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LIVE MARKETS-Back to white-knuckle ride in the markets
Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com BACK TO WHITE-KNUCKLE RIDE IN THE MARKETS Fears of a sharp downturn in the global economy have sent markets convulsing once more, ...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
Nomura sees pause in US reciprocal tariffs to benefit Indian auto ancillary firms
** Analysts at Nomura believe the pause in U.S. reciprocal tariffs and escalating trade war between the U.S. and China can benefit Indian auto ancillary companies** This supply chain restructuring can lead to strong gains for players such as Sona BLW SONB.NS, Sansera Engineering SASE.NS, Bharat Forg...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on April 11
ZURICH/GDANSK, April 11(Reuters) - Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss stocks on Friday: LOGITECH LOGN.S Computer parts maker Logitech International on Thursday withdrew its 2026 forecast, citing continued uncertainty stemming from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade pol...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
Stocks, dollar slip, bonds pummelled again as trade war roils markets
SINGAPORE, April 11 (Reuters) - Global stocks fell and the dollar sank further on Friday, while a manic bond selloff took hold in a brutal end to the week of tit-for-tat worldwide tariffs that have fed fears of a deep recession and shaken investor confidence in U.S. assets.Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
French and Benelux stocks-Factors to watch
April 11 (Reuters) - Below are company-related news and stories from France and Benelux which could have an impact on the region's markets or individual stocks. COLAS BOUY.PA:Colas won a seven-year road maintenance contract in Canada worth 100 million euros, to start in August 2026. EU, ...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
ANALYSIS-Investors grapple with tariff-driven economic threat as market swings persist
S&P 500 pulls back sharply after biggest one-day jump since 2008Wall Street's 'fear gauge' remains elevatedInvestors weigh economic fallout from tariffs as earnings kick offBy Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) - Investors hoping for an end to wild market swings were rem...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
UK Stocks-Factors to watch on April 11
April 11 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up on Friday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.52%.* JOBS: Britain's jobs market weakened again in March with the number of people looking work rising by the most in more than four years, according to a survey published by the Recrui...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
Indian shrimp exporters jump on US tariff pause
** Shares of shrimp exporters Apex Frozen Foods APEX.NS, Avanti Feeds AVNT.NS Costal Corporation COAS.NS rise 5.2, 6.7% and 7.3% respectively** U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday** The three stocks had declined 6.9%, 14.8%, 13.9% up to Wednesday ...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
MORNING BID EUROPE-Back to white-knuckle ride in the markets
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Fears of a sharp downturn in the global economy have sent markets convulsing once more, with action focused on currencies and bonds as the escalating U.S.-China trade war has investors throwing out the usual playbook a...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
EMERGING MARKETS-Stocks skid as U.S.-China trade war keeps investors on edge, currencies firm
Sell-off resumes in Asia EM equitiesCurrencies firm against a soft dollarSingapore c.bank to ease next week - Reuters pollXi Jinping to visit Southeast Asia next weekBy Sameer Manekar April 11 (Reuters) - Stocks in Asian emerging markets slipped on Friday as investor anxiety over tariff uncertain...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
EMERGING MARKETS-Stocks skid as U.S.-China trade war keeps investors on edge, currencies firm
Sell-off resumes in Asia EM equitiesCurrencies firm against a soft dollarSingapore c.bank to ease next week - Reuters pollXi Jinping to visit Southeast Asia next weekBy Sameer Manekar April 11 (Reuters) - Stocks in Asian emerging markets slipped on Friday as investor anxiety over tariff uncertain...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
INDIA STOCKS-Indian benchmarks open higher on US tariff reprieve
April 11 (Reuters) - India's benchmark indexes opened higher on Friday, as a U.S. tariff reprieve lifted sentiment, even as global trade uncertainty continues to linger. The Nifty 50 .NSEI rose 1.67% to 22,775.2 while the BSE Sensex .BSESN gained 1.61% to 75,019.41, respectively, as of 09:23 ...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
Hong Kong stocks eye worst week since global financial crisis, China falls milder on state support
HONG KONG, April 11(Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks lost ground on Friday and were on track for their biggest weekly decline since the 2008 global financial crisis, battered as China takes the brunt of U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating trade war.
Thermo King Launches Flagship LEGEND Trailer Refrigeration Unit with Asian-based Production
SHANGHAI, April 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Thermo King, a strategic brand of Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, has announced the launch of its first Asian-made trailer refrigeration unit production line at the new smart plant in Wujiang, China. This production line is ded...PR Newswire
Fri, Apr 11
Japan's Nikkei slumps on trade war worries, stronger yen
TOKYO, April 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average slumped nearly 5% on Friday in a brutal end to a volatile week as investors worried about the economic fallout from the rapidly escalating U.S.-China trade war as well as a strong yen that has been lifted by safe-haven flows.
