Economic news

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Gold in Dubai is trading at a discount to London as flight constraints caused by the Middle East conflict keep more ​bullion in the local market,...

China's iron ore imports in the first two months of 2026 climbed 10% from a year ​earlier, customs data showed on Tuesday, thanks to stronger...

Wall Street stocks clawed their way back from a steep selloff to close higher on Monday, notching a final-hour rebound after ‌U.S. President...

China's crude oil ​imports surged 15.8% in the first two months of 2026 from ‌a year earlier, official data showed on Tuesday, as refiners...

Shell said on Monday it will sell its Jiffy Lube lubricant ​shop chain to an affiliate of private equity firm Monomoy ‌Capital Partners...

A measure of Australian business conditions held steady in February with sales improving a little, a survey ​showed on Tuesday, though sentiment...

Air New Zealand said on Tuesday it has raised all of its fares due to ​the Middle East conflict and may take further pricing action,...

A surge in ​energy prices since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran piles further pressure on the retail sector ‌in Europe,...

UK stocks ‌closed at their lowest levels in about five weeks on Monday as rising oil prices intensified inflation fears and concerns over...

Microsoft is adding Anthropic's AI technology to its Copilot service to tap ​growing demand for autonomous agents, weeks after the...

Derivatives and securities exchange operator Cboe said on Monday it plans to launch prediction ​market contracts offering partial payouts...

British government bonds ​tumbled on Monday as a 25% jump in oil prices driven by the war in the Middle East fuelled ‌fears of...

Germany's industry got off ​to a surprisingly weak start in January, with orders falling more than ‌forecast and output unexpectedly...

War in the Middle East weighed on the market debuts of three Chinese company listings in Hong Kong on Monday, clouding the outlook for ‌share...

Retail traders in Asia are loading up on borrowed money to fund purchases in their brokerage accounts, traders and dealers said, as they chase...

Gold fell on Monday as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran fuelled ‌inflation concerns, which dimmed near-term U.S. interest rate cut prospects and...

Norway's Labour Party government said on Monday ​it had cut its economic growth projections ‌for 2026, as it began work on making a fiscal...

Euro zone government bonds fell sharply on Monday, extending last week's selloff and ​driving yields higher as fears of a prolonged fallout...

The Sentix index measuring investor morale in the euro zone fell in March, ​a survey showed on Monday, citing ‌the initial impact of the...

The pound tumbled on Monday as investors rushed to the safety of the U.S. dollar and ditched the currencies of countries most exposed to rising...

Japan will consider steps ‌to cushion the economic blow from rising fuel costs caused by the conflict in the Middle East including curbing...

SINGAPORE, March 9 (Reuters) - India's largest gas distributor, GAIL, has issued a ​tender seeking a cargo of liquefied ‌natural gas...

U.S. fund Apollo's ‌sports investment arm Apollo Sports Capital will complete the ​acquisition of 55% ​of Spanish football club...

Life sciences firm Agilent Technologies said ​on Monday that it will ‌acquire privately held clinical pathology firm Biocare Medical in...

Oil prices came off earlier highs on Monday but were still up more than 15% at levels not seen since ​mid-2022 as some major producers cut supplies...

India's finished steel ​exports climbed 36.6% year-on-year ‌to 6.02 million metric tons in the first 11 ​months of the ​financial year,...