Economic news

Currency markets took a breather on Wednesday, ​with traders cautious over U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to bring an end to...

China's coal-to-chemicals stocks have risen as much as 30% ​since the Iran war started, as the sector cashes in on its ability to turn domestic...

Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Yanbu port rose to nearly 4 million barrels per day last week, a sharp increase from export...

China's leading state-owned banks are expected to recover this year from record-low profit margins as the repricing of ​nearly $8 trillion...

Swiss construction chemicals maker Sika's annual results could trend towards the ‌lower end of its outlook due to turbulence linked to the...

The head of Kenya’s independent fuel retailers told Reuters that hundreds of dealers were running short due to the Iran war, saying...

Gulf markets ended mixed on Tuesday, with Qatar extending losses while other bourses steadied as ​investors parsed conflicting signals on...

Shell and ​Equinor's UK North Sea oil and ‌gas joint venture on Tuesday secured a $3 billion reserve-based lending facility, its...

Euro zone private sector growth nearly stalled this month as inflation ​expectations surged and delivery times soared, adding to mounting evidence...

Oil rose on Tuesday as the world's ‌biggest supply disruption persisted and as Iran denied it had talks with the U.S. to end the...

The British pound fell against the dollar on Tuesday, ​reversing some of its rise from the day before, as the Middle East war continues ‌to...

The FTSE 100 ticked lower in choppy trading on Tuesday, as mixed signals from the Middle ​East conflict lifted oil prices and curbed risk appetite,...

Indian shares joined a global rally on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed ​the bombing of Iran's power grid amid conflicting...

British retail sales have tumbled this month by the most since April 2020 when most ​non-food shops were closed at the start of ‌the COVID-19...

Even before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began, German companies had grown more pessimistic about their business overseas because of...

Xiaomi Corp's quarterly profit fell for the first time in three years at the end of last year as the Chinese smartphone and ​electric...

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will update the ​market on March 30 about ‌its plans for a multi-billion pound redress package...

Indian vegetable oil refineries are curtailing purchases of palm oil, soyoil and sunflower oil, betting that the Iran war-driven price rally...

Fever-Tree Drinks reported a 16% drop in annual profit on Tuesday after booking a one-off 2.8-million-pound ($3.76 million) charge over a...

Gold prices pared ​some losses after dropping more than 2% earlier on Tuesday, as ‌investors remained wary about the Middle East conflict amid...

Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is working on plans for a possible takeover of Jefferies, the Financial ​Times reported on...

Germany's private sector growth slowed to its weakest pace in three months in March as services lost momentum ​and costs surged amid...

South Korea's SK Hynix is considering raising 10 trillion to 15 trillion won ($10.03 billion) through a potential U.S. listing, aiming ​to...

Rising grain prices fuelled by the Iran war ​are lifting animal feed costs in China, the world's biggest pig market, piling pressure on...

India's private sector expanded at its weakest pace in over three years in March as price shocks from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran...

Asian stocks have seen heavy foreign outflows so far in March as disruptions to Middle East energy supply from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran...

The dollar firmed slightly on Tuesday as investor sentiment turned cautious, ​with the war in the Middle East raging on and markets sceptical of a...

Oracle is revamping its cloud-based financial software used by large companies to work with artificial intelligence agents, with a goal of...

Japan's core consumer inflation slowed below the central bank's ​2% target in February for the first time in nearly four years, data...

New car sales in Europe rose in February after falling in January, while sustained demand for electric vehicles helped Elon ​Musk's...

Alphabet-owned Wing plans to begin delivering packages by drone to homes in California's San Francisco Bay Area in ​the coming months, it...

A Taco Bell and Dunkin franchisee has agreed to pay more than $1.5 million to settle claims by New York City that its managers ​at two dozen...

The South African rand strengthened on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump stepped ​back from plans to target Iran's power...

U.S. construction spending unexpectedly fell in January amid broad weakness in private projects, government data showed. The Commerce...

Food delivery company DoorDash said ​on Monday it is launching ‌an emergency relief program to help U.S. gig workers offset rising fuel...

Traders have offered Iranian oil to Indian refiners at a premium to ICE Brent ‌after Washington temporary removed sanctions to ease the energy...

Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate built by Warren Buffett, is buying a 2.49% stake in Japanese ​insurer Tokio Marine Holdings for about...

Alibaba has ​pushed further into the global race for agentic artificial intelligence, with its ‌international commerce division launching...

India's market regulator on Monday approved tougher conflict-of-interest rules for its officials, asking that senior ​officials liquidate or...

The main UK indexes slumped on Monday and were on track to confirm a correction, as investors priced in the Bank of England hiking interest rates...

Gold fell ​more than 8% at one point on Monday, hitting a four-month low, after logging its biggest weekly loss ‌in about 43 years, as...

China's ​state-run refiner Sinopec does not intend to buy Iranian oil but is pushing for permission ‌to tap state reserves, a senior...