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Fri, Apr 11
EMERGING MARKETS-Stocks skid as Sino-US trade war keeps markets on edge
April 11 (Reuters) - Stocks in Asian emerging markets fell on Friday, retreating after a sharp rebound in the previous session, as investor anxiety over tariff uncertainty and the broader fallout from the Sino-U.S. trade war prompted a pullback from risk assets.Singapore's benchmark gauge .STI d...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
EMERGING MARKETS-Stocks skid as Sino-US trade war keeps markets on edge
April 11 (Reuters) - Stocks in Asian emerging markets fell on Friday, retreating after a sharp rebound in the previous session, as investor anxiety over tariff uncertainty and the broader fallout from the Sino-U.S. trade war prompted a pullback from risk assets.Singapore's benchmark gauge .STI d...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, dollar sink, bonds pummelled again as trade war roils markets
Investor flock to safe havens, Swiss franc at 10-year high Gold races above $3,200 per ounce to record high Bond selloff resumes as investors flee US assets Asian stocks take a beating in brutal end to weekBy Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, April 11 (Reuters) - Global stocks slumped and the dollar sank...Reuters
Fri, Apr 11
Huitongda Network (9878.HK) Launches new AI+ Products and Strategy, Drives Domestic Consumption Demand
Huitongda Network (9878.HK) Launches new AI+ Products and Strategy, Drives Domestic Consumption DemandOn April 10, 2025, Huitongda Network (9878.HK) held an "AI+ Strategy and Product Launch Event,” while introducing its new program for nurturing young business owners.At the event, Huitongda Network unveiled a series of latest AI+ products and solutions, covering the needs of its member stores across different operation scenarios, with more than 50 agents supporting member stores to double their efficiency. Meanwhile, considering the growing importance of rural markets in stabilizing and driving economic and innovation development, Huitongda Network also announced its “AI+ strategy”, introducing its “1 cloud + 3 infrastructure” integrated AI system that consolidates cloud, edge, and terminal into one, which would be critical in facilitating the goods flow and intelligent trade development between urban and rural areas. “1 Cloud + 3 Infrastructure”: 50+AI Solutions to Double Store and Value Chain Efficiency “We have reached the era of result-oriented AI agents.” Sun Chao, Vice President of Huitongda Network and CEO of Huitong Datatech Smart Technology, explained the Company's latest "AI+ strategy”.“Huitongda Network is moving on from SaaS+ to AI+, using AI agents and smart terminals as its core in developing its Qiancheng Cloud AI System. The bundle is expected to provide rural family-owned businesses and upstream manufacturers with 50+ AI solutions, capable of boosting the efficiency of goods circulation between urban and rural areas.”Sun Chao gives further color on the implementation of AI+ strategy: “1 Cloud” refers to the upcoming launch of industry vertical large model “Qiancheng Cloud AI”; the “3 Infrastructure” refers to “AI+ industrial platform services” that connects upstream branded manufacturers with its member stores, which would allow its members to enjoy a competitive, intelligent supply chain, capable of facilitating the transaction of long-tail and personalized products; “AI+SaaS services” with products such as “AI+ supply chain” and “AI store”, which will be able to improve the procurement efficiency and boost transaction volume of its member stores; and “AI+ smart terminal services”, in which Huitongda Network established deep cooperation with AI hardware manufacturers to satisfy the proactive, localized and personalized AI needs of small businesses.“Taking our ‘AI+SaaS services’ as an example, our new ‘Qiancheng AI Super Store Manager’ APP has introduced 15 all-rounded AI agent solutions, focusing on 8 different aspects of operations, including procurement, marketing, activities, innovation, operation, sales, customer services, and community engagement. The solutions are expected to help retailers improve their daily operational and management efficiency, particularly in intelligent product management, marketing content production, multi-media content creation, and operational support.