Analysis: Indices

Old trees and ageing farmers worsen outlook for top palm oil exporters

PONTIAN, Malaysia -Malaysian farmer Suratmen Mosman faces a dilemma that threatens to sap supply from the world's top palm oil exporters and drive up prices of the vegetable oil essential to billions...

Australia's Santos commits Narrabri gas for domestic supply in deal with ENGIE

Oil and gas producer Santos on Monday said it will supply utility firm Engie with up to 20 petajoules of natural gas a year from its Narrabri project in New South Wales that has been entirely...

Kering in talks with Qatar for sale of Milan building, Corriere says

ROME -Gucci-owner Kering is in talks with a member of the Qatari royal family for the sale of a building in Milan's top shopping avenue, Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported on Saturday. ...

Markets dive after Trump hits more countries with steep tariffs

ZURICH/WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump's latest wave of tariffs on exports from dozens of trading partners sent global stock markets tumbling on Friday and countries and companies scrambling...

What impact will US plans to restrict copper scrap exports have?

LONDON -The United States is planning to restrict scrap copper exports from 2027, requiring that at least 25% of so-called high-quality scrap be retained for domestic use. In the...

EU considers pooling demand from companies to buy more US gas

BRUSSELS -The European Commission could pool demand from European companies to buy more U.S. liquefied natural gas, as part of its efforts to reach a pledge to buy $250 billion in U.S. energy per...

CAC 40: Volatility persists as results come in

The finalization of trade agreements introducing tariffs and generally positive results are enabling indices to continue their upward trend over the summer. Europe is struggling to pick up speed for...

Global power grid expansion fuels fresh copper demand surge

Copper demand is rising faster than the industry anticipated, driven by billions of dollars being invested worldwide to modernise and expand power grids for the digital and clean energy revolutions...

StanChart profit jumps 26% as CEO Winters' turnaround takes root

HONG KONG/LONDON -Standard Chartered reported on Thursday a higher-than-expected 26% jump in first-half pretax profit, driven by growth in the bank's wealth and markets businesses that benefitted...

Emerging market revival hopes run into dollar difficulties

LONDON -Emerging markets are basking in the glow of their surprise rally this year, but major investors warn things may get tougher as countries finally learn their U.S. tariff fates and the dollar...

Orange is open to M&A talks with rival SFR, CEO says after in-line results

Orange is open to consolidation talks with French rival SFR, pending the completion of its debt restructuring, the chief executive of France's biggest telecom provider said on Tuesday. ...

Trading Day: Fading trade deal relief?

ORLANDO, Florida -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  Investors' initial response to the...

What's in Trump's trade deal with Europe?

The United States and the European Union agreed a joint statement on the framework trade deal struck at the end of July to end months of uncertainty for industries and consumers. Here...

Global equity funds draw weekly inflows on trade deal optimism

Inflows into global equity funds picked up again in the week through July 23 as optimism over U.S. trade deals, stronger than expected U.S. economic reports and an encouraging start to the corporate...

India-UK trade deal signals Modi's priorities as New Delhi eyes EU, US pacts

NEW DELHI -India's trade deal with Britain is a sign of New Delhi's new gradual shift to opening up its markets while shielding crucial sectors from competition and could be its template for future...

Small Ivory Coast cocoa firms say EU deforestation rules might bankrupt them

ABIDJAN -Small players in Ivory Coast's cocoa industry say they fear they will go out of business due to the cost of complying with new European Union regulations on the import of commodities linked...

Trafigura letter to Prateek Gupta's company warned about nickel cargoes, court document says

LONDON -A letter sent by Trafigura to Prateek Gupta's company warning it not to raise suspicions at financing bank Citi about nickel cargoes provides evidence that the commodity trader was aware of...

Italy's Saipem sees Mozambique LNG project restarting by end of summer

MILAN -Italy's Saipem is confident that a $20-billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique for TotalEnergies will restart by the end of the summer, the CEO of the energy contractor said on...

Wizz Air to resume Israeli flights next month as it quits Abu Dhabi

LONDON -Budget carrier Wizz Air plans to return to full-capacity in Israel by September as it positions itself as the largest inbound carrier into the country, Chief Executive Jozsef Varadi told...