DAX rises, but auto stocks tumble on earnings and trade fears. Will US labor data and ECB rate signals drive the next move?

The S&P/ASX 200 closed 96.4 points lower, down 1.15%. Strong gains in Telstra (TLS) (5.6%) and Whitehaven Coal (WHC) (+8.9%) ...

Sri Lanka’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for January 2025 recorded growth in both manufacturing and services sectors ...

Without question, the most noteworthy macroeconomic release out of the Euro Area this week will be Friday’s preliminary PMI figures for February. Given the growing risk of Trump’s tariffs, which will ...

The broader market outperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index advanced 0.91% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index gained 2.01%. The market breadth was strong. On the BSE, 2,733 shares ...

Sri Lanka business activities in the financial services continued to improve supported by increased lending activities according to a Purchasing Managers Index compiled by the central bank.

Top contributors to the ASPI were Melstacorp (ended 3.3 percent stronger at 140.25), HNB (rose 2.2 to 341.25), Hemas Holdings ...

DAX gains on strong defense and auto stocks. EU summit boosts defense spending plans, while ZEW sentiment data signals ...

Purchasing Managers’ Indices indicate expansions in both Manufacturing and Services activities in January 2025. Sri Lanka ...

Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Index for Manufacturing (PMI – Manufacturing) recorded an index value of 59.0 in January 2025, indicating a further expansion in manufacturing activities, the Central ...

The dollar has little scope to extend recent falls given expectations for cautious interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, Monex Europe said.

CBN business and economic activities have marginally expanded for the second consecutive month, according to the composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for ...