Economic news

The UK's blue-chip FTSE 100 slipped on Wednesday, with healthcare and energy shares leading declines, as investors monitored the ​latest...

General Mills posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, ‌helped by higher prices and resilient demand for pantry...

U.S. grocer Kroger said on Wednesday it would buy regional supermarket chain ​Giant Eagle in a $1.65 billion deal, strengthening its presence...

Gold steadied on ​Wednesday, but hovered near a seven-month low hit in the previous session ‌as rising U.S. Treasury yields and growing bets...

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD posted a second consecutive month of global sales growth in June, as ​a surge in exports helped offset weak...

Nike shares slipped nearly 4% in premarket trading on Wednesday, as investors fretted over the slower-than-expected turnaround at the...

The pound fell for ​the first time in a week on Wednesday in the face of a robust dollar, which got ‌a lift from a rise in U.S. Treasury...

Singapore's BDx Data Centers said an initial public offering is among its options as it seeks capital to ​expand across Asia and make the most...

The Indian rupee will remain weak against the U.S. dollar over the coming months despite expectations that recent measures announced by the Reserve...

World shares started the third quarter cautiously on Wednesday ahead of ​key U.S. jobs data, as uncertainty over U.S.-Iran negotiations...

British annual house prices rose by less than expected in June, but softening expectations for interest rate hikes ​by the Bank of England are...

Indonesia posted a trade deficit of $1.61 billion in May, its ​first in six years, as exports unexpectedly fell due to lower commodity shipments,...

Asian airlines that gained passengers and charged higher fares on European routes ​after the start of the Iran conflict are...

The dollar hit a 40-year high against the yen on ​Wednesday as a sharp rise in U.S. Treasury yields boosted the currency ahead of U.S. jobs data...

Global fund managers are reassessing their retreat from Indian equities ​as a swift drop in oil prices to pre‑Iran war levels and measures to...

China's resale home prices fell at a ​faster pace in June, ‌a private survey showed on Wednesday, as the country's prolonged ​property...

South Korea's factory activity expanded in June for the seventh consecutive month, ​though at a slower pace than the ‌previous month on...

TOKYO, July 1 (Reuters) - Japan's manufacturing sector expanded in June, sealing its best quarterly performance since early 2014, as new orders...

South Korea's exports expanded at the strongest pace in ‌nearly half a century last month, smashing forecasts, on a surge in chip sales...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished June on ​Tuesday with their biggest quarterly gains since 2020 as investors remained upbeat about economic and...

Britain said on Tuesday it could intervene in Paramount Skydance Corp's proposed takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, potentially...

Japanese business mood ​climbed to an eight-year high and corporate inflation expectations rose to record levels, a quarterly survey showed,...

Deutsche Bank said on Tuesday that ​Kotak Mahindra Bank would acquire its ‌retail banking and wealth management business in India,...

India's fiscal deficit in April-May was ​at 1.62 trillion rupees ($17.11 billion), ‌or 9.6% of the estimate for the financial year...

Inflation in India ​may remain relatively contained ‌in the coming months as global commodity prices ease, ​the monthly economic report...

Russians are more pessimistic about the state of their economy than at any time in the past 20 years, and a majority say living standards are...

The BlackRock Investment Institute (BII) said on Tuesday it had become less bullish on the ​outlook for emerging market stocks and hard-currency...

Canada's economy rebounded more than expected in April, data showed on Tuesday, following a slight contraction in the previous month, allaying...

The yen's break through a long-defended 162-per-dollar level to its weakest in four decades has reinforced expectations Japan may tolerate more...

The pound strengthened against the euro and dipped against the dollar on Tuesday as traders positioned for a likely Andy Burnham premiership in...

The Indian rupee logged its first quarter-on-quarter gain since March 2025, even though it slipped on Tuesday, thanks to ​a sharp retreat in oil...

Standard Chartered has appointed Margaret Harwood-Jones as its CEO for Europe and the UK, ​a newly created role overseeing both markets...

European Central Bank policymakers welcomed the recent drop in oil ‌prices on Tuesday but warned that energy costs remain high and the shock...

Soaring stock market valuations, dramatic swings in the market value of trillion-dollar companies, and periodic sharp...

Barclays has bought a 999-year lease for its ​global headquarters in Canary Wharf in London for £750 ‌million ($992.8 million),...

June 30 (Reuters) - French inflation slowed in ​June for the first time this year, ‌pulling back from a more than two-year high as energy...

Britain's economy grew robustly in the first quarter ‌of 2026, official data confirmed on Tuesday, but households were squeezed even...

Japan's Nikkei share average climbed ​on Tuesday, powered by a rebound in technology stocks ‌that have helped drive the...

Gold prices ‌slipped on Tuesday and were on track for their biggest monthly decline since October 2008, as uncertainty in the Middle East gave...

Oil prices dipped around 1% on Tuesday, reversing the previous ‌session's gains, and were poised for a monthly decline, with investors...

Bitcoin miner and AI infrastructure firm Ionic Digital filed on Monday to go public through a ​direct listing. The company was formed in...

India's Adani Ports and Special Economic ​Zone said on Tuesday that ‌Switzerland's MSC Group will acquire a 49% stake in its...