Economic news

Pernod Ricard, the maker of Absolut vodka and Jameson whiskey, has begun working on ​a potential initial public offering of its Indian business,...

Honeywell has agreed to sell its productivity solutions and services unit ​to industrial equipment maker Brady in an ‌all-cash deal...

The Reserve Bank of India on Monday rolled back some restrictions on rupee derivative trades that were put ​in place earlier this month to arrest...

British consumer morale last month hit ​its lowest level since mid-2023, according to two surveys on Monday, reflecting ‌the impact of the...

UK's main stock indexes ‌dipped on Monday in a broad-based decline as fears that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire could collapse weighed...

Energy shares gain on surging crude prices Travel and leisure stocks lead declines UK's Renishaw jumps on raised forecasts April 20...

Greece recorded a more than 80% year-on-year rise in travel ​receipts in February, leading to a slight ‌improvement in the nation's...

UniCredit takeover target Commerzbank ‌is unfit to face the banking industry's future challenges in its current shape, the...

The pound slipped on Monday after tensions between the U.S. and Iran rose sharply over the weekend, raising the prospect that a two-week...

China is curtailing refined fuel exports rather ​than banning them, with countries including Malaysia and Australia receiving supplies even after...

Gold prices fell on Monday as the dollar firmed, while ‌news that the Strait of Hormuz is closed again pushed oil prices higher, reviving...

Asian bonds recorded their largest monthly foreign outflows in four years in March as disruptions to oil and ​gas supplies from the Middle East...

Most Japanese households expect ‌prices to continue rising in the coming years, a quarterly survey showed on Monday, keeping pressure on the...

Oil prices jumped more than 5% on ​Monday, on fears that the ceasefire between the United States and Iran could collapse ‌after the U.S....

Australia's largest business lender, National Australia Bank, said on Monday it expects credit impairment charges ​to double to A$706 million...

The U.S. dollar firmed to its highest level ​in a week against major currencies on Monday before paring gains as renewed U.S.-Iran...

SINGAPORE, April 20 (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped and stock futures fell on Monday as rising tensions in the Middle East kept shipping in ​and out...

British manufacturers give a patchy picture of their ability to ramp up output should the government need to ​mobilise key industries, a survey...

The Indian rupee and government bonds this week will be comforted by a drop in oil prices even as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains at...

India's Yes Bank reported a 44.7% ​rise in fourth-quarter profit on Saturday, ‌supported by improving loan growth and stable asset...

Norway's $2.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said on ​Saturday it will vote in favour of the re-election of...

China's outbound shipments of refined oil products in March slid by 11.5% from ​the same period last year, customs data showed ‌on...

The trading desks of Europe's top three oil majors have reaped billions of dollars from the energy supply crunch caused by the Iran war,...

AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems revealed its filing for a U.S. initial public offering on Friday, bringing the Nvidia rival closer to the public...

The Italian economy posted modest growth in the first quarter, supported by the Winter Olympics in February which drew a major influx of ​tourists,...

The World Bank on Friday unveiled a new strategy aimed at helping small island states and other ​small countries better address unique challenges...

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki ​Katayama said on Friday recent moves in the yen ‌have been driven by speculative trade to a significant...

The benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq ​each rallied to their third record close in a row on Friday, while the blue-chip Dow marked...

A U.S. trade tribunal ruled for Apple on Friday against a bid from medtech company Masimo to reinstate ​an import ban on the tech...

American Airlines said on Friday that it was not interested in a merger with United Airlines and had not held any such talks, diminishing...

Eli Lilly's newly launched weight-loss pill was prescribed 1,390 times in the U.S. ​in its first week of sales, according to analysts who...

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is in talks with ​investors to raise at least $300 million at ‌a valuation of $10 billion,...

State Street reported a rise in first-quarter profit on Friday, as market volatility lifted the ​custody bank's client activity and fee...

The United States and the Philippines will build a 4,000-acre (1,620-hectare) industrial hub after Manila joined a Washington-led initiative to...

European Union ​exports to the United States dropped by more than a quarter for a second consecutive month in February, but may be exaggerating the...

U.S. equity funds attracted strong demand in the week through April 15 as expectations of an early resolution to ​the Iran conflict and resilient...

Bouygues, Iliad-Free and Orange raised their bid ‌for French telecoms operators SFR to 20.35 billion euros ($23.97 billion) on Friday, in...

Shares of Wipro fell 3% on Friday, wiping out $670 million in market capitalisation a day after a tepid ​first-quarter revenue forecast...

The British pound steadied on Friday, having returned to levels seen before the onset of the Iran war, with traders overlooking...

UK's benchmark stock index ‌FTSE 100 dipped slightly on Friday, weighed down by utilities and mining stocks, and was set to snap a...

Gold held largely steady on Friday and was on track for ‌a fourth straight weekly gain, as hopes for a U.S.-Iran peace deal eased fears of...

The U.S. dollar headed for a second consecutive weekly decline on ​Friday, while the euro and British pound steadied around pre‑war levels, as...