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Wall Street's main indexes notched record-high closes on Thursday following gains in Tesla and Micron Technology, while U.S. inflation and...

Asian equities saw sharp outflows in August as worries over U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs weighed on the outlook for the region's...

Sharemarkets in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea set records on Thursday, boosted by technology stocks, while investors wagered U.S. inflation data...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched record-high closes on Wednesday, as Oracle surged and cooler-than-expected inflation data supported expectations...

Wall Street's three main indexes scored record high closes on Tuesday, while UnitedHealth rallied, and a downward payrolls revision supported...

Japan's Nikkei share average ended lower on Tuesday, dragged by a stronger yen and profit-taking after the index climbed past the key 44,000...

The Nasdaq notched a record high close on Monday, lifted by a rally in Broadcom, while the S&P 500 also gained as investors bet the Federal...

Stocks rose and the dollar wobbled on Monday after dismal U.S. labour data sealed the case for an interest rate cut this month, while the...

U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Friday as investors weighed economic worries against optimism over interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve...

Asian stocks tracked Wall Street's rise to a record high and Treasury yields eased to four-month lows on Friday as traders cemented...

The S&P 500 posted a closing record high on Thursday as labor market data did not change expectations for an interest rate cut by the Federal...

The Nasdaq rose 1% and the S&P 500 also ended higher on Wednesday as Alphabet jumped after a U.S. judge ruled against breaking up the Google...

A global slide in long-dated bonds extended into Asia on Wednesday, with Japanese yield hitting a record high while gold scaled a new peak as...

Wall Street started off September on a sharply lower note on Tuesday as investors weighed the future of President Donald Trump's tariffs after...

Asian shares were mostly downbeat on Monday as profit-taking hit some high-flying Japanese tech groups, though China remained well supported by...

The S&P 500 ended down from record highs on Friday, with losses in Dell, Nvidia and other AI-related stocks, while investors parsed inflation...

Asian stocks edged higher on Friday, riding a tech-driven rally on Wall Street, with investor focus now turning to a key U.S. inflation reading due...

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average notched record high closes on Thursday after Nvidia's quarterly report fell short of...

Asian stocks experienced a volatile session on Thursday as worries over the outlook for artificial intelligence bellwether Nvidia's China...

The S&P 500 notched a record high close on Wednesday ahead of quarterly results from Nvidia, Wall Street's most closely watched event this...

Asian stocks meandered on Wednesday ahead of an earnings report from AI leader Nvidia that will shape near-term risk sentiment, while the...

The S&P 500 ended higher on Tuesday, lifted by Nvidia and Eli Lilly, while U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to fire a central...

Long-dated U.S. Treasuries and stock futures fell on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said he was firing a Federal Reserve governor,...

Wall Street stocks ended lower on Monday as investors parsed the outlook for U.S. interest rates and looked ahead to AI chipmaker Nvidia's...

Chinese shares led Asia higher on Monday as investors gave a cautious welcome to the likely resumption of U.S. interest rate cuts, while...

Wall Street's main indexes ended higher on Friday, with the blue-chip Dow hitting a record closing high, as investors piled into stocks after...

Stocks in Asia mostly clung to safe ranges on Friday as traders awaited a key speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the annual Jackson...

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Thursday as investors feared potentially hawkish remarks by the Federal Reserve chair on Friday that could...

Mainland China stocks advanced on Thursday, with the Shanghai benchmark closing at a decade high level, driven by hefty gains in fintech and...

Global share markets came under pressure on Wednesday after a tech-led selloff on Wall Street, while the dollar gained some ground ahead of a key...

Stocks in Asia were flat and oil slid on Tuesday before a key meeting of central bankers and as traders evaluated promising diplomatic signals...

Wall Street's main indexes closed roughly flat on Monday, after struggling for direction while investors awaited a raft of corporate earnings...

Japan's Nikkei share average extended its gains from last week to end at a record high on Monday, as a weaker yen pushed automakers' stocks...

Share markets pushed ahead in Asia on Monday ahead of what is likely to be an eventful week for U.S. interest rate policy, while oil prices were...

The blue-chip Dow Jones ended higher after hitting an intraday record high on Friday, as UnitedHealth's shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway...

Global stocks traded near record highs on Friday as investors awaited key talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin over Ukraine in...

Wall Street's main indexes were mixed on Thursday with S&P 500 edging up to a closing high, while the Dow Jones and Nasdaq were flat, after...

The benchmark S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes hit new closing highs for the second straight day on Wednesday on hopes that the Federal Reserve was...

Japan's Nikkei share average breached the 43,000-mark for the first time on Wednesday, with the broader Topix index also scaling a fresh...

Asian equities rose on Thursday, with Japanese shares hitting a record high, as tech-led gains on Wall Street, upbeat earnings and growing...

U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday, led by a more than 1% gain in the Nasdaq, as Apple shares climbed after news of its plans to announce a...

Most share indexes edged up in Asia on Wednesday as investors looked through weak U.S. data and corporate warnings about the hit from tariffs,...