“For ‘AI+ smart terminal services’, we officially announced the launch of 2 different series of edge computing machines, ‘Xuanwu’ and ‘Zhongshan’, able to provide convenient one-stop AI solutions for our upstream and downstream clients.Sun Chao said Huitongda Network will focus on the implementation of “1 Cloud + 3 Infrastructure” strategy, in order to create more versatile agent application solutions, edge computing machines, and AI robots etc., providing further push to member stores’ operational efficiency. Cooperation between Government and Enterprise, Integration of Software and Hardware, the Launch of “Jiangsu Youth Store” project and “Qiancheng AI Ecosystem”During the event, Huitongda Network and its partners, including the Youth League of Jiangsu Provincial Committee, Sunmi Technology, ThinkForce Chip, Hikvision, and EZVIZ Network, announced the launch of 2 separate initiatives to support the implementation of the “1 Cloud + 3 Infrastructure” strategy.As a strategic partner of the "Jiangsu Youth Store" nurturing plan of the Youth League of Jiangsu Provincial Committee, Huitongda Network also announced the 2025 plan at the event. Both parties are going to provide comprehensive AI+ empowerment to more than 10,000 youth stores in 2025, helping young store managers to achieve sustainable development in AI applications, intelligent supply chain, digital marketing, and other aspects.At the same time, Huitongda Network also reached a strategic cooperation agreement with chip and hardware manufacturers, including ThinkForce Chip, Hikvision, EZVIZ Network, Sunmi Technology, etc to build a software and hardware integrated AI-service alliance. It has also kick-started its “Qiancheng AI Ecosystem Partnership Program”, providing member stores and industrial customers with diversified, personalized, integrated, and modularized AI solutions.From Digitalization to Intelligent Development, Huitongda Network “AI+Industry” to Boost Domestic Consumption DemandAs an industrial internet company that has been focusing on China’s rural markets, Huitongda Network has been pushing the transformation and upgrades of rural family-owned businesses with its digital technology and intelligent supply chain capability. Xu Xiuxian, Chief Executive Officer of Huitongda Network, highlights the Company’s cloud-based services and offline touchpoints, with its 250,000 member store network across the country, covering 21 provinces, 25,000 towns and villages.“The rural market has become a stabilizer and innovator in the country’s economic development. In the past 15 years, Huitongda Network has built a unique business ecosystem, proving itself against market cycles. On the backdrop of a growing emphasis on domestic consumption and technological development, Huidongda Network’s pursuit of AI will not only make us as an effective conductor, but also a platform that would drive the efficiency of rural market’s value chain.”Xu Xiuxian added, “Through the 3 major infrastructure (AI+SaaS services, AI+ smart terminal services, AI+ industrial platform services) from our ‘AI+ Strategy’, we expect to create notable synergies with our 3 major supply chain initiatives (brand express project, self-owned brand portfolio expansion, and open-ended intelligent supply chain). In the AI era, Huitongda Network will aim at promoting steady and high-quality development of enterprises through intelligent technology and intelligent supply chain, while also fulfilling its corporate mission of stimulating domestic demand, increasing local consumption, and energizing the development of rural economies in China.”File: Huitongda Network (9878.HK) Launches new AI+ Products and Strategy, Drives Domestic Consumption Demand11/04/2025 Dissemination of a Financial Press Release, transmitted by EQS News.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.Media archive at www.todayir.comEQS
Fri, Apr 11
Huitongda Network (9878.HK) Launches new AI+ Products and Strategy, Drives Domestic Consumption Demand
Huitongda Network (9878.HK) Launches new AI+ Products and Strategy, Drives Domestic Consumption DemandOn April 10, 2025, Huitongda Network (9878.HK) held an "AI+ Strategy and Product Launch Event,” while introducing its new program for nurturing young business owners.At the event, Huitongda Network unveiled a series of latest AI+ products and solutions, covering the needs of its member stores across different operation scenarios, with more than 50 agents supporting member stores to double their efficiency. Meanwhile, considering the growing importance of rural markets in stabilizing and driving economic and innovation development, Huitongda Network also announced its “AI+ strategy”, introducing its “1 cloud + 3 infrastructure” integrated AI system that consolidates cloud, edge, and terminal into one, which would be critical in facilitating the goods flow and intelligent trade development between urban and rural areas. “1 Cloud + 3 Infrastructure”: 50+AI Solutions to Double Store and Value Chain Efficiency “We have reached the era of result-oriented AI agents.” Sun Chao, Vice President of Huitongda Network and CEO of Huitong Datatech Smart Technology, explained the Company's latest "AI+ strategy”.