European stocks opened higher on Monday, supported by a jump in retail stocks after posting their worst weekly performance this year due to fears that interest rate hikes will continue for a longer period in the United States and the eurozone. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was up 0.8% by …

Data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Monday that the economic confidence index fell by 0.3 percent on a monthly basis in February to 99.1 points, after violent earthquakes devastated the southern region of the country. The index, which indicates an optimistic outlook when its reading exceeds the 100 …

The dollar settled near its highest level in seven weeks on Monday, after a batch of US economic data supported expectations that the Federal Reserve should continue raising interest rates for a longer period. Data on Friday showed a sharp rise in US consumer spending in January as inflation accelerated. …

Official data on Monday showed Turkey’s foreign trade deficit increased 38.4 percent year-on-year to $14.24 billion in January, with imports rising 20.7 percent and exports 10.3 percent. The Turkish Statistical Institute stated that imports jumped to 33.61 billion dollars in January, while exports increased to 19.37 billion dollars. Under an …

Japan’s Nikkei closed lower on Monday, guided by Wall Street, as investors expect US interest rate hikes to continue for a longer period after a batch of strong economic data. The index fell by 0.59 percent, before recovering some of its losses, and closing down 0.11 percent at 27,423.96 points. …

Gold prices fell to the lowest level in two months on Monday, after strong US economic data fueled fears that the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) will take more measures to raise interest rates to curb inflation. Spot gold fell 0.1 percent to $1,808.51 an ounce by 0541 GMT. …

The TBS television channel reported that Japan intends to ease entry procedures into the country for those coming from China by canceling the requirement to undergo a Corona examination before boarding and upon arrival, as of March 1. The channel said, quoting several government sources, that Japan will cancel the …

Oil prices were little changed in early trading on Monday, as Russia continued its plans to cut its production further to support prices, while rising crude inventories in the United States and rising risks from global inflation weighed on prices. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were trading at $76.36 …

Shares of Warner Bros Discovery are trading over 3% lower in pre-market Friday after the entertainment company reported worse-than-expected results for its fourth quarter. WBD posted a loss per share of $0.86 on revenue of $11.01 billion. Analysts were expecting a loss per share of $0.29 on sales of $11.23B. The parent …

The United States and China will hold deputy-level talks between their finance officials on Friday to discuss debt and other issues on the sidelines of a G20 finance meet in India, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday, ahead of a meeting …