A gauge of emerging market stocks stayed close to a five-week high on Tuesday, while currencies made small moves as investors awaited U.S. inflation data due this week to make bets on the Federal Reserve's next rate move.
Brazilian lender Banco BTG Pactual SA on Tuesday reported a 23.2% rise in second-quarter net income to a record 2.07 billion reais ($405.01 million), citing an "especially strong" performance in its fee-based business units.
European shares dipped on Tuesday as investors cautiously waited for key U.S. inflation data later in the week for hints on the Federal Reserve's next move on interest rate increases.
Two years after it was forced to withdraw from the Nasdaq for an accounting fraud, China's Luckin Coffee believes it has emerged from its "darkest moment", and said it remains committed to U.S. capital markets as it expands its stores and sales.
Rising interest rates are helping Legal & General's business, its chief executive said on Tuesday as the British life insurer recorded an above-forecast 8% rise in first-half operating profit and said it was on track to meet or beat its financial goals.
South Korean car-sharing platform Socar Inc said on Tuesday it expected to raise 102 billion won ($78.08 million) in its planned initial public offering (IPO).
Capricorn Energy investor Palliser has called on the firm to ditch a proposed merger with Tullow Oil after describing the deal as "one-sided" and short of "meaningful strategic rationale", a letter seen by Reuters showed.
Brazilian lender Banco BTG
Pactual SA on Tuesday reported a 23.2% rise in
second-quarter net income to a record 2.07 billion reais
($405.01 million), ahead of expectations of 1.98 billion from
analysts polled by Refinitiv, a securities filing showed.
The dollar lurked below recent highs on Tuesday as traders awaited this week's key U.S. inflation print for any signs that price pressures are finally abating and that the need for further aggressive U.S. interest rate hikes is easing.
Wine production in France is expected to reach between 42.6 million and 45.6 million hectolitres this year, up 13-21% compared with last year's output that was hit by spring frost, the French farm ministry forecast on Tuesday.
South Korea's telecommunications regulator on Tuesday said it plans to launch an investigation into app store operators such as Apple Inc, Alphabet's Google and One Store over suspected violations of in-app payment law.
Another day, another hack - and another blockchain bridge burned. When thieves stole an estimated $190 million from U.S. crypto firm Nomad last week, it was the seventh hack of 2022 to target an increasingly important cog in the crypto machine: Blockchain "bridges" - strings of code that help move crypto coins between different applications.
The yuan weakened slightly against the dollar on Tuesday, as fresh COVID-19 outbreaks, property sector woes and geopolitical tensions clouded the outlook for China's economy, even as exports remained brisk.
Alphabet Inc's Google services appeared to be back up after facing a brief global disruption on late Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.