Analysis: Indices

India's drug regulator inspected 90% of cough syrup makers, found lapses in some, official says (Feb 23)

India's drug regulator has inspected nearly 90% of the country's cough syrup makers and found compliance lapses in some, its chief said on Monday, amid heightened scrutiny after India-made syrups were...

Oil hovers below seven-month high as traders eye U.S.-Iran talks, trade policy

Oil prices hovered below an almost seven-month high on Tuesday as traders gauged the outlook for U.S.-Iran nuclear talks amid heightened Middle East tensions, while also weighing uncertainty around...

Ivory Coast to announce cocoa mid-crop price by end of month, minister says

Ivory Coast will announce the fixed price cocoa farmers will get for the mid-crop by the month's end, the agriculture minister said, earlier than usual as the country comes under pressure to slash...

European oil and gas stocks hit record high, surpassing 2007 level

The European oil and gas stocks index hit a record high on Monday, surpassing a previous record hit in 2007, helped in recent weeks by a rise in the price of oil. At 1450 in London the...

Ukraine reconstruction estimate jumps 12% to $588 billion, World Bank says

Rebuilding Ukraine's economy will cost an estimated $588 billion over the next decade, the World Bank, United Nations, European Commission and the Ukrainian government said on Monday, a day before the...

Dollar weakens as US tariffs struck down, Iran tensions rise

The dollar weakened on Monday as traders evaluated U.S. tariff policies after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump's tariffs, while traders also watched rising tensions...

South Korea wins part of UK challenge to arbitration ruling in Samsung merger case

South Korea on Monday partially won its challenge to an arbitration award in its long-running dispute with U.S. hedge fund Elliott over the 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates. The...

Novo Nordisk's $475-billion rise and fall as Wegovy-era gains wiped out

Novo Nordisk shares slumped by more than 16% on Monday, wiping away the remaining gains brought by its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, after the drugmaker said its next-generation obesity drug...

TSX futures slip on US trade policy uncertainty

Futures for Canada's main stock index edged lower on Monday as uncertainty over U.S. tariffs weighed on sentiment, while gains in gold prices offered limited support against weakness in oil prices. ...

Uganda wants to link new railway line to Tanzania, opening up new export route

Uganda wants to link a new railway line it is building to one under construction in neighbouring Tanzania, a government document seen by Reuters showed, potentially opening up a new export route for...

Johnson Matthey accepts 26% price cut on Honeywell deal as catalyst unit underperforms

Johnson Matthey on Monday agreed to cut the sale price of its catalyst technologies business to Honeywell by 26% as the unit's profitability weakened, sending its shares down over 17%. ...

UK fund giant L&G commits $1 billion to new wave of debt-for-nature swaps

Britain's biggest asset manager, Legal & General, has committed up to $1 billion over the next five years to become a cornerstone investor in a major new wave of debt-for-nature swaps in developing...

Dollar dips as court ruling upends US tariff wall

The dollar fell on Monday as traders took the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down a slew of President Donald Trump's tariffs as supportive for global growth, though confusion and risk of...

Australia's Lendlease hits near four-decade low after swinging to first-half loss

Australia's Lendlease Group swung to a first-half loss on Monday, pressured by impairments and a fall in the valuation of its foreign properties, sending its shares to a near four-decade low. ...

Dollar dips as Trump's tariff wall slips

The dollar fell on Monday as traders took the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down most of President Donald Trump's tariffs as supportive for global growth, though confusion and risk of...

India delays U.S. trade talks after Supreme Court rejects Trump tariffs, source says

India has delayed plans to send a trade delegation to Washington this week, chiefly because of uncertainty after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, a source...

Ukraine accuses Hungary, Slovakia of 'blackmail' over threats to cut electricity

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry condemned what it described as ultimatums and blackmail by the governments of Hungary and Slovakia on Saturday, after they threatened to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine...

Germany's Merz hopes for relief after Trump tariff verdict but uncertainty lingers

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday he expected the burden on German companies to ease after the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down a large part of President Donald Trump's trade tariffs,...

ECB's Panetta says Chinese imports helped drive sharper-than-forecast inflation drop

Risks to euro zone inflation are significant in either direction, a top European Central Bank policymaker warned on Saturday, adding that the impact on prices of cheap Chinese imports warranted close...