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Wall Street stocks were mixed early on Tuesday as market participants digested December’s trade balance figures and continued to look ahead to key inflation data scheduled for release later in the week.As of 1510 GMT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.13% at 35,135.36, while the S&P 500 was …

France’s trade deficit in goods widened to a record €84.7bn last year, creating what its finance minister Bruno Le Maire called “a black mark” over the economy. The 31 per cent increase in the country’s trade deficit in goods came as its economy rebounded strongly from the fallout of the …

Continued strong consumer appetite for overseas goods pushed up the US trade deficit in December, sending the full-year import-export gap to a record level in 2021.The December deficit in trade of goods and services grew by 1.8% to a seasonally adjusted $80.7 billion, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, just less …

Pfizer Inc. recorded quarterly profits above analysts’ expectations, and its revenues rose, but less than estimates, while it expects to record strong sales of its vaccine and treatment for the Coronavirus. Pfizer’s fourth-quarter revenue more than doubled overall to $23.84 billion year-over-year, driven by $12.5 billion in sales of its …

European shares extended gains on Tuesday after the European Central Bank chief eased concerns about faster monetary policy tightening this year, while positive business results supported investor sentiment. The benchmark Stoxx 600 index was up 0.3 percent by 0830 GMT. Oil stocks were among the biggest gainers on the European …

The US Commerce Department said it has added 33 Chinese entities to what it calls a list of unverified exports that requires US exports to go through additional procedures before goods are shipped to those entities. On Monday, the department said it was taking the step because it was unable …

The Japanese Nikkei index closed slightly higher on Tuesday, supported by technology shares, as investors were keen to snap up the shares that were hurt, despite caution that prevails ahead of the release of US inflation data due later this week. The Nikkei index closed up 0.13 percent at 27,284.52 …

Contrary to the positive surprise provided by the last week’s US NFP and jobs data, the US inflation profile expectations depict a downbeat scenario ahead of the key US Consumer Price Index data for January. Last week’s NFP data continued to support the USD on Monday.Economic DataThe economic docket for …

Contrary to the positive surprise provided by the last week’s US NFP and jobs data, the US inflation profile expectations depict a downbeat scenario ahead of the key US Consumer Price Index data for January.The US inflation gauge, as measured by the 10-year breakeven inflation rate per the St. Louis …

The Trump administration imposed metal tariffs on dozens of countries in 2018, saying that a excess of foreign steel and aluminum threaten US manufacturers out of business and pose a national security threat.The Nippon Steel Corp. plant in Kashima, Japan, in 2018. The Biden administration is expected to announce on …