Friday , 19 December 2025

Stocks

Stocks fall on Rosenstein, trade war risks; oil climbs

Bloomberg US stocks slipped on growing trade tension and after reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will leave his post. Oil climbed and the euro rallied. As a Justice Department shakeup threatened to increase political turmoil, industrial shares led US equity indexes down after China warned it won’t meet with American officials unless they stop threatening to expand tariffs. …

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India examines slump in financials for irregularities

Bloomberg India’s market regulator is examining Friday’s sharp moves in shares of Dewan Housing Finance Corp., Yes Bank Ltd. and other lenders for possible trading irregularities, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Securities and Exchange Board of India is looking into whether brokers and investors colluded during the sharp selloff and subsequent recovery in financial shares, the people …

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Investors stay wary as gold mining stocks get cheap

Bloomberg Investors stung by the sell-off in gold are going to need more than cheap equities and stabilising bullion prices to wade back into mining-company stocks. Bullion has slipped 8.2 percent this year as a stronger dollar and expanding global economy diminished demand for the metal as a haven. Miners have fared even worse, with the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Gold …

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Rupiah set for central bank relief as RBNZ puts pressure on kiwi

Bloomberg Two of the year’s worst-performing Asia-Pacific currencies are poised to enter the fourth quarter with dramatically different support from their central banks. New Zealand officials are expected to keep the possibility of a rate cut on the table when they meet on Thursday, wary of a slump in business confidence even as growth has shown recent signs of picking …

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Stocks mixed as technology weighs; Treasuries drop

Bloomberg U.S. stocks fluctuated, while Treasuries fell as investors turned attention to the latest Nafta talks. The dollar edged lower. The S&P 500 Index was mixed as technology firms weighed on benchmarks, led by semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc., while banks paced gains as the 10-year Treasury yield advanced above 3.07 percent. The dollar fell against most peers and …

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Japan’s Topix caps biggest four-day gain since 2016

Bloomberg Japan’s Topix index completed its biggest advance over a four-day period since November 2016 while the yen remained near a two-month low against the dollar as investors brushed off concerns of a trade war between the US and China. Electronics and machinery shares were the biggest boosts to the benchmark as China’s Ministry of Finance said Beijing is still …

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Stocks gain even as trade tensions grow; oil rises

Bloomberg Global equity markets reacted calmly to the latest salvos in the intensifying trade war between the US and China. Treasuries retreated and oil gained. The S&P 500 Index rose on Tuesday, led by technology shares, even after Beijing responded to President Donald Trump’s announcement of fresh levies by saying it will impose tariffs on $60 billion of US goods …

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Global markets at mercy of dollar arrive at ‘fork in the road’

Bloomberg Global markets have arrived at an inflection point, with the dollar’s fate poised to determine whether the extreme divergence in equities continues, according to Oxford Economics. “There is a fork in the road,” writes Gaurav Saroliya, director of global macro strategy. The shop is positioning for a weaker greenback, a development that researchers there say would allow non-US equities …

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Tech shares pull down US indexes on trade fears

Bloomberg US stocks started the week lower, while Asian equities slumped and European shares gained, as investors grappled with the latest American threats to expand tariffs on Chinese goods. The dollar slipped and emerging-market currencies declined. The S&P 500 Index was pulled down on Monday by technology companies including Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Semiconductor stocks also slumped, …

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China stocks hit four-year low

Bloomberg China’s benchmark equity gauge fell to its lowest close since 2014, before the market’s boom and subsequent bust, while Hong Kong stocks also declined as the US trade dispute and a severe typhoon hurt sentiment. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.1 percent to 2,651.79 points, passing its 2016 post-crash low of 2,655.66. The gauge is one of the worst …

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