The Nikkei 225 Index pulled back slightly on Monday, paring back some of the gains made in the past few weeks as energy prices rebounded following Donald Trump’s plan to blockade the Strait of Hormuz. It retreated slightly to ¥56,400 from last week’s high of ¥57,405.Japanese stocks retreat as crude…
Asian markets opened the week on the back foot on Monday as a fresh oil shock renewed the anxieties around the Middle East conflict.The sell-off signalled a cautious start to the week after US-Iran talks failed over the weekend and Washington moved ahead with a blockade targeting traffic to and…
The FTSE 100 Index futures pulled back on Monday as geopolitical tensions rose after the weekend talks between the US and Iran followed by President Donald Trump’s decision to enact a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. This article explores some of the top FTSE companies to watch this week.Tesco…
Oracle’s brutal 2026 selloff is forcing Wall Street to answer a harder question than the usual buy-the-dip reflex.Shares of the cloud and database giant were still down about 29% for the year as of March 31, even after a brief rebound.Yet the collapse has not produced a consensus.Instead, it has…
Europe’s retail sector is heading into a harsher stretch, but RBC is not telling investors to give up on the space.The retailers were already facing fragile demand before the latest energy shock, and the renewed jump in oil and freight costs has added pressure on margins.The result is a more…
European markets began the week under pressure on Monday, weighed down by escalating tensions in the Middle EastAnd a sharp surge in oil prices following fresh developments over the weekend.Regional equities tracked losses seen across Asia-Pacific markets, with sentiment dampened by growing concerns over potential disruptions to global energy supplies…
Baker Hughes has agreed to sell its Waygate Technologies unit to Swedish industrial technology group Hexagon for approximately $1.45 billion in cash, the companies said on Monday.The transaction, which remains subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026.Hexagon stated…
Kering stock fell 3% on Monday after Morgan Stanley downgraded the Gucci owner.The setback arrived just as investors were looking for firmer evidence that the group’s long-promised turnaround is starting to show up in sales.The move matters because it lands days before Kering’s first-quarter 2026 revenue update on April 14…
There is a peculiar moment in every great valuation cycle where the data stops being abstract and starts being personal. For the US stock market, that moment may be now, as one of the bluntest and most time-tested measures of aggregate market valuation is flashing red. And it is sitting…
Inflows into Indian equity mutual funds surged 56% month-on-month to an eight-month high of 404.5 billion rupees ($4.36 billion) in March, as retail investors continued to pour money into equities even as uncertainties centring around the Iran war weighed on sentiment, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India…