“Huitongda Network is moving on from SaaS+ to AI+, using AI agents and smart terminals as its core in developing its Qiancheng Cloud AI System. The bundle is expected to provide rural family-owned businesses and upstream manufacturers with 50+ AI solutions, capable of boosting the efficiency of goods circulation between urban and rural areas.”Sun Chao gives further color on the implementation of AI+ strategy: “1 Cloud” refers to the upcoming launch of industry vertical large model “Qiancheng Cloud AI”; the “3 Infrastructure” refers to “AI+ industrial platform services” that connects upstream branded manufacturers with its member stores, which would allow its members to enjoy a competitive, intelligent supply chain, capable of facilitating the transaction of long-tail and personalized products; “AI+SaaS services” with products such as “AI+ supply chain” and “AI store”, which will be able to improve the procurement efficiency and boost transaction volume of its member stores; and “AI+ smart terminal services”, in which Huitongda Network established deep cooperation with AI hardware manufacturers to satisfy the proactive, localized and personalized AI needs of small businesses.“Taking our ‘AI+SaaS services’ as an example, our new ‘Qiancheng AI Super Store Manager’ APP has introduced 15 all-rounded AI agent solutions, focusing on 8 different aspects of operations, including procurement, marketing, activities, innovation, operation, sales, customer services, and community engagement. The solutions are expected to help retailers improve their daily operational and management efficiency, particularly in intelligent product management, marketing content production, multi-media content creation, and operational support.“For ‘AI+ smart terminal services’, we officially announced the launch of 2 different series of edge computing machines, ‘Xuanwu’ and ‘Zhongshan’, able to provide convenient one-stop AI solutions for our upstream and downstream clients.Sun Chao said Huitongda Network will focus on the implementation of “1 Cloud + 3 Infrastructure” strategy, in order to create more versatile agent application solutions, edge computing machines, and AI robots etc., providing further push to member stores’ operational efficiency. Cooperation between Government and Enterprise, Integration of Software and Hardware, the Launch of “Jiangsu Youth Store” project and “Qiancheng AI Ecosystem”During the event, Huitongda Network and its partners, including the Youth League of Jiangsu Provincial Committee, Sunmi Technology, ThinkForce Chip, Hikvision, and EZVIZ Network, announced the launch of 2 separate initiatives to support the implementation of the “1 Cloud + 3 Infrastructure” strategy.As a strategic partner of the "Jiangsu Youth Store" nurturing plan of the Youth League of Jiangsu Provincial Committee, Huitongda Network also announced the 2025 plan at the event. Both parties are going to provide comprehensive AI+ empowerment to more than 10,000 youth stores in 2025, helping young store managers to achieve sustainable development in AI applications, intelligent supply chain, digital marketing, and other aspects.At the same time, Huitongda Network also reached a strategic cooperation agreement with chip and hardware manufacturers, including ThinkForce Chip, Hikvision, EZVIZ Network, Sunmi Technology, etc to build a software and hardware integrated AI-service alliance. It has also kick-started its “Qiancheng AI Ecosystem Partnership Program”, providing member stores and industrial customers with diversified, personalized, integrated, and modularized AI solutions.From Digitalization to Intelligent Development, Huitongda Network “AI+Industry” to Boost Domestic Consumption DemandAs an industrial internet company that has been focusing on China’s rural markets, Huitongda Network has been pushing the transformation and upgrades of rural family-owned businesses with its digital technology and intelligent supply chain capability. Xu Xiuxian, Chief Executive Officer of Huitongda Network, highlights the Company’s cloud-based services and offline touchpoints, with its 250,000 member store network across the country, covering 21 provinces, 25,000 towns and villages.“The rural market has become a stabilizer and innovator in the country’s economic development. In the past 15 years, Huitongda Network has built a unique business ecosystem, proving itself against market cycles. On the backdrop of a growing emphasis on domestic consumption and technological development, Huidongda Network’s pursuit of AI will not only make us as an effective conductor, but also a platform that would drive the efficiency of rural market’s value chain.”Xu Xiuxian added, “Through the 3 major infrastructure (AI+SaaS services, AI+ smart terminal services, AI+ industrial platform services) from our ‘AI+ Strategy’, we expect to create notable synergies with our 3 major supply chain initiatives (brand express project, self-owned brand portfolio expansion, and open-ended intelligent supply chain). In the AI era, Huitongda Network will aim at promoting steady and high-quality development of enterprises through intelligent technology and intelligent supply chain, while also fulfilling its corporate mission of stimulating domestic demand, increasing local consumption, and energizing the development of rural economies in China.”File: Huitongda Network (9878.HK) Launches new AI+ Products and Strategy, Drives Domestic Consumption Demand11/04/2025 Dissemination of a Financial Press Release, transmitted by EQS News.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.Media archive at www.todayir.comEQS
Fri, Apr 11
