U.S. 10-year Treasury yields are on track to rise for the seventh week straight. But a measure of calm that had returned in recent days seems to have dissipated on Friday as yields are making their way back towards recent one-year highs above 1.6%. Euro zone yields too are higher this morning, though to a lesser extent, still benefiting from the ECB's promise to accelerate emergency money-printing.
EssilorLuxottica is targeting a recovery in its business this year to levels seen before the COVID-19 crisis after the Oakley and Ray-Ban maker's fourth-quarter revenue showed further signs of improvement, it said on Friday.
Indonesia's trade surplus likely widened in February from a month earlier on the back of higher commodity prices, which would be a 10th straight monthly surplus for Southeast Asia's largest economy, according to a Reuters poll on Friday.
Yield risks arise whenever Brazil’s heavily exported second corn crop is planted late, but this year the delays are the worst in a decade, and the pressure for favorable weather through the next several months is substantially higher than usual.
If the bets of Thailand's farmed cannabis promoters pay off, Thais could soon be chowing down on hempburgers, washed down with cannabis-derived drinks, before freshening up with shower gel and toothpaste infused with a compound from the plant.
London copper dipped on Friday as a rally that pushed prices to near a 10-year high ran out of steam amid signs of higher supply and weakening demand growth this year.
Copper prices fell in London on Friday as signs of weakening demand and higher supply pressured a stunning rally that pushed prices to their highest in nearly 10 years.
The head of the U.S. House of Representatives transportation panel urged the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday to extend a "zero-tolerance" policy for passengers not wearing masks or causing disturbances on flights.
The annual World Consumer Rights Day, on March 15, has become a major television and social media event in China, with domestic as well as foreign brands singled out for high-profile and sometimes damaging critcism.
Fertiliser developer Agrimin Ltd said on Friday its unit had signed a farm-in deal with Rio Tinto for sale of up to a 75% stake in five copper-gold licenses it holds in the West Arunta region of Western Australia.
Australia is bracing for a drawn-out disruption to its A$1.6 billion ($1.23 billion) annual timber trade with China after requests to Beijing's customs officials to resume the log exports were ignored, two sources told Reuters.
Families of victims of the deadly 2019 Ethiopian Airlines jet crash may obtain as soon as Thursday Boeing's reports to U.S. regulators that helped keep its 737 MAX flying after a prior disaster with the same jet in Indonesia five months earlier.
(RTTNews) - Crude oil futures moved sharply higher during trading on Thursday, extending the rebound seen in the previous session. After rising $0.43 to $64.44 a barrel on Wednesday, crude for April delivery jumped $1.58 to $66.02 a barrel.
(RTTNews) - After closing higher for two straight sessions, the price of gold turned in a lackluster performance during the trading day on Thursday.Gold for April delivery eventually ended the session up $0.80 at $1,722.60 an ounce after climbing $4.90 to $1,721.80 an ounce in th
Italian fashion group Prada expects revenues to grow to 2.9-3.1 billion euros this year after a pandemic-driven fall to 2.42 billion euros in 2020, CEO Patrizio Bertelli told Reuters.
Denmark, Spain and three other countries have urged the European Commission not to change draft rules that would prevent gas power plants from being labelled as sustainable investments, despite pushback from other member states.
Rolls-Royce said on Thursday it had extended an exclusive deal to provide engines for the Airbus A350-900 to 2030, cementing its alliance with the European plane maker and deferring a potential challenge from rival General Electric.
The European Commission gave approval on Thursday for the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, the final step to allowing the European Union to use it across the bloc.
Warburg Pincus-backed Kalyan Jewellers said it aimed to raise 11.75 billion rupees to use as working capital through an initial public offering next week.