The U.S. dollar hung near a multi-week low versus major peers on Tuesday, still smarting from Friday's unexpectedly soft jobs report as traders awaited testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for clues on the path of interest rates, Reuters reported. The euro held its ground after Monday's sharp swings...

Hong Kong, China - The yen plunged Wednesday to a 34-year low against the dollar after a top Bank of Japan official indicated it would press ahead with a loose monetary policy, even after this month hiking interest rates for the first time since the global financial crisis. The fall raised...

"Markets are eagerly anticipating today's meeting from the Federal Reserve with traders looking for signs over whether a March rate cut is plausible," said Joshua Mahony, chief market analyst at Scope Markets.

The company net profit for July-September sank 29 percent

The company plans a $13.9bn investment in a battery plant.

There is a sense of relief on trading floors that the Israel-Hamas conflict has been contained so far, with optimism growing that other regional players including Iran and Saudi Arabia will not get involved. After surging almost three percent Friday on fears of a wider conflagration, both main contracts tumbled...

Chip-testing equipment maker Advantest sank 4.79 percent to 4,351 yen and chip-making equipment manufacturer Tokyo Electron gave up 3.84 percent to 20,395 yen. High-tech investor SoftBank Group fell 2.04 percent at 6,375 yen, Sony Group dropped 1.87 percent to 12,610 yen and Panasonic dived 3.18 percent to 1,565.5 yen.

The attack and Israel's declaration of war in response to it have raised concerns that a potential broadening of the conflict could draw in the United States and Iran. "Key for markets is whether the conflict remains contained or spreads to involve other regions, particularly Saudi Arabia," said ANZ Group's...

The focus has been on US Treasury bond yields that have surged to levels not seen in over a decade, suggesting doubts about prospects for growth and corporate earnings. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond has reached the highest level since 2007 -- the beginning of two years...

The museum in central Tokyo, which features a model of a blue whale outside, has previously turned to crowdfunding for three smaller projects, but the 100-million-yen goal was "the highest ever" for the institution, the head of the museum Shinoda said.

The investment giant was hit by a drop in the share prices of major holdings.

The automaker's profit surged 78 percent to US$9.1 billion.

After a closely watched meeting, the Bank of Japan said it would allow "greater flexibility" in government bond markets, having allowed them to move in a tight band in a process known as yields curve control. But on Friday it said that while it would maintain that range, its upper...

Results due to better sales in Japan, North America.

Equities enjoyed a strong run-up last week, partly on the back of hopes that Beijing would unveil a raft of economic stimulus to go with two interest rate cuts. Expectations have been high that officials would provide help for the struggling property sector and introduce measures to kickstart consumer activity.

Operating profit dropped 30.4% to 110.55 billion yen.

The company reported record full-year sales of 11.5trn yen.

Weak earnings from banking titan Goldman Sachs, a jobs warning by Microsoft, and a plunge in manufacturing data highlighted the bumpy road ahead for the United States, the world's top economy, despite optimism over inflation and the improving interest rate outlook.

Tokyo, Japan— Toyota kept its annual net profit forecast unchanged on Tuesday, as the weaker yen offsets supply-chain disruptions that have forced the Japanese car giant to slash production targets. The world's top-selling automaker said it now expects to sell half a million fewer vehicles in the current financial year because...

Most markets rose on hopes the Federal Reserve would soon slow its pace of interest rate hikes, though the mood was darkened over China after President Xi Jinping tightened his grip on power. The yen weakened against the dollar after a short rally after speculation Japanese authorities had stepped into...

The British pound sank against the dollar on political uncertainty after the resignation of UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, while weak economic data added to the turmoil. The dollar strengthened also on expectations that the US Federal Reserve would press ahead with its program of bumper interest rate hikes to...

Major global equities rose, with sentiment soothed after upbeat US earnings and Britain shredded its controversial budget. Analysts pointed to better-than-expected reports from Goldman Sachs and Johnson & Johnson as a positive driver for stocks. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones jumped two percent after a day of strong trading...

Firm owns Uniqlo, Comptoir des Cotonniers clothing brands.

Stock markets tumbled, the pound crashed against the dollar and oil prices slumped on growing recession fears after central banks this week hiked interest rates to fight inflation. Monetary policymakers have been forced to go on the offensive, warning that short-term hits to economies are less painful than the long-term...

Stock markets rallied Monday, building on pre-weekend momentum as investors priced in the expectation of further interest rate hikes aimed at taming decades-high inflation. The euro surged, a day after German central bank chief Joachim Nagel signaled that the European Central Bank (ECB) would probably continue raising its key rate.

Stock markets and oil prices rallied Friday, with investors largely pricing in more interest rate hikes aimed at taming runaway inflation. The dollar slid one percent versus the pound and euro after recent hefty gains. London's stock market jumped more than 1.5 percent in morning deals, mirroring advances in Paris...

More than a year after it issued bonds for the Japanese market, Egypt intends to issue another tranche of international bonds worth $6 billion this year, according to media reports quoting a government official.

The safe-haven yen also picked up following news of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe being shot during a campaign rally.

The rapid rise of the US dollar since the start of the year is a double-edged sword for American multinational companies, pushing some of them to decide whether to hedge or reposition their activities abroad to avoid fallout. And they also lose money when converting foreign revenue back into dollars.

Surging energy costs are fueling global inflation, with official data Wednesday showing the British annual rate hitting a fresh 40-year high above nine percent.

The growth was helped by strong sales and a cheaper yen.

The rise is also attributed to the popularity of the Switch.

The yen hit its lowest level against the dollar in two decades on Wednesday, extending recent falls as the gap widens between Japan's ultra-loose monetary policy and US tightening. One dollar bought 126 yen on Wednesday afternoon, the lowest rate since 2002.

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) recorded a monthly Average Open Interest (AOI) of 134,154 contracts during the month of March, and registered trading volume with a total value of $15.74 billion. In response to further inflation, policy decisions and continued geo-political conflict around the globe, there was a...