City workers in the La Defense business district of Paris, France, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe-listed shares opened sharply lower on Thursday, as fears of escalation in the U.S.-Iran war gripped global markets once again. Shortly after the opening bell, the pan-European Stoxx 600 was 1.2% lower,…
U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges those in attendance after speaking from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Brandon | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. will hit Iran “extremely hard” over the next two or three weeks in a national address on Wednesday. “We’re going…
The Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker Shenlong Suezmax successfully docked at Mumbai Port after navigating the high-risk Strait of Hormuz amid the intensifying West Asia conflict on March 11, 2026 in Mumbai, India. Hindustan Times | Getty Images Oil fell in a volatile session as traders awaited U.S. President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on…
An electronic quotation board displays the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo stock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2025. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets ticked higher on Thursday, tracking similar moves on Wall Street as investors await an address by Donald Trump later in the day amid hopes that…
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images Mutual fund giant Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy a small crypto investment firm, 250 Digital, which will join its newly established Franklin Crypto unit, as the firm deepens its digital assets push. By bringing 250 in-house, Franklin Templeton hopes to be able to increase its actively managed…
Oracle Corp. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle stock traded flat on Wednesday as the multinational tech conglomerate looked to cut thousands of jobs to free up cash to build artificial intelligence data…
Want to know how the market will react when the U.S.-Iran war finally ends? CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday’s session gives investors the answer. The “Mad Money” host said that the market “tipped its hand” during Tuesday trading as stocks finally rallied and rates went lower, describing the day as “a dry run of what…
FILE PHOTO: Bull and bear symbols for successful and bad trading are seen in front of the German stock exchange (Deutsche Boerse) in Frankfurt, Germany, February 12, 2019. Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters Shares listed in Europe are set to kick off the new trading month with a strong rebound, after notching their worst month since…
Smoke emanates from smokestacks from an oil refinery in Linden, New Jersey, on March 18, 2026. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Crude prices extended gains during Asia trading as escalating attacks in the Persian Gulf and U.S. President Donald Trump‘s signals on exiting the Iran conflict even as the Strait of Hormuz remains…
IBARAKI, JAPAN – JUNE 17: Technicians at work in the clean room of the Fab Equipment at a semiconductor company, Renesas Technology Corp. on June 17, 2004 in Ibaraki, Japan. Renesas is the first company to produce semiconductor products from 300mm wafer in the world. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images) Koichi Kamoshida | Getty Images…
