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Stock markets around the world have been relatively quiet overnight in a normal pause while awaiting news. NASDAQ futures up 0.25% continues to slightly outperform Dow and S&P 500 futures up 0.1%....

Equities are off to a strong start this week. In the US Dow and S&P 500 are up 0.4% and Nasdaq futures up 0.6%. In Europe, Spain's IBEX is up 1.4% with the DAX up 0.8% and the FTSE up slightly. In...

by Sébastien Lavoie The Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its target for the overnight rate at 0.50% last week. During the press conference held after the release of the statement, one of Governor...

Global markets have been mixed overnight with traders pausing to reflect on the flood of news we've seen this week. US index futures for the Dow, S&P are up 0.3% with the NASDAQ lagging a bit....

Stock markets are mixed in the wake of yesterday's debate and ahead of today's ECB meeting. US index futures plus the DAX are up 0.2% while the FTSE is flat. WTI crude oil is down 0.9% in what looks...

Despite a positive earnings report from Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and a headline beat from Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) overnight, stocks are trading flat to slightly lower this morning with US Index futures, the...

Stock markets around the world are trading slightly lower today. US index futures are down about 0.2% giving back some of yesterday's 0.5% gains. European markets are up slightly with the FTSE up 0.2%...

Global equities continue to flirt with all-time highs, but investors remain wary. According to the latest BofA Merrill Lynch Global Fund Manager Survey that canvasses the views of more than 300...

Growing speculation that the recent easy money cycle may be ending while political uncertainty is on the rise continues to send shockwaves ‎through global stock and currency markets.US indices are...

Stock markets overseas rallied overnight ‎and into this morning. The FTSE lead the pack rallying 1.6% while the DAX was up 0.5% on its return to trading and the Nikkei rose 0.8%. US futures are up...

October is off to a positive start for world markets. Overnight, the Hang Seng rose 1.2% while the Nikkei gained 0.9%. This morning in Europe, the FTSE is rallying 1.2% while the CAC is up 0.3%. US...

Yesterday afternoon's rally in North America worked it's way through world markets overnight with the ‎FTSE and Australia gaining 1.0% and the Dax rising 0.7%. A selloff in JPY following a poor...

Blackberry (TO:BB) is rallying in premarket trading today on better than expected earnings and improved guidance. The company reported adjusted EPS of $0.00, better than the ($0.05) per share loss the...

We've had big swings in world markets overnight, ‎but this morning once again finds stocks trading mixed with the DAX down 1.0% and the FTSE down 0.3%. US index futures are up 0.1% but are down...