Global Stock Market

Japanese stocks fell in tandem with their Asian counterparts on Thursday as investors analyzed the Federal Reserve meeting minutes, awaiting an upcoming seminar to assess whether the US central bank will ease its tight monetary policy. The Japanese Nikkei index fell 0.91 percent at the open and hovered at this …

Global equities fell while US Treasury yields rose on Wednesday ahead of the release of the Fed’s meeting minutes that are expected to reveal the extent of officials’ hawkish stance on interest rates and inflation.MSCI’s gauge of stocks in 50 countries across the globe (.MIWD00000PUS) shed 0.94%, while the pan-European …

Tesla stocks trade at $906, down by 1.4% at the time of writing. Tesla encounters a kind of selling pressure on Wednesday’s US session. Shares, earlier on the day, were trading down 1.7% at $903.84 about 55 minutes into the session, having opened at $910.19, traded as high as $917.34 …

Japan’s Nikkei closed above 29,000 on Wednesday for the first time in more than seven months, after Wall Street’s main indexes rose overnight, driven by solid profits from US retailers. The Nikkei rose 1.23 percent to 29,222.77 points, closing at its highest level since Jan. 5. The broader Topix index …

Strong earnings announced by Walmart and Home Depot helped push Dow Jones and the S&P 500 indexes on Tuesday. Shares of both companies are trading higher Tuesday afternoon, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average into the green territory. The Dow DJIA was most recently trading 267 points (0.8%) higher, as …

Walmart’s business looks to have stabilized after surging inflation for food and gas weighed on the company’s guidance a few weeks ago. The world’s largest retailer revised its full year guidance for profits to drop 9% to 11% from a prior range for a 11% to 13% decline.Walmart stock popped …

Japan’s Nikkei closed little changed on Tuesday; energy-related stocks and shipping companies were the biggest losers, while sentiment was lowered by concerns about slowing US and Chinese economies. The Nikkei index closed down 0.01 percent at 28,868.91, ending two days of gains that brought it to its highest level in …

The US stocks ended higher on Monday, adding to recent robust gains, with megacap growth shares rising as US Treasury yields eased. Shares of Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp were among the biggest boosts to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 gained 15.94 points, or …

The giant Saudi oil producer said it earned nearly $50 billion last quarter, the latest energy company to record outsize profits after the surge in crude prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.Aramco announced that its second-quarter profit jumped 90 percent over the same period a year ago, reaching …

When Walmart and Target report their quarterly earnings this week, investors will gain some insight into how big retail is handling inflation—and stocks across the sector will likely feel the aftershocks.The two companies are important bellwethers for the retail industry and consumer spending. And in recent months, both Walmart and …