Tag: shares

Nov 05
Stocks Advance With Tech Rebound

Stocks rallied globally as investors piled into technology and health-care firms on bets that the U.S. election results will trigger no major changes to taxes or regulations that have underpinned the bull market for years. Stocks Futures on the S&P 500 Index increased 1.4% as of 8:19 a.m. London time. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index […]

Mar 12
Shares plunge amid US-Europe travel ban

Shares have tumbled after US President Donald Trump restricted travel to the US from mainland Europe in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Shares US S&P500 futures slumped more than 3 percent, a day after the S&P 500 lost 4.89 percent, putting the index in a bear market, defined as a 20 percent fall […]

Sep 06
Asian shares rise on trade talks hope

Asian shares gained on Friday, joining a global trend as investors took heart from firm U.S. economic data plans hopes a meeting between U.S. and Chinese negotiators next month signals an easing in trade tensions. Asian shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.4%. The Shanghai Composite Index edged up 0.1%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng […]