Asian Shares Climb On Robust US Earnings

Asian stocks rose broadly on Friday as Microsoft and Google's parent company Alphabet both beat Wall Street's Q1 expectations, offsetting Meta Platforms' disappointing forward guidance.

UK Consumer Confidence Strengthens In April

British consumer sentiment improved in April on slowing inflation as well as expectations about further tax cuts, a monthly survey conducted by the market research group GfK revealed Friday. The consumer confidence index

BoJ Keeps Key Interest Rate Near Zero

The Bank of Japan left its key interest rate unchanged near zero and the bank's latest projections showed the underlying inflation staying around 2 percent that further damped expectations for aggressive tightening in

DAX Climbs Ahead Of Key US Inflation Data

German stocks climbed on Friday after U.S. tech giants Microsoft and Alphabet posted strong quarterly earnings and an ECB survey showed Euro zone consumers lowered their expectation for inflation over the next 12 months

CAC 40 Gains Amid Earnings Deluge

French stocks rose on Friday, though overall gains remained capped ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure due later in the day.

FTSE 100 Rises As Consumer Sentiment Strengthens In April

U.K. stocks traded higher on Friday after a monthly survey conducted by the market research group GfK revealed that British consumer sentiment improved in April on slowing inflation as well as expectations about further

European Shares See Cautious Gains Ahead Of US Core PCE Reading

European stocks were seeing modest gains in cautious trade on Friday after U.S. tech giants Microsoft and Alphabet posted strong quarterly earnings and an ECB survey showed Euro zone consumers lowered their expectation

Sensex, Nifty Snap Five-day Winning Streak

Indian shares fell sharply on Friday as investors fretted about weakening growth and stubborn inflationary pressures in the U.S., the world's largest economy.

XP Promotes Victor Mansur To Succeed Bruno Constantino As CFO

Brazilian technology-driven platform XP Inc. (XP) announced Friday that Victor Mansur has been appointed Chief Financial Officer effective August 1, 2024, succeeding Bruno Constantino.

U.S. Dollar Climbs As Jobless Claims Fall, PCE Inflation Rises

The U.S. dollar appreciated against its major counterparts in the New York session on Thursday, as GDP data showed a hot inflation reading for the first quarter and initial jobless claims fell to a two-month low last