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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves signals a slew of tax hikes in her upcoming budget while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has warned MPs in the House Of Commons of the need to make ‘tough but fair’ decisions. Philips posts a 3 per cent growth in sales in the third quarter and has hiked its FY margin forecast. In tech news, OpenAI inks a $30bn deal with Amazon to use its AWS cloud infra...

China relaxes restrictions on rare earth exports and stops investigations into the chip sector following last week’s trade agreement with the U.S. President Trump signals continued opposition to exports of Nvidia’s most advanced chips. Crude extends gains following Opec+ nations’ announcement that it would pause further output hikes going into the first quarter next year. In aviation news, Ryanair...

Nvidia announces a slew of deals with major South Korean firms involving more than 250,000 Blackwell A.I. chips with CEO Jensen Huang due to address the APEC summit in Gyeongju. Apple posts a Q3 beat thanks to strong iPhone sales while Amazon shares are up 13 per cent in after-hours trade following its fastest growth in cloud computing in years. In Frankfurt, the ECB holds rates steady at 2 per ce...

President Trump slashes tariffs on China to 47 per cent following a “12 out of 10 meeting” with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the South Korean city of Busan. Trump said that all rare earth restrictions had been lifted as one of several concessions from Beijing. Federal reserve Chairman Jerome Powell casts off assumptions of a definite December rate cut following the FOMC’s decision to cut...

UBS posts a pre-tax quarterly profit surge of 47 per cent. We hear from CEO Sergio Ermotti who shrugs off concerns about credit stress. President Trump lands in South Korea where he is due to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. He struck a positive tone speaking to CEOs at the APEC summit in Gyeongju, hoping for a trade deal with China that would see tariffs cut and be “welcomed by...

Swiss pharma giant Novartis sees Q3 income up by a quarter, allowing it to achieve its FY guidance and countering the fall in generic drug sales Stateside. BNP maintains its forecasts despite Q3 net income and revenue missing expectations. The French bank says it is determined to appeal a U.S. jury’s verdict that ruled it breached sanctions on Sudan during the reign of President Omar al-Bashir. UK...

The U.S. and China agree the framework of a trade deal with Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping due to meet later this week in South Korea. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the move will help to dial down any further trade tensions between the two nations. Equity markets in Greater China have responded positively to the news while the Nasdaq is set to start the week 1 per cent higher. France...

U.S. President Trump ceases all trade talks with Canada following an advertising campaign using former U.S. president Ronald Reagan to critique the current administration’s tariff policy. In Brussels, EU leaders fail to agree on the use of frozen Russian assets to bolster Ukraine’s war effort but European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen says the bloc will continue to increase pressure on...

Tesla quarterly earnings disappoint due to elevated costs, sending shares down in extended trade. CEO Elon Musk has defended his $1tn pay packet. Luxury giant Kering posts a small improvement in like-for-like sales while cloud computing firm SAP falls short of quarterly expectations. U.S. President Donald Trump slaps ‘tremendous’ new sanctions on two of Russia’s biggest oil firms – Lukoil and Rosn...

Unicredit posts a bottom-line quarterly beat thanks to stronger-than-expected income within its trading unit. We hear from CEO Andrea Orcel who says he’s ‘not given up’ efforts at a takeover of German lender Commerzbank. In retail news, Adidas hikes its FY guidance but French luxury firm L’Oréal misses sales expectations. And brewing giant Heineken manages to stem a slump in Q3 sales but says...

Sanae Takaichi is elected as Japan’s first ever female prime minister after her LDP party agreed to a coalition deal with right-wing partners Japan Innovation Party. U.S. credit risk jitters ease and markets enjoy a comeback rally as investors now eye this week’s corporate earnings and a potential trade truce between the U.S. and China. In Europe, EU leaders rally around Ukrainian President Volodo...

European futures are back in the green following Friday’s market rout as contagion fears subside about a series of bad loans in the U.S. We hear from UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves who says she aims to tackle the headwinds facing the British economy in November’s budget while remaining unwavering to her fiscal commitments. In luxury news, Kering agrees to spin off its beauty division to L’Oréal in a...

