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Japan shares and yen fall, JGBs rise as Iran strikes continue
By Junko Fujita and Rocky Swift TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - Japanese shares and the yen fell on Monday, while government bonds rose, after military strikes by the U.S. and Israel killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index .N225 shed 0.9% to 58,301.84, paring a...Reuters
Mon, Mar 2
24H | Broadcom, Alphabet, SanDisk Drop around 2%; Palantir Jumps 4%; Occidental Gains 5%; Lockeed Martin Soars 13%; Blue Gold Rockets 17%
Big tech stocks fell in overnight trading. SMCI down over 3%; Broadcom, Netflix, Oracle, Alphabet down around 2%; AMD, Amazon, Tesla down over 1%.Storage shares slid in overnight trading. SanDisk, Western Digital, Seagate Tech down around 2%.Defense stocks rallied in overnight trading. Lockeed Marti...Tiger News
Mon, Mar 2
BREAKINGVIEWS-SoftBank payments IPO is a pitch of potential
By Hudson Lockett HONG KONG, March 2 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Initial public offerings often lean on growth potential in their sales pitch, but the one made by PayPay looks particularly ambitious. The Japanese payments and credit card provider is selling itself in its U.S. listing prospectus as ...Reuters
Mon, Mar 2
The Week on Wall Street: Fed’s Emergency Cut and Tariff Rulings Spark Sector Rotation Amid Macro Strains
Wall Street navigates a volatile week as the Federal Reserve executes a surprise 50-basis-point emergency rate cut amid banking strains and sticky inflation. Analyze the impact of the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling, disappointing Q4 GDP, and the accelerating sector rotation into energy and industrialTradingKey
Mon, Mar 2
GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil prices surge, stocks skid in flight from risk
Brent briefly jumps above $80 a barrel on supply worriesDollar up broadly on euro, Treasury yields at 3-month lowsS&P 500 and EU stock futures slide, Nikkei dives By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, March 2 (Reuters) - Oil prices surged on Monday and shares slid as military conflict in the Middle East loo...Reuters
Mon, Mar 2
SK Telecom CEO Unveils 'AI Native' Strategy at MWC26, Driving Korea's Leap in AI Innovation
- Seizing the golden time for a major transformation, with 'Customer Value & AI' as the top two priorities for driving change - Major overhaul of systems and infrastructure, the foundation of telecommunications, centered on...PR Newswire
Mon, Mar 2
India watchdog presses banks, other regulators for stricter insider trading enforcement
By Ira Dugal and Jayshree P Upadhyay MUMBAI, March 2 (Reuters) - India's market regulator is pushing banks and other regulators to tighten enforcement of insider-trading rules, in particular safeguarding unpublished price sensitive information, the regulator's chief said.The Securities a...Reuters
Mon, Mar 2
Nikkei falls 2% as investors assess impact of Middle East conflict
TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell as investors assessed the impact of a military conflict in the Middle East, which sent oil prices surging, potentially affecting the nation's economy. The Nikkei .N225 was down 1.9% at 57,702 as of 0013 GMT, while the broader Topix...Reuters
Mon, Mar 2
GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil prices surge in Asia, stocks under pressure
SYDNEY, March 2 (Reuters) - Oil prices surged on Monday and investors stampeded to the safety of bonds and gold as military conflict in the Middle East looked set to last weeks, just as markets had been spooked by AI and banking fears.Reuters
Mon, Mar 2
US Stock Futures Fall, Oil and Gold Surge on Iran Conflict
US equity-index futures opened lower and crude oil jumped as the escalating war in the Middle East jolted global markets. Gold rose 1.6%.Contracts for the S&P 500 Index dropped almost 1% and those for the Nasdaq 100 fell 1.2% at the open. Shares in Australia also opened lower as traders shifted away...Tiger News
Mon, Mar 2
BREAKINGVIEWS-The Week in Breakingviews: Paramount’s ascent
By Peter Thal Larsen LONDON, March 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Welcome back! Payments firm Block XYZ.N is cutting nearly half its 10,000 employees after CEO Jack Dorsey said artificial intelligence tools allowed a smaller team to “do more and do it better”. Is the Twitter co-founder a harbinger o...Reuters
Sun, Mar 1
Australian airline Qantas' shares fall more than 10% on US-Iran conflict
March 2 (Reuters) - Shares of Australia's flag carrier Qantas Airways QAN.AX slumped more than 10% to their lowest level in 10 months on Monday after the U.S. and Israel launched large-scale strikes on Iran over the weekend, sending oil prices surging.The firm's shares fell as much as 10.4% ...Reuters
Sun, Mar 1
Investor Education Webinar
The Future of Prostate Imaging: What do physicians want? MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, NASDAQ: TLX, "Telix") invites investors to join a webinar with key opinion leaders to discuss a physician's perspective on...PR Newswire
Sun, Mar 1
UAE halts stock markets for two days after Iran strikes
By Hadeel Al Sayegh, Menna AlaaElDin and Ahmed Tolba March 1 (Reuters) - The UAE has ordered its stock markets closed on Monday and Tuesday as the country reels from Iran's retaliatory missile and drone strikes, in a sign of the growing economic disruption sweeping the Gulf.The UAE Capital Ma...Reuters
Sun, Mar 1
Safe haven Japanese yen and Swiss franc gain after weekend Iran strikes
LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - The safe haven Swiss franc and Japanese yen strengthened, while the euro slid as currency trading resumed after a weekend that saw the United States and Israel launch their most ambitious attacks on Iran in decades, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene...Reuters
Sun, Mar 1
UAE announces market closure for ADX and DFM on Monday and Tuesday
March 1 (Reuters) - The UAE's Capital Market Authority announced on Sunday the suspension of trading in Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and Dubai Financial Market (DFM))on Monday and Tuesday, according to a statement.The markets closure come amid attacks by Iran on Abu Dhabi and Dubai in rel...Reuters
Sun, Mar 1
Wall St Week Ahead-AI disruption looms over markets with US jobs data on tap
Monthly US jobs data due on Friday, March 6Broadcom, retailers report as Q4 results season winds downInvestors on guard for AI developments that could shake sharesBy Lewis KrauskopfNEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Prospects for artificial intelligence to disrupt business sectors should keep the U.S. sto...Reuters
Sun, Mar 1
MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf stocks slide, Kuwait suspends trading as Iran responds to US, Israeli attacks
Kuwait suspends trading due to 'exceptional circumstances' Saudi Aramco sees biggest rise in over 4 months amid oil price-rise expectations GCC markets to stay pressured as investors price geopolitical risk premium - analyst By Ateeq Shariff March 1 (Reuters) - Most Gulf equities f...Reuters
Sun, Mar 1
MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf stocks slide, Kuwait suspends trading as Iran responds to US, Israeli attacks
Kuwait suspends trading due to "exceptional circumstances"Saudi Aramco rises amid oil price-rise expectationsGCC markets to stay pressured as investors price geopolitical risk premium - analystBy Ateeq Shariff and Md Manzer Hussain March 1 (Reuters) - Most Gulf equities fell on Sunday and...Reuters
Sun, Mar 1
