LAUSANNE (Reuters) – Executives from the world’s largest trading houses and mining companies are at the FT Commodities Global Summit this week, discussing market trends, cyber security and the impact of Russia’s Ukraine invasion. MARCO DUNAND, CEO OF MERCURIA”How do you price forward natural gas if you don’t have a view about how things are…
By Devik Jain and Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) -The Nasdaq led Wall Street’s main indexes higher on Tuesday as investors bought the dip in technology stocks, while briefly taking in their stride a more aggressive tone by the Federal Reserve to raise the cost of borrowing to tame inflation. Bank shares, meanwhile, rose tracking a rise…
By Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) -Carnival Corp on Tuesday forecast a loss for the year as the U.S. cruise operator’s efforts to gradually restart operations after a long pandemic-led hiatus face a setback from a surge in fuel prices due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Analysts expect rising fuel costs to temper near-term operating results. Jefferies…
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. securities regulators say they have legal authority to subpoena Tesla and CEO Elon Musk about his tweets, and that Musk’s move to throw out a 2018 court agreement that his tweets be pre-approved is not valid. The Securities and Exchange Commission also disclosed publicly that it is investigating Musk’s Nov. 6,…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo will travel to Europe next week to coordinate sanctions with allies over Russia’s assault on Ukraine and discuss next steps with partners, including targeting critical sectors of the Russian economy, a Treasury Department spokesperson told Reuters. Adeyemo will meet with counterparts responsible for…
By Lawrence Delevingne and Elizabeth Howcroft BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks regained ground on Tuesday, while Treasury yields climbed and oil dipped, as investors adjusted their expectations for rate hikes following hawkish comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 219.79 points, or 0.64%, to 34,772.78, the S&P 500 gained 45.91…
MacKenzie Scott has donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity International and 84 of its U.S. affiliates — the largest publicly disclosed donation from the billionaire philanthropist since she pledged in 2019 to give away the majority of her wealth. “We could not be more excited to get the gift at a time when, in…
By Zandi Shabalala and Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) – The London Metal Exchange has no current plans to ban from its system metal from Russian producers, such as nickel and copper from Norilsk Nickel or aluminium from Rusal, it said on Tuesday, despite calls from some members to do so. Western countries have sanctioned Russian…
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Tuesday, as bank shares gained on growing bets of aggressive interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve and sportswear maker Nike rose after upbeat quarterly results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 30.25 points, or 0.09%, at the open to 34,583.24. The S&P 500 opened higher…
When Fed Chair Jerome Powell provided a hawkish outlook for monetary policy, he emphasized that a strong economy would allow the central bank to proceed down this path. Markets appear to agree as we rallied after news that the Fed could raise rates seven times in 2022. The biggest risk to the market is a…