ECB board members continue to dampen hopes of further rate cuts. We hear from the heads of the Austrian and Croatian central banks who believe risks remain on both sides. U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed a ‘very good phone call’ with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ahead of Ukraine talks in Budapest. President Volodomyr Zelenskyy is due to hold talks at the White House later today. An...

We hear from a slew of ECB board governors at the IMF Annual Meetings in Washington where they tell us the European economy is on the right trajectory to bringing inflation down and to boost growth but they remain divided over on how to tackle potential future pitfalls. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tells CNBC the White House will act in the U.S.’s best interest as the trade war with China...

ECB President Christine Lagarde refuses to call an end to the central bank’s interest rate cutting cycle despite hailing the resilience of euro zone economies. Lagarde tells our colleagues Stateside she is anticipating all risks. Dutch chip maker ALSM posts net bookings ahead of forecasts for Q3 and is expecting stable sales next year despite a major slowdown in Chinese demand. Luxury giant LVMH p...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq enjoy their best session since May, even as trade tensions with China simmer while Broadcom jumps 10% after becoming the latest chipmaker to ink a deal with OpenAI. President Trump declares the end of the war in Gaza, as the last living Israeli hostages are returned and hundreds of Palestinian detainees are released. At a special summit in Egypt, Trump points to an era o...

Futures point to a stock market rebound across Europe and the US as President Trump says 'it will all be fine' - after triggering a Friday sell-off with his 100% tariff threat against China. Meanwhile, Israel's military says the first hostages have been released by Hamas under the Gaza ceasefire agreement, as President Trump flies into the region. Iraq's Prime Minister tells CNBC he hopes today ma...

The U.S. government shutdown continues into a tenth day, dragging the Dow to its worst session in almost a month. Europe’s Stoxx 600, however, enjoys its longest week-to-week winning streak since August. We are live in Paris where the office of President Macron has pledged to pick his new prime minister – France’s sixth in less than two years – by the end of today. The Israeli cabinet has ratified...

Israel and Hamas agree on the first phase of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal and hostage return in what is a crucial first step to ending the two-year conflict. We are live in Paris where outgoing Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu predicts France should have a replacement for his post within 48 hours as lawmakers attempt to calm the latest political turmoil engulfing the country. In Hong Kong, liste...

Fears of a strong A.I.-fueled rally puts an end to a seven-day winning streak for the S&P 500 but gold shows no sign of stopping, breaking through the symbolic $4000/oz level. The U.S. government shutdown enters its second week with little hope of any breakthrough. President Trump has hinted he could deny back-pay for certain federal workers. And BMW is forced to slash its FY sales forecasts o...

French President Emmanuel Macron scrambles to deal with the fallout of Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu’s shock resignation yesterday which caused yields to soar and French equities to plunge. The U.S. government shutdown continues, edging gold prices ever closer to the landmark $4,000 mark. And in tech news, chip designer AMD sees shares skyrocket by up to 20 per cent following its multi-billion...

The Nikkei hits an all-time high, surpassing the 48k-mark for the first time ever following the ruling LDP leadership vote which will see Sanae Takaichi installed as the country’s first female prime minister. The U.S. government shutdown enters its sixth day with President Trump threatening mass federal lay-offs. In France, new prime minister Sebastien Lecornu picks his new cabinet with Macron all...

Equity markets on both sides of The Pond notch another week of record highs as investors seem to shrug off any concerns relating the U.S. government shutdown. Into its third day, President Trump continues to warn that the shutdown will result in mass Federal agency lay-offs. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tells CNBC the Democrats are responsible for the shutdown and will feel its ‘ramificat...

The U.S. government remains shut down but President Trump says his administration will use the opportunity to save money in key areas. Markets remain sanguine with the Stoxx 600 and the S&P 500 recording all-time highs. In Copenhagen, European leaders back the introduction of drone walls to block increasing Russian incursions. The bloc falls short of agreeing to use frozen Russian assets to he...

The U.S. government shuts down after Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a federal funding deal. President Trump has warned of lay-offs. Ahead of today’s EU summit in Copenhagen, we speak exclusively to Luxembourg’s Prime Minister, Luc Friedman, who says that the bloc must provide stronger deterrence in the face of an increasingly hostile Russia. Sports giant Nike posts a surprise growth...