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[Reuters Breakingviews] Oil price has flaky defences against further falls
LONDON, April 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Donald Trump and his aides want oil prices to fall to $50 a barrel. After last week’s tariff bombshell, the U.S. president’s wish is coming true – Brent crude prices have slumped from $75 a barrel to under $64. They may yet fall further.In the 9...
Mon, Apr 7
US STOCKS-Futures plunge, S&P 500 eyes bear territory as market rout worsens
April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures plummeted on Monday, and the S&P 500 looked set to confirm a bear market, as investors barreled into government bonds on economic worries over the fallout of U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans.
Mon, Apr 7
Taiwan stocks plummet in biggest one-day drop on record after US tariffs
TAIPEI, April 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks plummeted almost 10% on Monday, the biggest one-day percentage fall on record, in the first trading since U.S. tariffs were announced last week, with Taiwan's president taking to X to pledge a "golden age" of shared prosperity with the U.S.
Mon, Apr 7
EUROPE GAS-Prices continue to fall on global trade fears, warmer temperatures
LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - Dutch and British gas prices continued to fall on Monday morning as warmer temperatures and fears of a global trade war leading to weaker energy demand weighed on the market.
Mon, Apr 7
Euro area yields plunge as tariff fears boost bets on ECB rate cuts
April 7 (Reuters) - Euro area short-dated yields hit a fresh 2-1/2-year low on Monday as fears about the economic impact of U.S. tariffs triggered a rout in stocks and led investors to boost bets on future European Central Bank rate cuts.
Mon, Apr 7
European shares dive to 16-month low on trade war gloom
April 7 (Reuters) - European shares plunged to a 16-month low on Monday as investors grappled with the possibility of a recession after sweeping tariffs announced by United States last week.
Mon, Apr 7
European bank shares extend losses on fear of tariff-induced recession
April 7 (Reuters) - Shares in German lenders continued their losses for a third day as U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs ignited fears of an all-out trade war and a global economic recession.Germany's Commerzbank CBKG.DE and Deutsche Bank DBKGn.DE were down between 9.5%-10.3% in...
Mon, Apr 7
JGB yields hit multi-month lows as US tariffs sow recession fears
TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond yields hit multi-month lows on Monday, as worries about a global recession from aggressive U.S. tariffs drove safe-haven flows to the securities and spurred speculation that the Bank of Japan will need to wait longer before raising interest rates.
Mon, Apr 7
No Fed 'put' when it's unclear which way the economy may pivot
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sent strong messages when he felt they were needed, going on television to pledge maximum support for the economy when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, using a terse 2022 speech for a stern message about inflation, and...
Mon, Apr 7
Goldman Sachs raises odds of US recession to 45%
SINGAPORE, April 7 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has raised the odds of a U.S. recession to 45% in the next 12 months, joining other investment banks in revising their forecast as fears of a trade war grip markets after sweeping tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Mon, Apr 7
Australia dollar dives to five-year low as markets bet on big rate cuts
SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) - The Australian dollar dived to five-year lows on Monday, slammed by fears that a tit-for-tat global trade war would send the global economy into a recession, which had some traders bet on outsized rate cuts Down Under.
Mon, Apr 7
China's yuan hits 2-1/2-month low as Sino-US trade tensions raise growth fears
SHANGHAI, April 7 (Reuters) - China's yuan slipped to a 2-1/2-month low against the dollar on Monday, dragged down by intensifying trade tensions between the world's two largest economies following tit-for-tat tariffs on each other's goods.
Mon, Apr 7
China stocks sink on trade war fears; Hong Kong dives 10%
SHANGHAI, April 7 (Reuters) - Hong Kong and Chinese stocks dived on Monday as markets around the world crumbled in the face of a widening global trade war and fears it will unleash a deep recession.Hong Kong's Hang Seng index .HSI slumped more than 10% in morning trade which, if sustained, would...
Mon, Apr 7
Japan will ask US to cut tariffs but results won't come 'overnight', PM Ishiba says
Govt will take steps to cushion blow from tariffs, Ishiba saysIshiba says willing to meet Trump again but must ready 'package'Ishiba instructed ministers to be vigilant to market movesBy Leika Kihara TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday the gove...
Mon, Apr 7
Gold plunges to 3-1/2-week low as market sell-off hits bullion
April 7 (Reuters) - Gold prices continued to face turmoil on Monday, and hit their lowest levels in more than three weeks, as a wider market sell-off triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff measures impacted bullion traders.
Mon, Apr 7
Japan's Nikkei sinks to 1-1/2-year low, bank index plunges 17%
TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average tumbled nearly 9% early on Monday, while an index of Japanese bank stocks plunged as much as 17%, as concerns over a tariff-induced global recession continued to rip through markets.
Mon, Apr 7
Trump, asked about markets, says sometimes you have to 'take medicine'
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, April 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that sometimes you have to take medicine when asked about falling markets, adding that he was not intentionally engineering a market selloff.
Mon, Apr 7
Oil prices extend losses on fears global trade war could slow economy
TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell more than 3% on Monday, extending losses from the previous week, on growing concerns that a global trade war could slow the global economy and weaken oil demand, following China's retaliation against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.Brent futur...
Mon, Apr 7
US stock futures tumble indicating another plummet on Wall Street
April 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures opened sharply lower late on Sunday, suggesting a continuation of the two-day selloff that wiped trillions from equity values after the Trump administration's tariffs announcement last week.
Mon, Apr 7
GLOBAL MARKETS-Wall St futures, oil dive, markets bay for quick US rate cuts
SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) - Asian markets faced more turmoil on Monday as fears of a global trade war saw Wall Street futures plunge, while investors wagered the mounting risk of recession could see U.S. rates cut as early as May.
Mon, Apr 7
