Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - European stocks pushed higher on Friday, registering their fifth consecutive week of gains, with decent gains in the luxury sector providing a boost after Richemont beat market forecasts.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - US stock markets opened with marginal gains on Friday as investors refrained from taking on too much risk following the recent rally, with upside limited by a much worse-than-expected reading of consumer confidence.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - Consumer confidence in the United States dropped this month to its lowest level in nearly three years, as tariff uncertainty and rising inflation expectations hammered sentiment.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - Building permits in the United States fell more than expected in April to their lowest level in nearly a year, according to data out on Friday from the Census Bureau, while housing starts showed only a small increase after plunging the previous month.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - The chief executive of Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk is to leave the company, it was announced on Friday, just days after the Danish biotech slashed its full-year forecasts.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - The eurozone trade surplus surged to its highest-ever level in March, as American buyers frontloaded imports from the single-currency region in anticipation of April's introduction of tariffs.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - Microsoft offered a series of new concessions to the European Commission on Friday, in a bid to settle a long-running antitrust investigation into the bundling of its Teams communications app with Office 365.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - European shares were higher on Friday as investors digested data showing the European Union's trade surplus with the US surged in March.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Friday as investors reacted to disappointing economic data from Japan and key earnings reports from the region.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - US stocks are expected to push higher again on Friday, though gains are likely to be modest as investors tread carefully following a strong week on Wall Street.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - American Axle & Manufacturing will seek a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange, it emerged on Friday, as it moves forward with its $1.4bn acquisition of Dowlais Group, the UK-based owner of GKN Automotive.
Friday 16 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - European shares were higher at the open on Friday, after Wall St stocks finished in mixed fashion overnight on the back of gloomy comments about inflation from Walmart's boss and a tepid increase in retail sales.
Thursday 15 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - US sports retailers Dick's Sporting Goods said on Thursday that it has agreed to buy Foot Locker for $2.4bn.
Thursday 15 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - US stocks pulled back from 11-week highs on Thursday as investors digested a raft of economic data, comments from the head of the Federal Reserve and gloomy comments about consumer prices from Walmart's boss.
Thursday 15 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - European shares closed higher on Thursday as investors assessed GDP data from the eurozone and UK along with comments from US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.
Thursday 15 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - US interest rates are more likely to be higher over the longer term as the global economy faces more frequent and persistent supply shocks, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday.
Thursday 15 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - Big box retailer Walmart warned on Thursday that customers could still face higher prices, despite Washington and Beijing temporarily agreeing to slash tariffs.
Thursday 15 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - European shares were flat at midday as investors digested another dump of corporate earnings and GDP data from the eurozone and UK while waiting for comments from US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.
Thursday 15 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - Industrial production unexpectedly soared in the Eurozone in March, official data showed on Thursday, boosted by strong demand from the US and a resurgent Germany.
Thursday 15 May 2025
(Sharecast News) - Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell on Thursday, diverging from Wall Street's positive momentum as investors reassessed the implications of a temporary pause in US-China trade tensions.
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