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A long-term liquefied natural gas sales and purchase ​agreement entered into last year ‌between Japan's largest power generator, JERA, and...

U.S. stocks ended ​slightly mixed on Thursday after paring deeper losses, as diplomatic signals from the Middle East helped calm markets rattled...

Markets recoiled on Thursday as war jitters over Iran deepened, with stocks sliding, oil ​surging well over $100 per barrel and the dollar firming...

Wall Street ended higher on Wednesday, with strong gains in Alphabet and other heavyweights, after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested ‌an...

Battered financial markets enter the second quarter significantly exposed to war headlines, a backdrop that could prompt a bigger retreat...

Oil prices were set for a record monthly rise on Tuesday while Asian shares were headed for their steepest fall in six years, capping ​a tumultuous...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.7% on Friday as investors worried about the ​global economic impact of the war in Iran, leaving the...

Asian shares ​pared losses on Friday as another delayed deadline in the Middle East war nudged oil prices lower, though ‌there was still no...

The Nasdaq tumbled more than 2% to confirm a correction on Thursday while the S&P 500 and the Dow fell more than 1%. Investors scrambled for...

Asian stocks slid in choppy trading while the oil rose on Thursday as investors treaded cautiously amid the dizzying pace of developments in the...

Wall Street's main indexes closed higher on Wednesday as oil prices fell while Iran reviewed a U.S. proposal to ‌end the war in the Middle...

Stocks rose and oil fell on Wednesday on reports the U.S. is seeking a month-long ceasefire in its war on ​Iran and had sent a 15-point plan to...

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...

Share markets slid in Asia on Monday while U.S. bond yields hit eight-month peaks as the United States and Iran traded escalating threats...

Wall Street ended sharply lower on Friday, with the S&P 500 closing at its lowest in six months, as the U.S.-Israeli war against...

Wall Street ended lower on Thursday, with declines ​in Micron Technology and Tesla, as worries about inflation stemming from soaring oil prices...

Stocks slid and oil prices rose sharply on Thursday after a major escalation in the ​U.S. and Israel's war with Iran rattled...

Asian shares rallied on Wednesday as oil prices paused gains, with markets turning to the ​U.S. Federal Reserve meeting to see how policymakers...

Wall Street ended higher on Tuesday, with gains in Delta Air Lines and other travel stocks, while the Federal Reserve began its ​two-day policy...

Stocks climbed in Asian trading on Tuesday, ​pressing for a second day of gains as investors confronted a crowded central bank calendar and an...

Wall Street ended sharply higher on Monday, fueled by gains in AI-related stocks, with Meta Platforms climbing after a ​report that it is preparing...

Investors were in a wary mood on Monday as hostilities in the Gulf kept oil prices elevated, clouding an inflation outlook that should...

U.S. stocks ended down on Friday, capping a week in ‌which erratic crude oil prices whipsawed equities, as investors gauged how the war in...

Asian stocks slumped on Friday, poised for a second straight weekly decline as fast-dwindling hopes of a resolution ​to the U.S. and Israel's...

Shares in Asia fell broadly on Thursday as oil prices ​roared 9% past $100 a barrel on reports of more ships struck in Gulf waters and...

Shares steadied on Wednesday following a retreat ​in oil prices, but contradictory signals from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran kept...

Global stocks rallied and oil prices fell sharply on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump declared the Middle East...

Wall Street stocks clawed their way back from a steep selloff to close higher on Monday, notching a final-hour rebound after ‌U.S. President...

Retail traders in Asia are loading up on borrowed money to fund purchases in their brokerage accounts, traders and dealers said, as they chase...

Share markets nosedived in Asia on Monday as the inflationary jolt from surging oil prices threatened to ​raise living costs and interest...

Wall Street's three main indexes closed down ​on Friday amid a sudden setback in the U.S. labor market and a 12% spike in U.S. oil ‌prices...

A slight pullback in oil prices on Friday offered some reprieve to battered global stocks, though share markets in Asia remained ​on track for...

Asian shares rallied on Thursday and U.S. ​Treasuries declined, pointing to a tentative recovery in risk appetite that has been hammered by the...

U.S. stocks closed up on Wednesday, after ​a news report that Iran had signaled openness to talks and a pledge by President Donald Trump to steady...

Asian stocks dropped sharply on Wednesday, with investors dumping positions in chipmakers for fear the Middle East war will...

A selloff in stocks deepened and the dollar strengthened on Tuesday, as widening conflict in the Middle East fuelled a spike ​in energy...

U.S. stocks finished steady on ​Monday, clawing back early losses during a volatile session after U.S. and Israeli air strikes on Iran roiled...

Financial and tech stocks were hit hard by a handful of persistent investor worries on Friday, with U.S. stocks suffering their largest monthly...

U.S. stocks turned sharply lower on Thursday, the day after earnings from artificial intelligence vanguard Nvidia failed to impress investors,...

A bounceback by tech stocks around the world helped drive equity markets higher on Wednesday and set the scene for Nvidia's earnings report,...

Asian stocks stabilised after a wobbly start on Tuesday as a fresh AI-linked selloff on Wall Street rattled investors, with sentiment also hurt by...

Wall Street stocks tumbled on Monday, as ongoing fears of artificial intelligence-related disruption and the fallout from Friday's U.S. Supreme...