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Global markets retraced overnight, consolidating a 4-day gain, with the ASX and NZX also halting what has been a strong rally in recent days that saw the ASX hit a post global financial crisis high and the NZ market hit a fresh all-time high. 

Global markets continued to move higher overnight with US markets hitting all-time highs for the fourth session in a row, boosted by a jump in Amazon.com and Alphabet, and on optimism over trade talks between the United States and Canada.

Global markets were little changed overnight, with major US markets hovering at all-time highs, a day after the United States and Mexico reached an agreement to overhaul the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Canada has also re-joined talks to st

Global markets rallied overnight with the major US benchmark market indices hitting all-time highs, lifted by news that the US and Mexico have resolved their trade dispute, a key step in renewing the North American Free Trade Agreement which also includes

Global markets rallied on Friday as the US market added to its longest bull-market run, closing above its previous January high. Investor sentiment was supported by reassuring comments from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, who affirmed the US cent

Global markets retraced overnight as trade-sensitive stocks were hit by a fresh round of tariffs in the ongoing trade dispute between the US and China.

Global markets were mixed overnight after the release of the Federal Open Market Committee’s minutes from its last policy meeting as the S&P 500 US market index marked its longest bull-market run.

Global markets continued to rally overnight as the S&P500 (major US market index) touched its record high and equalled its longest-ever bull-market run. We are now in the 9th year of a bull market since the depths of the global financial crisis at the sta

As we touched on yesterday, there are hopes of an easing in trade tensions between the US and China, with a planned meeting this week between US negotiators and a Chinese delegation. Both the US and China are set to impose further tariffs on each other th