Bloomberg US stocks gained, the dollar advanced and Treasuries slipped after data showed signs of inflation in producer prices as the Federal Reserve starts its two-day meeting. The S&P 500 Index edged higher after closing at a record, and the other major US equity gauges were up. Telephone shares led gainers, and semiconductor stocks led decliners. European equities pushed to ...

Reuters Middle East stock markets mostly rose on Tuesday after the shutdown of a North Sea pipeline pushed Brent oil above $65 a barrel for the first time since mid-2015. The Saudi stock index gained 0.3 percent, with petrochemical companies, whose profit margins tend to benefit from higher oil prices, outperforming. Saudi Kayan added 3.7 percent and PetroRabigh rose 3.0 ...

Bloomberg Wall Street economists are telling investors to brace for the biggest tightening of monetary policy in more than a decade. With the world economy heading into its strongest period since 2011, Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. predict average interest rates across advanced economies will climb to at least 1 percent next year in what would be the ...