Analysis: Indices

United States: a risky catch-up for small caps?

After several years of underperformance, US small caps have been catching up since the summer, in the wake of expectations of Fed rate cuts. But the fall of regional banks at the end of last week has...

Signs of pressure on valuation

While enthusiasm for artificial intelligence is mixed with a latent sense of fragility, the time has come for vigilance and greater selectivity in the stock market. The main US index, the S&P 500, is...

Spain's power plants are burning more gas since blackout, sending gas demand up

MADRID -Spain keeps burning more gas to produce electricity and help keep its power grids stable after a major blackout on April 28, gas grid operator Enagas said on Tuesday, boosting the country's...

Tons of silver from US, China ease London spot market squeeze

LONDON -Large flows of silver from the U.S. and China to London's spot market in the past week are easing a liquidity squeeze in the world's largest over-the-counter precious metals trading hub,...

New copper demand drivers from US, India as China juggernaut slows

LONDON -Copper consumption in the United States and India is set to emerge from China's shadow over the next decade as demand growth in the world's largest consumer of the industrial metal slows. ...

EV supply chain data firm Benchmark Mineral trims workforce, sources say

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a UK-based pricing and data research firm for energy transition minerals, has cut at least a fifth of its workforce in recent weeks, said three people familiar with...

Greece hopes for more cross-border mergers and acquisitions, finance minister says

WASHINGTON -Europe needs a mindset shift to ensure more cross-border mergers and acquisitions and Greece hopes it can be at the center of some of them, the country's finance minister said, singling...

UBS lifts global equities view to 'attractive' on AI boost

UBS Global Wealth Management upgraded its stance on global equities to attractive, citing expected productivity gains from AI spending and a supportive policy backdrop.Structural trends remain firmly...

Global equity funds draw fourth weekly inflow on hopes of Fed rate cut

Global equity funds attracted inflows for a fourth straight week through October 15, as dovish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reinforced expectations that the central bank...

Finances of Russia's Gazprom are stable, CEO says

MOSCOW -The financial situation at Russia's largest natural gas producer Gazprom is stable, Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller told Russian state TV on Friday. Gazprom incurred a...

Korea at the top

Up 52% since the beginning of the year, the South Korean index is leading the race. And nothing seems to be stopping it at present. On Wednesday, the index rose another 2.7% to set a new closing...

Shares up, dollar down as investors renew bets on Fed rate cuts

LONDON -Stocks globally recovered some of their recent losses on Wednesday after comments by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell boosted investor hopes of further rate cuts this year, pressuring...

EU presses US to drop tariffs on metals content

HORSENS, Denmark -The European Commission is pressing the United States to remove tariffs on products made from steel as Brussels seeks to advance parts of the EU-U.S. tariff deal that have yet to...

World oil market to see huge glut in 2026, IEA says

LONDON -The world oil market faces an even bigger surplus next year of as much as 4 million barrels per day as OPEC+ producers and rivals lift output and demand remains sluggish, the International...

Shell approves $2 billion offshore gas project in Nigeria with Sunlink

Shell has approved the development of an offshore gas project in Nigeria along with its joint venture partner Sunlink Energies, the oil major said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of investments...

Frontier debt risks 'going dark' amid high costs and creative deals

LONDON/WASHINGTON -The need for emerging economies to be more transparent about their debt is one issue uniting wealthy countries and multilateral lenders in a fractious, divided world where the...

UK warns business leaders as 'highly significant' cyber incidents rise 50%

LONDON -British cyber incidents classed as highly significant have risen by 50% over a year ago, the head of the country's National Cyber Security Centre will say on Tuesday.    A series of cyber...

Airlines face price-gouging by green jet fuel sellers, IATA says

LONDON/PARIS -Fuel suppliers are using European Union green jet fuel mandates to inflate costs for airlines through surcharges, nearly doubling prices compared with market rates, the head of airlines...

Gasoline shortages in Russia that have sent prices higher will soon be resolved, minister says

MOSCOW -Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday that he was confident that gasoline shortages which have caused an increase in the pump price at filling stations will soon be...