17+ hour, 44+ min ago   (641+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The dollar was steady on Monday, with the yen holding on to its recent sharp gains and hovering near a seven-month high as investors pondered possible rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan in…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (522+ words) SINGAPORE, Sep 11 (Reuters) - The dollar held near its highest levels of the past week and the yen slipped for a second day at the start of Asian trading on Friday as renewed fears of energy supply disruptions in the Middle…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (365+ words) PARIS, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The French economy will grow markedly less this year than the government has anticipated as declining purchasing power weighs on consumer spending and firms rein in investment, the national statistics office forecast on Thursday, cutting its outlook....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (232+ words) BERLIN, Sept 10 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday rejected French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's plan to cancel a portion of France's national debt, calling it "financially dangerous" and legally impossible under EU law. Mélenchon has proposed cancelling…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (783+ words) Following are highlights of ECB President Christine Lagarde's comments at a press conference after the policy meeting. ON HIGH BOND YIELDS "It's not a euro-specific issue. It's happening across the world, and it's a factor of multiple causes. "It's incorporated…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (343+ words) Investors are perhaps starting to realise that elevated bond yields and higher oil prices are the new normal as the Middle East war spreads ahead of central bank meetings where policymakers may struggle to quell markets' inflation angst. The European…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (521+ words) A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Brent crude has climbed to the cusp of $100 a barrel, a level last seen in late July, as fresh fighting in the Middle East fuels fears…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (524+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The Japanese yen steadied near its strongest level since February on Wednesday, keeping the dollar on the defensive as traders grappled with oil prices pushing towards $100 per barrel in the face of a widening war in the…...

6+ day, 58+ min ago   (619+ words) By Bhanvi Satija, Dave Graham and Marleen Kaesebier ZURICH, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Novartis said on Tuesday its experimental drug for a muscle-wasting disorder failed a late-stage study, the second major trial setback in days, sending the Swiss drugmaker's shares down about…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (629+ words) ORLANDO, Florida, Sept 8 (Reuters) - A mood of nervous caution hung over U.S. markets on Tuesday, as flaring hostilities in the Middle East pushed oil to a six-week high and Brent crude futures close to $100 a barrel, while the Japanese yen extended…...