• Apr 20, 2025

Markets this week: Global manufacturing PMIs and Tesla earnings in focus

Investors will closely watch the trajectory of global business activity in the manufacturing and services sectors this week. Meanwhile, major US tech companies—including Tesla, Microsoft, and Alphabet—are set to report first-quarter earnings, driving the market movements.View on euronews

  • Apr 20, 2025

High chance of S.Korean stocks joining developed market index: regulator

SEOUL (Reuters) -The vice chief of South Korea's financial regulatory agency said on Monday there is a high likelihood of the country's stock market being included in a key developed market index in the near future. "We see a very high possibility of being included soon, if not this time," Kim So-young, vice chairman of the Financial Services Commission, said at a press conference held in Seoul for foreign media. The stock market of Asia's fourth-largest economy is currently categorised as an emerging market by global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), despite many other metrics indicating its developed-economy status.

  • Apr 20, 2025

Dollar, Stock Futures Decline as Trump Berates Fed: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) -- A gauge of the dollar fell to the lowest since January 2024 and US stock-index futures retreated after President Donald Trump’s criticism of the Federal Reserve raised concerns over its independence.Most Read from BloombergDOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum’s Legal StatusTrump Administration Takes Over New York Penn Station RevampDOGE Places Entire Staff of Federal Homelessness Agency on LeaveWhy the Best Bike Lanes Always Get BlamedNashville’s $3 Billion Transi

  • Apr 20, 2025

US, South Korea Set for Trade Negotiation as Tariffs Hit Economy

(Bloomberg) -- Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here.Most Read from BloombergDOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum’s Legal StatusTrump Administration Takes Over New York Penn Station RevampDOGE Places Entire Staff of Federal Homelessness Agency on LeaveNashville’s $3 Billion Transit Plan Brings a Call for Zoning ReformSouth Korea and the US will kick off trade negotiations this week as the Asian export powerhouse seeks to persuade Donald Trump’

  • Apr 20, 2025

Emerging Market Currencies Gain as Fed Worries Depress Dollar

(Bloomberg) -- Emerging market currencies rose as the dollar continued to retreat amid worries over the independence of the Federal Reserve. Most Read from BloombergDOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum’s Legal StatusTrump Administration Takes Over New York Penn Station RevampDOGE Places Entire Staff of Federal Homelessness Agency on LeaveNashville’s $3 Billion Transit Plan Brings a Call for Zoning ReformA gauge of developing market currencies advanced 0.3% on Monday. Last week i

  • Apr 20, 2025

Asian markets advance ahead of earnings reports by US tech giants

Asian shares were mostly higher Monday and U.S. futures fell as U.S. tech giants prepared to release their latest earnings after the recent spate of market turmoil brought on by President Donald Trump’s trade war. U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war remains a source of deep uncertainty.