investment

Oil jumps 3% on weaker dollar after seven days of losses

Oil prices jumped 3% on Monday, recovering from a seven-day losing streak, with gains driven by a weaker dollar despite…

4 years ago

Marketmind: A delta-driven drop

After an August in which stock markets have repeatedly hit record highs, the mood music turned decisively more sombre on…

4 years ago

CME denies media report of $16 bln takeover bid for rival Cboe

CME Group Inc (CME.O), the world's biggest futures exchange operator, on Wednesday denied a media report that it approached rival Cboe…

4 years ago

S&P 500 slips after Fed minutes show split over jobs, taper

The S&P 500 and the Dow industrials fell modestly on Wednesday after the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's…

4 years ago

BHP, Woodside investors jittery over $29 billion petroleum merger

Shares in BHP Group (BHP.AX) and Woodside Petroleum (WPL.AX) fell on Wednesday as investors on both sides raised questions about the value of the…

4 years ago

Analysis: As investors look to Jackson Hole, options markets see ‘a lot of nothing’

Traders in U.S. equity options do not expect the Federal Reserve’s symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming later this month to…

4 years ago

Asian shares move off near year lows, NZ holds rates steady

Asian shares edged off near year-to-date lows on Wednesday despite Wall Street's overnight declines, while New Zealand's central bank defied…

4 years ago

MOVES Citigroup poaches Shah from Credit Suisse to boost tech M&A

Citigroup (C.N) has hired veteran tech banker Dhiren Shah from Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.S), as it doubles down on investing in its…

4 years ago

Stocks and oil slide as Delta’s spread muddies economic picture

WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Major stock indexes slid and oil posted its fourth straight day of declines as investors…

4 years ago

Dollar gains for 2nd day on Afghanistan, Delta variant worries

NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The dollar advanced for a second straight session on Tuesday, bolstered by safe-haven demand,…

4 years ago