equity markets
European stocks rally at the open and bund yield turns positive on report of joint European Union spending
European stocks enjoyed an unusually strong open on Tuesday after a weak Wall Street finish, after a report the European Union will consider jointly issuing bonds to finance energy and defense spending. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, +0.81% gained over 1% in early action, as the French CAC 40 PX1, +1.75% gained 2.5%, the German …
Resource plays lead London market higher after 3-day break
U.K. stocks returned on Tuesday from a three-day break with strong gains, as commodity plays surged, with oil prices at a more than two-year high. Miners including Rio Tinto RIO, +3.76% and Anglo American AAL, +4.50%, and energy producers BP BP, +2.17% and Royal Dutch Shell RDSB, +1.73%, helped the FTSE 100 UKX, +1.12% jump …
Tech Futures Slip Ahead of Fed Meeting
Technology companies led losses among U.S. stock futures as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s latest economic outlook and any signals on interest rates and bond purchases for the next few years. Futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 slipped 1.3%, while S&P 500 futures fell 0.4%. Contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were relatively …
Chinese Technology Stocks Have Fallen Harder Than U.S. Peers
An index of the largest technology stocks listed in Hong Kong has dropped 26% in less than three weeks, reflecting how a sudden turn in the market has snowballed into significant losses for investors who piled into popular stocks earlier this year. The Hang Seng Tech Index—which tracks 30 companies including Chinese internet giants Tencent …
Charting a bullish technical tilt, S&P 500 extends break atop 4,000 mark
Technically speaking, the major U.S. benchmarks have taken flight to start April, rising amid statistically unusual bullish momentum. In the process, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average have knifed to record highs, while the Nasdaq Composite has staged a potentially consequential trendline breakout. Before detailing the U.S. markets’ wider view, the S&P 500’s …