Economic news

India's federal government has set a February 5 deadline for financial bids for IDBI Bank as it looks to divest a majority of its holding...

Canada's economic growth stalled in November as an expansion in services was ‌offset by weakness in goods-producing industries, data...

Canadian oil producer Imperial Oil posted a fall in fourth-quarter profit on Friday, hurt by lower production and a drop in crude...

Caixabank on Friday said it expects lending income and profits to rise this year and next, driven by stronger loan growth as...

India's Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) is scouting global opportunities, ranging from acquisitions to strategic investments in solar, wind...

Heavyweight banking stocks led London's FTSE 100 higher on Friday, putting the index on track for a seventh consecutive month of gains, while...

A transatlantic rift and jittery markets may be unnerving investors, but the aircraft leasing giants that own half the global fleet say...

Chevron's fourth-quarter profits fell but came in ahead of estimates as it focused on cutting costs and making its operations more...

In Italy's storied gold‑making hubs, jewellers are reworking their designs to trim gold content as they race to blunt the impact of record...

The euro zone economy grew quicker than expected last quarter as consumption and investments kicked into higher gear, offsetting low exports and...

Taiwan's tech-focused economy grew much more than expected in the fourth quarter, the government statistics agency said on Friday, thanks to...

Nestle India posted a 46% increase in quarterly profit on Friday, aided by higher demand for packaged food items, including Maggi noodles and...

China's fiscal revenue fell 1.7% in 2025 from a year earlier, the finance ministry said on Friday, the first contraction since 2020 as a...

French Finance Minister Roland Lescure earlier this week blocked Eutelsat's sale of its ground antennas, he said on Friday, citing national...

AstraZeneca will license experimental drugs for obesity and weight-related conditions from CSPC Pharmaceutical Group and collaborate on...

China's factory activity likely stalled in the first month of 2026, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as still sluggish domestic demand held...

Indonesia's chief economic minister promised increased financial market transparency and improved corporate governance on Friday, after the...

Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed to a 15-month low in January due to the effects of gasoline subsidies and easing price pressure on...

Stocks slumped and the dollar and bond yields shot up ​on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he has firmed up his choice to lead...

Oil prices consolidated their recent gains and held near six- month highs on Friday, supported by concerns over the tensions between Iran and the...

U.S. wholesale inventories increased in November, suggesting inventory investment could add to gross domestic product in the fourth quarter after...

Copper's red-hot run to above $14,000 a metric ton on Thursday leaves investors facing a decision over whether or not to chase the market...

New orders for U.S. factory goods rebounded in November as demand for commercial aircraft surged, though growth in business ​spending on equipment...

AMC Entertainment on Thursday forecast a fourth-quarter loss wider than Wall Street estimates, as return to theaters remained slow, hurting...

Starbucks will introduce a new three-tiered system to its U.S. loyalty program on March 10, chief brand officer Tressie Lieberman announced at...

U.S. worker productivity grew at its fastest pace in two years in the third quarter, the government confirmed on Thursday, likely fueled ​by an...

Blackstone, the world's largest ​alternative asset manager, beat fourth-quarter profit forecasts on Thursday as it cashed in dealmaking and...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, still consistent with a relatively low level of...

India's Dabur reported third-quarter profit largely in line with analysts' estimates on Thursday, as the demand boost from the...

U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group has agreed to buy most of Lukoil's foreign assets, initially valued at $22 billion by...

The S&P 500 and the technology-heavy Nasdaq closed lower on Thursday ​as investors were rattled by the latest earnings reports and worried...

World stocks gained on Thursday as investors' optimism over earnings remained robust ahead of Apple's results, while gold blazed to a...

Brent oil futures prices jumped on Thursday, hitting a near ​six-month high on rising concerns about a possible U.S. military attack on Iran,...

London's blue-chip index gained ground on Thursday, led by financial and commodity stocks, as investors parsed a mixed bag of corporate...

India’s Swiggy posted a smaller sequential loss and reiterated that it aims to hit a key profitability metric in the first quarter of next...

Roche's adjusted operating income rose by a lower-than-expected 5% in 2025 as gains in drugs such as Ocrevus against multiple sclerosis...

The Bank of England allotted more than 100 billion pounds to banks in its weekly short-term repo on Thursday for the first time since the programme...

Deutsche Bank on Thursday reported its largest annual profit since 2007 after a stronger-than-expected fourth quarter, as German...

European equities rebounded on Thursday, lifted by a surge in the price of oil and precious metals that cushioned a hit from earnings-related...

The Indian rupee hit a record low against the dollar on Thursday, pressured by dollar demand linked to the maturity of non‑deliverable forward...

Indonesian authorities scrambled on Thursday to arrest a flight of capital from its stock market with measures to counter the risk of a downgrade...

Lending growth to euro zone firms stalled last month but household lending kept inching up, European Central Bank data showed on Thursday, backing...