Finance

European equity markets lost ground on Thursday as a busy corporate reporting schedule kept investors on edge and sectoral dispersion widened across major bourses. Benchmarks in Frankfurt Paris and London finished lower after a session defined by mixed earnings news and cautious repositioning ahead of next week’s macro releases.

The Bank of England held its key interest rate at four percent after a narrow vote by the Monetary Policy Committee, a decision that highlights growing divisions among policymakers as the central bank approaches the government’s Autumn Budget later this month. The committee voted five to four to keep

Wall Street is poised to reward employees with the largest year on year bonus increase since 2021 as stronger revenues across trading desks and a rebound in dealmaking combine to swell compensation pools. Compensation consultants and industry recruiters say the boost will be broad based, touching front office and many

Toyota Motor posted a second consecutive quarterly decline in operating profit, missing analyst expectations as U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles and parts continued to squeeze margins and complicate the automaker’s global export strategy. The July to September quarter results showed weaker profitability despite resilient demand for hybrid models

U.S. stock futures tumbled early Monday with contracts linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by roughly 300 points as enthusiasm for artificial intelligence related stocks cooled. The pullback in the AI trade came after a string of big technology winners paused following recent gains and amid growing

Saudi Aramco reported higher adjusted net income for the third quarter as the world’s largest oil company increased output and maintained hefty cash returns to shareholders. The results underscored the producer’s capacity to generate resilient cash flow even as crude prices faced pressure during the quarter. Management highlighted