Analysis: Indices

Oil rises on expanding Chinese factory activity, but set to end year lower

Oil prices rose in early trade on Tuesday after data showed China's manufacturing activity expanded in December, but for a second consecutive year oil was on track to end lower due to demand concerns...

Wall Street to close on Jan 9 to honor President Jimmy Carter

U.S. stock exchanges will close on Thursday, January 9 in observation of a national day of mourning in honor of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100. ...

UBS cuts United Utilities, Pennon price targets

The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations since Friday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- UBS cuts United Utilities price target to 1,195 pence - 'buy' ---------- FTSE...

US equity funds receive big inflows on cool inflation, funding bill, and holiday rally

U.S. equity funds attracted significant inflows in the week to Dec. 25, recovering from a prior-week sell-off, buoyed by a cooler inflation report, a stopgap funding bill averting a government...

Oil prices set for weekly gain on China stimulus optimism

Oil prices were little changed on Friday but were set for a weekly rise amid optimism economic stimulus efforts will prompt a recovery in China, the world's biggest oil importer. Brent...

Market expert warns 'surprise' could spark US recession in 2025

STORY: Those soft spots, Rathbun said, include a slowing labor market, financially stressed lower-income households, highly-leveraged small cap firms and increasing loan delinquencies among both...

Dollar stays resilient, Asia shares get festive lift

Asia shares rose slightly in holiday-thinned trade on Thursday, extending gains from earlier in the week with little news or data in the way to alter their direction of travel, while the dollar was...

Oil prices edge higher on hopes for more China stimulus

Oil prices edged higher on Thursday in thin holiday trading, driven by hopes for additional fiscal stimulus in China, the world's biggest oil importer, while an anticipated decline in U.S. crude...

NYSE short interest rose 2.4 percent in mid-December

Short interest on the New York Stock Exchange rose 2.4 percent in mid-December, the exchange said on Tuesday. As of Dec. 13, short interest rose to about 16.155 billion shares, compared...

Futures muted before shortened Christmas Eve trading

U.S. stock index futures remained subdued ahead of Tuesday's shortened trading session, with Wall Street entering a historically strong period before rounding off its second consecutive year of...

Oil prices up in thin pre-Christmas trade

Oil prices were up on Tuesday in thin trade ahead of the Christmas Day holiday, with prices supported by U.S. economic data and rising oil demand in India, the world's third-largest oil importer. ...

Chile files four environmental charges against Anglo American mine

Chile's environmental regulator has filed four charges against the major Los Bronces copper mine, controlled by Anglo American, for non-compliance with environmental permits, the agency said on...

Oil prices firm on hopes of US policy support for economic growth

Oil prices inched higher on Monday, along with other risk assets, after U.S. data showed cooling inflation, reviving hopes of further policy easing next year that will support global economic growth...

ClearBridge's Frisch: Salesforce Leading in Agentic AI

ClearBridge Senior Research Analyst Hilary Frisch joins Caroline Hyde to discuss tech market trends, how companies like Palantir are benefitting from generative AI, and her outlook for agentic AI...

Instant view: US PCE inflation cools in November

The personal consumption expenditures price index rose a less-than-expected 0.1% in November, marking a cooler inflation picture than October's unrevised 0.2% gain, and, combined with solid but...

Citigroup reinitiates Segro with 'buy'

The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- Barclays raises United Utilities target to 1,250 pence - 'equal...

Trump says EU should make up 'tremendous deficit' with US by purchasing its oil and gas

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that the European Union must purchase U.S. oil and gas to make up for its tremendous deficit with the world's largest economy, or face tariffs. ...

Futures steady after Wall Street swoons on Fed view of fewer rate cuts

U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday as investors digested the Federal Reserve's projections of fewer-than-expected interest rate cuts and higher inflation next year that pummeled Wall...

US stocks face headwind from rising yields after Fed signals fewer rate cuts

The rally in U.S. stocks is encountering a fresh hurdle -- a potentially problematic rise in Treasury yields as the Federal Reserve signals fewer interest rate cuts for 2025. The...