednesday, with hedging and foreign portfolio flows weighing ​on the currency even as a...

Japan's Wholesale Inflation Cools, Oil Shock from Iran War Threatens Rebound
Japan's Wholesale Inflation Cools, Oil Shock from Iran War Threatens Rebound

Japan's wholesale inflation cooled for a third month in February as government fuel subsidies ‌blunted rising commodity costs, but...

SoftBank's PayPay Plans to Price US IPO around Low End of Range, Sources
SoftBank's PayPay Plans to Price US IPO around Low End of Range, Sources

The initial public offering of SoftBank's PayPay is likely to price around the low end of its marketing range as war in the Middle...

Diesel Markets, Upended by Middle East Conflict, Threaten Global Economic Slowdown
Diesel Markets, Upended by Middle East Conflict, Threaten Global Economic Slowdown

Surging diesel prices are threatening to slow global ​economic activity as the war in the Middle East pressures supplies of both the...

March 10, 2026
Gold Gains nearly 2% on Softer Dollar, Cooling Inflation Concerns
Gold Gains nearly 2% on Softer Dollar, Cooling Inflation Concerns

Gold rose nearly 2% on Tuesday, buoyed by a softer dollar and ‌easing inflation concerns as oil prices pulled back amid indications the...

Saudi Red Sea Oil Exports to Hit High in Mar, Shipping Data
Saudi Red Sea Oil Exports to Hit High in Mar, Shipping Data

Saudi Arabia's oil shipments via the Red Sea are on course ‌to hit record highs in March although they are still far below the levels...

TSX Opens Higher as Mining Gains Offset Energy Losses
TSX Opens Higher as Mining Gains Offset Energy Losses

Canada's main stock index edged higher on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump's hints that the Middle East conflict could end ​soon...

UK Inflation could End 2026 at around 3% if Energy Prices Hold, OBR's Miles
UK Inflation could End 2026 at around 3% if Energy Prices Hold, OBR's Miles

Britain's inflation rate could end the year at around ​3% rather than the roughly 2% ‌rate assumed by the country's fiscal forecasters...

Spain's Repsol may Bring new Investors into US Renewables Unit
Spain's Repsol may Bring new Investors into US Renewables Unit

Spanish energy group Repsol is considering welcoming new investors in its renewables business in ​the United States as it reviews its approach...

Porsche Aims to Regain Speed with Cost Cuts and Combustion Engines
Porsche Aims to Regain Speed with Cost Cuts and Combustion Engines

Porsche's new CEO is likely to double down on ​cost cuts and lean harder into combustion-engine cars as he seeks to persuade investors he...

Deutsche Bank Upgrades US and European Tech Sector, Turns 'Overweight' on Software
Deutsche Bank Upgrades US and European Tech Sector, Turns 'Overweight' on Software

Deutsche Bank upgraded the U.S. and European technology sector ​to "neutral" from "underweight" on Tuesday and ‌turned...

Oil Sinks 7% as Trump Predicts Middle East de-Escalation
Oil Sinks 7% as Trump Predicts Middle East de-Escalation

Oil prices plummeted 7% on Tuesday after soaring to a more than three-year high in ​the previous session as U.S. President Donald...

Most Gulf Equities Gain after Trump Predicts Mideast de-Escalation
Most Gulf Equities Gain after Trump Predicts Mideast de-Escalation

Most Gulf stock markets ended higher on Tuesday, mostly led by financial shares, ​after President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Israeli war on...

Aramco Sees 'Catastrophic Consequences' for Oil Markets if Hormuz Strait Remains Blocked
Aramco Sees 'Catastrophic Consequences' for Oil Markets if Hormuz Strait Remains Blocked

Saudi Arabia's Aramco, the world's top oil exporter, said on Tuesday there would be "catastrophic consequences" for the...

Britain's FTSE Indexes Rebound, Trump Hints at End to Middle East War
Britain's FTSE Indexes Rebound, Trump Hints at End to Middle East War

London's FTSE indexes rose on Tuesday, after three sessions of declines, as U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that the Middle East war...

Stocks Rebound, Oil Dives as Trump and Iran Trade Barbs
Stocks Rebound, Oil Dives as Trump and Iran Trade Barbs

Global stocks rallied and oil prices fell sharply on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump declared the Middle East...

USD Rally Stalls on Hopes of Easing in Iran War, Wariness Reigns
USD Rally Stalls on Hopes of Easing in Iran War, Wariness Reigns

The dollar took a breather on Tuesday as investors ​swung between hopes for a de-escalation in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and concerns...

GBP Ticks Higher, Lower Oil Prices Temper Inflation Concerns
GBP Ticks Higher, Lower Oil Prices Temper Inflation Concerns

The pound edged higher against the dollar on Tuesday as hopes of a de-escalation in the Middle East conflict pushed oil prices...

European Shares Jump, Hopes of de-Escalation Spark Relief Rally
European Shares Jump, Hopes of de-Escalation Spark Relief Rally

European shares rebounded on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald ​Trump said the war in the Middle East could come to a swift end, lifting investor...

European Freight Truck Makers Brace for Wave of Low-Cost Chinese Rivals
European Freight Truck Makers Brace for Wave of Low-Cost Chinese Rivals

Chinese electric freight trucks are rolling into Europe at pace this year, following the trail blazed by Chinese EVs and threatening to upend the...

German Exports Record Sharpest Decline since May 2024
German Exports Record Sharpest Decline since May 2024

German exports recorded their sharpest decline in more than a ​year and a half in January due to falling ‌demand from China and Europe,...


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