The pound inched higher against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as investors turned their attention to Federal Reserve and European Central Bank meetings this week at which officials could provide further stimulus to their economies to fight the coronavirus.
U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday after a round of quarterly earnings reports brought upbeat signs from Pfizer and respiratory mask-maker 3M for investors increasingly hopeful of a relaunch of business across the economy.
German shipyard Meyer Werft's Finnish subsidiary on Tuesday started statutory talks to lay off up to 450 of its roughly 2,000 employees because of a hit to business from the coronavirus pandemic.
PepsiCo Inc reported a rise in first-quarter revenue, but ditched its full-year forecast on Tuesday, citing uncertainty around the globe due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
ANA Holdings, Japan's biggest airline, said on Tuesday it would not release an earnings forecast for the full year amid the coronavirus pandemic that has caused an unprecedented slump in air travel and could further stagnate the global economy.
Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said that the Olympic Games, already postponed to 2021, would be "scrapped" if they could not take place then, according to an interview published on Tuesday.
(RTTNews) - Shin-Etsu Chemical (SHECF.PK, SHECY.PK) reported net income to owners of parent of 314.0 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, an increase of 1.6 percent from previous year. Net income per share was 755.01 yen compared to 725.92 yen. Net sales decline
Rovio Entertainment, maker of the 10-year-old "Angry Birds" mobile game series, on Tuesday reported an almost 75% rise in first-quarter profit, helped by lower costs.
Tianqi Lithium Corp, one of the world's top lithium producers, said on Tuesday its net loss for 2019 was expected to be twice as big as it previously indicated after raising the impairment provision on its stake in Chilean miner SQM.
British retailer Marks & Spencer said it was planning for a slow return to shopping and had taken steps to shore up its finances for 18 months, including scrapping next year's dividend, to cope with the impact of the coronavirus crisis
French consumer confidence suffered its biggest ever monthly drop in April amid the nationwide lockdown to contain the novel coronavirus, the INSEE official statistics agency said on Tuesday.
Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 1 point lower at 5,846 on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures up 0.26% ahead of cash market open.
(RTTNews) - Wirecard AG (WRCDF.PK) said Tuesday that it was handed the report on the special investigation by the auditing company KPMG. No incriminating evidence was found for the publicly raised accusations of balance sheet manipulation. The company will publish the full repor
(RTTNews) - BP Plc (BP.L, BP_UN.TO, BP) reported a first quarter loss to shareholders of $4.365 billion, compared to profit of $2.934 billion, prior year. Loss per share in cents was 21.63 compared to profit of 14.47. Loss per ADS was $1.30 compared to profit of $0.87. Replaceme
BP's first quarter profits tumbled by two-thirds as the coronavirus crisis hammered oil demand and the energy major's debt rose sharply as it warned of exceptional uncertainty ahead.
Indonesia's rupiah slid nearly 1% on Tuesday after the government sold $4 billion in bonds to fight the coronavirus outbreak, while Malaysia's ringgit also fell on a collapse in oil prices.