Finance
Asian shares slip, US yields hit tech firms
Asian stocks slipped following a mixed Wall Street session as higher U.S. Treasury yields weighed on global tech firms. This pushed the dollar to a
- Mon, 13 April 2026
Asian stocks slipped following a mixed Wall Street session as higher U.S. Treasury yields weighed on global tech firms. This pushed the dollar to a
Sterling rose against the dollar and edged up on the euro. This is despite official data showing Britain’s economy grew more slowly than previously thought
Norway’s $1.4 trillion wealth fund has divested from Chinese pharmaceutical firm Yunnan Baiyao. They say that this decision was because the company uses and sells
The European Union won’t suddenly pull up the drawbridge on Britain’s financial services sector. Reducing reliance on the City of London for euro clearing could
The dollar rose to a 16-month high. This is after data showed U.S. consumers looked past rising prices. And they drove retail sales higher than
Hedge fund Third Point has built a large stake in Royal Dutch Shell. They called on the oil major to split into multiple companies. This
Helped by a faster-than-expected economic recovery and borrowing that has undershot forecasts, Britain’s government will slash its planned bond sales. This is for the current
Global stocks rose and Treasury yields dipped with major Wall Street benchmarks hitting fresh records. It is buoyed by a robust start to the U.S.
European stocks closed flat. This is because of the gains in banks and commodity-linked sectors were offset by losses in industrial stocks on rising bond yields.
The dollar has bounced off recent lows and was firm in choppy trade. It is ahead of a handful of data releases and central bank meetings which
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