Tag: STX
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Shares gain because bank support encourages investors
MSCI All-World index up 0.3%, dollar falls UBS rehires Ermotti as head of the merged unit Alibaba up 13%, other Chinese tech stocks up Oil rises, gold falls LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) – Global stocks rose on Wednesday as investors took heart from greater levels of stability in the banking sector, but the sense of […]
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Alibaba’s break-up plan raises hopes that China’s crackdown on technology will come to an end
March 29 (Reuters) – Shares in Alibaba Group (9988.HK) and other leading Chinese tech companies rose on Wednesday as investors hailed an unprecedented revamp of the Jack Ma-founded company as the beginning of the end of Beijing’s crackdown on the sector. Alibaba said Tuesday it planned to split into six units and explore fundraising or […]
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AMC Entertainment shares are jumping on report that Amazon is exploring a deal
March 28 (Reuters) – Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC.N) rose as much as 21% on Tuesday, following a report that e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) was looking to buy the theater chain. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has sent his investment advisers and top entertainment executives to investigate acquisition plans for AMC, entertainment industry […]
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Nestle to investigate banking relationships after Credit Suisse collapse
ZURICH, March 28 (Reuters) – Nestle (NESN.S) will examine its banking relationships following the planned acquisition of Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) by UBS (UBSG.S), the food group’s CEO Mark Schneider said on Tuesday. The world’s largest food group was a customer of Credit Suisse, Schneider told broadcaster TeleZueri in an interview to be shown Tuesday evening, […]
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Stocks rise, US Treasury yields rise as bank fears ease
HONG KONG, March 28 (Reuters) – Global stocks and US bond yields rose on Tuesday, as a US regulator-backed deal by First Citizens BancShares to buy the failed Silicon Valley Bank allayed wider concerns about problems in the sector. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) was up 0.3% by early morning in […]
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Morning offer: Banks leak money
A look at the day ahead at Wayne Cole’s European and global markets It’s been a quiet Monday so far with mixed Asian stock markets, but US and European stock futures higher, perhaps because they made it through a weekend without another bank failure. There is some relief that First Citizens BancShares Inc (FCNCA.O) is […]
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Asian equities are skittish as banks face bankruptcy stress
Asian Fairs: Nikkei up 0.3%, S&P 500 and European futures up Eyes on Deutsche Bank, credit default swaps Deposits flow from banks to money market funds SYDNEY, March 27 (Reuters) – Asian stocks struggled on Monday as US and European stock futures rallied higher on hopes authorities sought to shield stress in the global banking […]
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Biden said federal deposit insurance could be tapped further if banks fail
OTTAWA, March 24 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said Friday that federal deposit insurance could be tapped for deposits over $250,000 if other US banks fail, expressing confidence that medium-sized US banks would ease industry tensions. to survive. Biden said US banks are in “quite” good shape, people’s savings were safe and he didn’t see […]
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Wall Street ends volatile week higher as Fed officials ease banking fears
The KBW Regional Bank index is recovering US-listed shares of Deutsche Bank slide Actvision surges as regulators drop concerns over Microsoft deal Indexes up: Dow 0.41%, S&P 0.56%, Nasdaq 0.31% NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) – US stocks closed higher on Friday, marking the end of a tumultuous week in which Federal Reserve officials calmed […]
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Central banks continue to raise interest rates amid banking turmoil
March 23 (Reuters) – The Bank of England followed the Federal Reserve and Swiss National Bank in raising interest rates on Thursday as policymakers continued their battle against inflation in the face of the instability that rippled through the global banking system this month . Investors had wondered whether central banks could continue tightening policies […]