Analysis: Indices

Trump to travel to China next month, with US tariffs in focus

U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to China from March 31 to April 2 for a highly anticipated meeting between the leaders of the world's two biggest economies, a trip announced as the Supreme...

Wall St indexes rise after Supreme Court rules against Trump's tariffs

Wall Street's main indexes jumped on Friday after the Supreme Court ruled against U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977. ...

Key points of the Indonesia-US trade agreement

Indonesia and the United States finalised a trade deal on Thursday that cut U.S. levies to 19% from 32% on goods shipped from Southeast Asia's biggest economy, following nearly a year of...

Trump ally ties up with Russia's Novatek on natural gas in Alaska, NYT reports

American financier Gentry Beach, who has ties to U.S. President Donald Trump's family, signed an agreement with Russia's energy giant Novatek last autumn to develop natural gas in Alaska amid Western...

Indonesia secures 19% tariff deal with US, palm oil and other commodities exempt

Indonesia and the United States finalised a trade deal to cut U.S. levies to 19% from 32% on goods shipped from Southeast Asia's biggest economy, with Jakarta securing tariff exemptions for its top...

Ukraine's 2026 defence exports could hit 'several billion dollars', official says

Ukraine could export several billion dollars of military goods and services this year after authorising its first wartime foreign sales and is considering introducing a tax on those exports, a senior...

Nutrien expects higher potash demand despite tough conditions for farmers

Top world potash producer Nutrien expects increased demand for the crop nutrient in 2026 despite farmers cutting back on phosphate fertilizer and facing low returns.  On its...

Solar industry accelerates shift from silver as costs soar

Solar panel producers are intensifying efforts to replace silver with alternatives such as copper after silver rallied 130% over the past year, squeezing margins already under pressure from production...

Teck Resources beats quarterly profit on higher copper prices, output

Teck Resources beat fourth-quarter profit expectations on Thursday, helped by a surge in copper prices and production, as the Canadian miner advanced its proposed merger with Anglo American. ...

Nestle adds ice cream sale to CEO's growing disposal to-do list

Nestle said on Thursday it was in talks to sell its remaining in-house ice cream business, adding to planned disposals of water and vitamin assets as CEO Philipp Navratil pushes to streamline the...

How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump

China sees an opening to turn President Donald Trump's tariffs to its advantage by reshaping global trade in ways that would insulate its $19 trillion economy from U.S. pressure far into the future. ...

Argentine maritime workers' labor reform strike halts grain shipments

Argentine maritime workers from the country's maritime workers federation FESIMAF launched a 48-hour strike on Wednesday over a planned labor reform, which the country's grain exporters' chamber said...

Ivory Coast considers following Ghana with cocoa price cut, sources say

Ivory Coast is considering cutting the price it pays farmers for cocoa beans to align with Ghana, two government sources told Reuters, as the world's biggest producers of the chocolate ingredient face...

As US agriculture flails, farmers see big corn acres as best bet to break even

U.S. farmers, though punished by slumping prices after last year's monster corn harvest, are expected to cut back only slightly on their plantings of the grain in 2026 as they brace for a fourth...

Grandson of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup inventor questions Hershey over alternative ingredients

The grandson of the man who created the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup took to social media over the weekend to criticize the popular candy's manufacturer, The Hershey Company, about alleged changes in the...

'Exports to China look dismal,' leader of busiest US seaport says

Exports from the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest U.S. gateway for ocean trade, fell 8% in January to the lowest monthly output in nearly three years, Executive Director Gene Seroka said on Tuesday. ...

Trump says Japan to invest in energy, industrial projects in Ohio, Texas and Georgia

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced three projects valued at $36 billion to be financed by Japan, including an oil export facility in Texas, an industrial diamonds plant in...

A new blockbuster year for the Nikkei?

After three years of strong gains, Japan's benchmark index has started 2026 at full throttle.

Another big year for the Nikkei?

After three years of strong gains, Japan's benchmark index has started 2026 at a blistering pace.