Market Pulse - Usa
US close: Small gains on the Street as positive news flows from trade talks
US stocks closed slightly higher on Monday amid signs of progress in Sino-US trade relations.
Commodities: Brent futures slide as Trump tells OPEC to take it easy
Energy futures slid sharply lower at the start of the week after the US President took to social media to tell the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to "please relax and take it easy", adding that the "World cannot take a price hike - fragile!".
Barrick Gold makes $18bn unsolicited bid for rival Newmont
Canada’s Barrick Gold made a hostile $18bn bid on Monday to buy US rival Newmont Mining and merge two of the largest gold firms in the world.
US open: Positive open amid reports of progress in Sino-US trade talks
US stocks opened higher on Monday amid progress in Sino-US trade relations.
GCHQ director calls for caution regarding China's tech threat
The UK's cyber-security agency’s director Jeremy Fleming warned that Britain must understand the potential "opportunities and threats" of using Chinese technology and called for better cyber-security practices in the telecoms industry.
Cyclicals to stay in the lead, but mind the Greenback, JP Morgan says
Strategists at JP Morgan made the case for being positioned in Cyclicals, contrary to what 'bears' were recommending given the late stage of the economic cycle, arguing that the Federal Reserve, the US central bank, was set to 'fall behind the curve'.