FTSE 100 Declines In Lackluster Trade

TSX Rises 2% As Stocks Rally On Bargain Hunting

The Canadian market is up sharply on Tuesday with investors indulging in some hectic buying across the board, picking up stocks at reduced prices following recent steep fall. Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's conciliatory tone over the weekend with regard to trade relations with China, there are still concerns about the trade spat between the world's two largest economies.

RTTNews | Pred 1 h 48 min

U.S. Small Business Confidence Weakens For First Time In 3 Months: NFIB

Small business morale in the U.S. eroded for the first time in three months in September as business struggle with rising inflation, weaker sales outlook and labor shortage, survey data from the National Federation of Independent Business showed on Tuesday.

RTTNews | Pred 2 h 25 min

Swiss Market Ends Weak; Bank Stocks Among Major Losers

Save for a brief while around mid morning, when it emerged slightly above the flat line, Switzerland's benchmark SMI languished in negative territory right through the trading session on Tuesday.

RTTNews | Pred 2 h 26 min

European Stocks Close Mostly Lower On Weak Data, Trade Tensions

European stocks closed mostly weak on Tuesday although several markets in the region managed to regain most of the ground they had lost early on in the session. The weakness was due to escalating U.S.-China trade tensions, the political upheaval in France, and some disappointing regional economic data.

RTTNews | Pred 2 h 46 min

Powell Reiterates There's 'No Risk-Free Path' As Fed Navigates Tension Between Dual Goals

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at the 67th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Business Economics in Philadelphia on Tuesday but did not provide much fresh insight into the outlook for interest rates. Powell reiterated his belief that there is "no risk-free path" for monetary policy.

RTTNews | Pred 3 h 32 min

UK Unemployment Rate Rises; Wage Growth Slows

The UK jobless rate rose slightly, and wage growth softened in the three months to August, raising chances of an interest rate cut this year. The ILO jobless rate rose slightly to 4.8 percent from 4.7 percent in the preceding period, the Office for National Statistics reported Tuesday. The rate was seen unchanged at 4.7 percent.

RTTNews | Pred 6 h 12 min

Euro Falls As US-China Tensions Escalate

The euro weakened against most major currencies in the European session on Tuesday, as trade tensions between the U.S. and China escalated, and traders monitored ongoing political upheaval in France.

RTTNews | Pred 7 h 10 min

Ericsson Shares Surge On Significantly Higher Q3 Profit, Though Sales Down

Shares of LM Ericsson were gaining around 15 percent in Sweden as well as in the pre-market activity on the Nasdaq, after the Swedish telecom major reported Tuesday significantly higher profit in its third quarter, benefited by a capital gain from the divestment of iconectiv. Meanwhile, net sales declined on a reported and organic basis from the prior year.

RTTNews | Pred 7 h 38 min

EURUSD	1.1603	GBPUSD	1.33195	AUDUSD	0.64824
USDJPY	151.742	USDCAD	1.40454	USDCHF	0.80116