Analysis: Indices

A misleading record for the London Stock Exchange?

After posting its best year since 2009 in 2025, on Friday London's benchmark index crossed the symbolic threshold of 10,000 points.

D.E. Shaw's flagship funds trump market volatility to beat S&P 500 in 2025, source says

Investment firm D.E. Shaw's two flagship funds beat the benchmark S&P 500 index in 2025, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, reflecting similar strength seen across hedge fund...

Global equity funds see strong inflows in final week of 2025

Global equity funds saw strong inflows in the final week of 2025 as optimism over AI-driven market gains over the past year and a solid corporate earnings outlook lifted risk appetite. ...

Wall Street posts another strong year in 2025

After a year marked by a flurry of news, both macroeconomic and corporate, U.S. indexes have managed to maintain an overall positive momentum.

The 2025 energy transition in eight charts: clean wins, dirty setbacks: Maguire

For supporters of the energy transition, 2025 had plenty to complain about: the scrapping of U.S. clean energy policies, wind droughts in Europe, corporate retreats from wind power generation and a...

Oil flat as Russia-Ukraine peace hopes fade, Yemen tensions rise

Oil was steady after a choppy session on Tuesday as investors weighed dented hopes of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal and rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East around Yemen. Brent...

Soaring prices spark Australia gold rush for new generation of fortune hunters

In the hinterlands of Australia's historic goldfields, Vicki Plumridge jumps for joy when she digs a small golden nugget out of the earth. The retired retail worker was learning how to...

China eases IPO rules for firms developing reusable rockets

Chinese companies developing reusable commercial rockets will have access to a fast lane for initial public offerings on the tech-heavy STAR market that exempts them from some financial requirements,...

Gold tops $4,500, silver and platinum hit records in metal markets frenzy

Gold surged past $4,500-an-ounce for the first time on Wednesday, while silver and platinum also hit record highs, as investors piled into precious metals to hedge against geopolitical and trade...

RTX unit Raytheon lands $1.7 billion deal to supply Patriot systems to Spain

Raytheon Technologies, a unit of RTX Corp, won a $1.7 billion contract to deliver four Patriot air and missile defense systems to Spain, the U.S. defense contractor said on Tuesday. ...

How investors buy gold and what fuels the market

Gold broke above the $4,500-an-ounce mark on Wednesday, buoyed by expectations of looser U.S. monetary policy and lingering geopolitical tensions that have driven the price to a string of record...

Japan's fiscal woes may cause more yen falls, yield rises, says ex-BOJ policymaker

Japan may face further yen declines and a relentless rise in bond yields driven by market concern over the government's expansionary fiscal policy, former central bank policymaker Seiji Adachi told...

Report says Amtrak's new higher-speed trains delayed by planning, track issues

U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak's next-generation high-speed Acela train cars were delayed by more than four years due to planning, design and track issues, and a desire for higher speeds that...

US bars imports of new models of DJI, all other foreign drones

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it is barring imports of all new models of foreign-made drones and critical components including from China's DJI and Autel, saying they pose...

Oil price gains after US interception of oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela over weekend

Oil prices gained on Monday in early Asian trading hours after the U.S. intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters. The U.S. is also pursuing another...

US farm agency unlikely to issue more farm aid, says official

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is not considering issuing more farm aid beyond its recently announced $12 billion package meant to help farmers weather poor economic conditions, said Richard...

Court in Brazil's Minas Gerais slaps down Nestle copyright lawsuit

A court in Brazil's Minas Gerais state has granted a preliminary injunction in favor of Brazilian company Coffee++, ordering international giant Nestle to stop using the Coffee+ brand, according to a...

Strategy and bitcoin-buying firms face wider exclusion from stock indexes

Michael Saylor's Strategy could soon be dropped from MSCI and potentially other major stock indexes, which analysts say could cost the bitcoin-hoarding giant up to $9 billion in demand for its shares...

US coffee drinkers face higher prices even after Trump's tariff reset

U.S. coffee lovers hoping President Donald Trump's tariff rollbacks last month will soon lower the cost of their daily caffeine hit had better think again. The widespread import tariffs...