Indices

Dark pools and the indicators used to decipher them

Off-market transactions now account for nearly half of US trading volumes, away from the public eye. The DIX, based on movements within Dark Pools, helps decode a portion of this activity.

MSCI Launches Daily Private Credit and Private Equity Indices

MSCI is attempting to bring real-time transparency to private markets. With the launch of its Nowcasting indices, the index provider now offers daily NAV estimates for private credit and private...

How are different indices influenced?

Major stock market indices are structures generally shaped by the size of free-float market capitalizations. As a result, many of them are biased toward a specific sector, or even just a few...

Naturgy warns $13 billion in Russian LNG purchase commitments may be hit by EU ban

Spain's Naturgy has 10.95 billion euros in Russian liquefied natural gas purchase commitments that may be affected from 2027 by a European Union ban on Russian LNG, its annual report showed. ...

Government spending lifts global debt to a record $348 trillion in 2025, says IIF

Global debt climbed to a record $348 trillion at the end of 2025, after nearly $29 trillion was added over the year in the fastest yearly build-up since the pandemic surge, a banking trade group...

OPEC+ to consider 137,000 bpd oil output increase for April, sources say

OPEC+ is likely to consider raising its oil output by 137,000 barrels per day for April, three sources with knowledge of OPEC+ thinking said as the group prepares for peak summer demand and a price...

FTSE 100 closes at fresh high after HSBC raises earnings target, miners surge

Britain's FTSE 100 closed at a fresh peak on Wednesday after HSBC lifted a key earnings target and miners hit new highs, as fading worries over AI's disruption to traditional businesses lifted global...

Oil settles little changed, supply worries persist despite large US crude stock build

Oil prices settled largely unchanged on Wednesday as a much larger-than-expected U.S. crude stock build did not do much to calm jitters about the threat to oil supply from potential military conflict...

Yen under pressure after Takaichi report; Aussie higher on inflation

A wobbly yen was pinned near a two-week low on Wednesday after a report that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had told the central bank chief she had reservations about future rate hikes, while a...

UK farmers demand continued access to crop chemicals in EU pact

Britain's farmers must be allowed to keep growing gene-edited crops and using plant protection products currently banned in the European Union if the UK strikes a new pact with the bloc, the president...

EU faces transition period with US after Trump tariff move, says EU trade chief

The European Union is facing a transitional period of a few months in relations with the U.S. after President Donald Trump's new import surcharge, which threatens to undermine the trade deal the two...

Keurig Dr Pepper forecasts strong 2026 on JDE Peet's boost despite cost pressures

U.S. beverage maker Keurig Dr Pepper projected strong full-year results on Tuesday, betting on a boost from the pending acquisition of Dutch coffee and tea maker JDE Peet's, even as it navigates...

EU countries give final approval to weaken company sustainability laws

EU countries on Tuesday gave their final approval to scale back rules that require companies to address environmental and human rights risks in their supply chains, after months of pressure from...

Hedge funds creep back into tech stocks after weeks of selling

Hedge funds last week bought the biggest tech stocks as well as those considered vulnerable to advances in artificial intelligence, said a note to clients from JPMorgan seen by Reuters on Tuesday.  ...

Oil hovers below seven-month high as traders eye U.S.-Iran talks, trade policy

Oil prices hovered below an almost seven-month high on Tuesday as traders gauged the outlook for U.S.-Iran nuclear talks amid heightened Middle East tensions, while also weighing uncertainty around...

European oil and gas stocks hit record high, surpassing 2007 level

The European oil and gas stocks index hit a record high on Monday, surpassing a previous record hit in 2007, helped in recent weeks by a rise in the price of oil. At 1450 in London the...

Ukraine reconstruction estimate jumps 12% to $588 billion, World Bank says

Rebuilding Ukraine's economy will cost an estimated $588 billion over the next decade, the World Bank, United Nations, European Commission and the Ukrainian government said on Monday, a day before the...

Dollar weakens as US tariffs struck down, Iran tensions rise

The dollar weakened on Monday as traders evaluated U.S. tariff policies after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump's tariffs, while traders also watched rising tensions...

South Korea wins part of UK challenge to arbitration ruling in Samsung merger case

South Korea on Monday partially won its challenge to an arbitration award in its long-running dispute with U.S. hedge fund Elliott over the 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates. The...