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Steven Goldstein is based in London and responsible for MarketWatch’s coverage of financial markets in Europe, with a particular focus on global macro and commodities. Previously, he was Washington bureau chief, directing MarketWatch’s economic, political and regulatory coverage. Follow Steve on Twitter: @MKTWgoldstein. Source: Marketwatch

Will Quince, Minister for Children and Families, on Wednesday became the third cabinet member to step down in 24 hours in protest over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of a sexual misconduct scandal. Quince announnced his resignation to Johnson on Twitter after saying he “accepted and repeated assurances on Monday to the media which have […]

Oil futures fell sharply on Tuesday, with U.S. prices below the $100-a-barrel mark – at their lowest in more than two months, pressured by strength in the U.S. dollar and concerns over a possible recession that would hurt energy demand. WTI oil’s fall was “inevitable as the market rebalances after fears of sanctions give way […]

Rallies in the shares of the biggest technology company’s helped lift the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 NDX, +1.68% to a healthy gain, even as the broader stock market was selling off. The Nasdaq 100 climbed 1.3% in afternoon trading, reversing an earlier drop of as much as 1.9%, as the index’s top-five most valuable companies by […]

The Biden administration is continuing to review options on tariffs on Chinese goods, the White House said Tuesday, as a report said the president was expected to roll back some levies on those imports soon. A Wall Street Journal report said President Joe Biden could announce his decision this week. Briefing reporters, White House press […]

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Nadhim Zahawi to be the new chancellor of the exchequer, according to a tweet from No. 10 Downing Street. The appointment comes after Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid both dramatically quit the prime minister’s Cabinet in a seemingly coordinated move earlier on Tuesday. Sunak had been the chancellor […]

The Wall Street Journal said late Tuesday Walmart Inc. WMT, +1.32% has warned some of its suppliers that it will charge new fees to transport their goods to warehouses and to stores, thanks to rising fuel prices. The companies using Walmart will be charged a fuel surcharge and a pickup charge starting Aug. 1, the […]

U.S. stocks booked a dramatic turnaround on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both ending a choppy session higher, even as investors kept an eye on signs that the U.S. could slip into a recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.42% shed 0.4%, or about 130 points, to finish near 30,967. At […]

Financial stocks traded broadly lower Tuesday, as longer-term Treasury yields continued to fall amid growing concerns that a recession was on the horizon. Lower longer-term yields can weigh on banking profits, as they narrow the spread between what banks earn on longer-term assets, such as loans, that are funded by shorter-term liabilities. The SPDR Financial […]

The Arms Indexes for both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq exchange are showing that investors are behaving in a relatively calm fashion despite the steep declines in the market indexes. The Arms is a volume-weighted breadth measure that is used to depict the intensity of selling and buying in declining and advancing […]