Market Pulse - Usa
Spotify meets with CMA over Apple's App Store fees
Audio streaming giant Spotify has called on the competition watchdog to investigate Apple, accusing it of blocking its new audiobook service.
Chicago factory PMI worsens slightly in October
Factory sector activity in the Chicago area worsened slightly in October, according to the results of a closely followed survey.
US open: Stocks trade lower early on Monday
Wall Street stocks were in the red early on the final day of trading for October.
US pre-open: Futures lower ahead of final October trading session
Wall Street futures were in the red ahead of the opening bell on the final day of October.
US open: Stocks trade lower despite disappointing guidance from Amazon
Wall Street stocks were in the green early on Friday despite disappointing guidance from tech giant Amazon overnight.
ExxonMobil posts record quarterly profits
Oil producer ExxonMobil posted record quarterly profits of nearly $20. 0bn on Friday as the group benefited from elevated oil and natural gas prices.
US Q3 ECI rises as expected but private wage growth cools
A gauge of salary and benefits pressures in the US grew as expected over the three months to September, but only on account of the jump seen in the public sector.
US pre-open: Futures in the red following disappointing tech earnings
Wall Street futures were in the red ahead of the bell on Friday following disappointing guidance from tech giant Amazon overnight.
Intel shares jump as it lays out cost-cutting plans
Shares in chipmaker Intel were rocketing in after-hours trading on Thursday, after the company posted a beat on quarterly earnings, and laid out plans for billions of dollars worth of cost cuts.
Amazon warns of holiday disappointment despite Q3 earnings beat
E-commerce and web services conglomerate Amazon warned of holiday disappointment in its after-hours earnings release on Thursday, with quarterly profit falling despite growing revenue.
Apple posts earnings beat, but iPhone sales disappoint
Apple was the latest big tech name to join the march of disappointments late on Thursday, after coming in short of forecasts on sales of its flagship iPhone range.
US close: Stocks mixed as industrials shine, big tech tanks
Wall Street was mixed at the close on Thursday, with the Dow stronger on GDP data, while the Nasdaq was under pressure from some disappointing big tech earnings.
US open: Dow advances more than 460 points at the bell
Wall Street stocks traded mostly higher early on Thursday as market participants braced for quarterly numbers from more of the nation's biggest names in technology.
US initial jobless claims rise to 217,000
Americans lined up for unemployment benefits at an accelerated pace in the week ended 22 October, increasing by 3,000 from the prior week's unrevised level to a total of 217,000.
Caterpillar Q3 earnings beat Wall Street expectations
Trade bellwether Caterpillar traded higher in pre-market after the industrial giant beat expectations with its latest set of quarterly results.
US pre-open: Futures mixed as Meta weighs on Nasdaq
Wall Street futures were mixed ahead of the bell as market participants braced for quarterly numbers from more of the nation's biggest names in technology.
Meta earnings more-than-halve as revenue narrows
Meta Platforms reported a dire set of numbers after the close, meanwhile, with third quarter earnings more than halving to $4. 39bn from $9. 2bn.
US close: Stocks finish weaker on big tech disappointments
Trading finished mostly below the waterline in the US on Wednesday, after weaker-than-expected third-quarter earnings from Alphabet and Microsoft weighed on sentiment.
US open: Mixed start to trading ahead of more big tech earnings
Trading got off to a mixed start on Wednesday as weaker-than-expected third-quarter earnings from Alphabet and Microsoft weighed on sentiment.
US foreign trade deficit in goods widens in September
America's shortfall on trade in goods with the rest of the world widened unexpectedly during the previous month amid a drop in exports.