Analysis: Indices

ExxonMobil drill off Cyprus fails to find gas in commercial amounts-Ministry

An exploration drill by ExxonMobil offshore Cyprus has failed to find commercial quantities of natural gas, the island's energy ministry said on Monday.  Drilling operations had been...

Trade tensions can lead to stock market crashes, IMF says

WASHINGTON -Major geopolitical risk events, including trade tensions, can trigger large corrections in stock prices, the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Monday. That in...

Gold soars past $3,200 as trade war deepens, dollar loses ground

Gold blazed past the $3,200 mark on Friday, as a faltering dollar and an escalating U.S.-China trade war stirred recession fears, sending investors flocking to the safety of the yellow metal. ...

Brent, WTI prices climb more $1 on possible Iran crude restriction

Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude climbed more than $1 on Friday after U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the United States could end Iran's oil exports as part of an effort to bring the...

Tariff turmoil pressures British stocks; mining shares provide support

The FTSE 100 rose on Friday, with gains in mining stocks providing some support even as escalating fears over U.S.-China trade tensions left investors wary after a week of tariff-induced...

At $3200 per ounce, gold will crush competition in 2025

To round off a testing week on the stockmarkets, marked by wild swings and fears about the future of world trade as we know it today, we present a chart summarizing the performance of 11 major asset...

Spanish olive oil makers mull US investment, rush exports to avoid tariffs

One of Spain's leading olive oil producers is pondering an expansion into the U.S. in response to the tariff war unleashed by Washington, just as its peers are rushing out exports while the bulk of...

What can we expect from first-quarter results?

As the earnings season opens today with the major US banks, investors are eagerly awaiting the messages that companies will deliver. However, given the current uncertainties, it will be hard for them...

Trump trade war with China revives recession, bear market fears

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/BEIJING -President Donald Trump's trade war rattled global markets anew on Thursday as stocks and oil prices sank amid fears China may once again respond in kind with higher...

US stocks, dollar drop on lingering tariff worries, a day after relief rally

NEW YORK -Major stock indexes and the U.S. dollar dropped on Thursday, with the S&P 500 ending down more than 3% as investors remained skittish, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's move to...

Ivory Coast threatens more expensive cocoa in response to US tariffs

Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer, could take measures to make the product more expensive if tariffs proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump go into effect, the West African country's...

Gold hits record high as US-China trade war intensifies, dollar weakens

Gold prices jumped nearly 3% to an all-time high on Thursday, as a drop in the dollar and an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China drove investors towards the safe-haven allure of the...

Wall Street: the pause and the upward "crash"

So the false rumor was true. Last night, Wall Street closed sharply higher after Donald Trump announced a 90-day suspension of the majority of tariffs. This came as a huge relief for investors… and...

US tariff suspension is good news, Polish finance minister says

The suspension of U.S. tariffs is good news and shows the U.S. administration's will to deescalate this trade conflict, Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said on Thursday. In a...

Oil jumps 4% after Trump pauses tariffs on many countries, raises China levy

Oil prices climbed more than 4% on Wednesday, bouncing back from four-year lows earlier in the session, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would further increase tariffs on China but pause the...

EU to start retaliating against U.S. tariffs on Tuesday

BRUSSELS -The European Union will launch its first countermeasures against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs next week, the bloc's members agreed on Wednesday, joining China and Canada in...

Greece remains on FTSE Russell watch list for market status change

FTSE Russell on Tuesday said Greece will remain on the equity watch list for possible reclassification from advanced emerging to developed market, and will be evaluated against certain requirements...

European stock futures rise after reports of German coalition

European equity index futures popped higher in U.S. afternoon trade on Tuesday after Germany's NTV reported conservatives under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Tuesday reached a deal with the...

EU could aggregate demand for US gas as part of trade talks, Lithuania says

The European Union could consider aggregating its member countries' demand to buy U.S. liquefied natural gas, as part of negotiations with President Donald Trump to try to avert a trade war,...