Global Stock Market

US stocks tended to fight for direction on Tuesday, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished higher. The index gained 104.40 points, or 0.31%, to close at 33,733.96. The S&P 500 dipped 0.07% to settle at 4,016.95, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.27% to end at 11,334.27.The Dow Jones Industrial …

Microsoft announced its Q2 earnings after the bell on Tuesday, beating on expected earnings per share. Despite the beat on earnings per share, Microsoft’s cloud business continued to slow in the quarter. The company reported its Intelligent Cloud segment grew 18% in the quarter, while its Azure services grew 31%. …

Tuesday’s latest purchasing managers’ index data from the Eurozone in January and the first signs of the corporate earnings season are being digested by investors as European markets ended lower on Tuesday.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index decreased by 0.2%, with losses led by the oil and gas and health care …

The U.S. hit the debt ceiling The U.S. Debt Ceiling is an essential fiscal tool that has been around for a while; however, it has recently become a source of much debate and discussion.  The debt ceiling is the legal limit to which the U.S. government can borrow money from …

The dollar hovered near a nine-month low against the euro on Tuesday and gave up recent gains against the yen, as traders weigh the prospects of a US recession as well as the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path. The dollar index, which measures the US currency against a basket of …

Japan’s Nikkei index closed at its highest level in more than a month and a half on Tuesday, recouping all its losses since the Bank of Japan’s surprise monetary policy adjustment last month, and technology stocks led the rally, following Wall Street’s gains. The Nikkei rose 1.46 percent to close …

Japan’s Nikkei index jumped more than 1 percent on Monday, tracking a rally on Wall Street last week led by chip-related stocks. The Nikkei ended trading up 1.33 percent, recording 26,906.04 points, after rising earlier to 26,938.28 for the first time in a month. Of the 225 stocks listed on …

US indexes surged on Friday after Netflix kicked off the earnings season for growth stocks with positive move, while Google parent Alphabet gained on news of job cuts.Shares of Netflix jumped 6.8% as the company added more subscribers than expected in the Q4 and said co-founder Reed Hastings was stepping …

Ericsson AB reported Q4 earnings on Friday. The Swedish company reported net profit attributable to shareholders of 6.07 billion Swedish kronor ($588.2 million) compared with SEK10.08 billion a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected net profit of SEK7.05 billion.Sales rose 21% to SEK86.0 billion versus the SEK84.78 billion expected …

Netflix added millions more subscribers in the fourth quarter than Wall Street expected, helping to send shares of the streamer up after the bell despite a big earnings miss. The company also disclosed that co-CEO Reed Hastings would be stepping down from his position and transitioning to the post of …