* TSX ends up for ninth straight day * Posts highest closing level since Dec. 11 * Materials group gains 0.9% as gold rises * Energy falls 1.1%; oil posts weekly decline (Updates at market close) By Fergal Smith Jan 24 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index ended higher for a ninth straight day on Friday, helped by gains in...

04:23 PM EST, 01/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange showed few signs of slowing down Friday, rising for a ninth-straight session as the index showed little sign of slowing as investors continue to add risk even as U.S. President Donald Trump continues his threats to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Canada. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed up...

* Trump may trade deal with China, demands lower US interest rates * Brazilian annual inflation rate overshoots forecasts * MSCI Latam FX index set for strongest week since August * MSCI Latam FX index up 0.3%, stocks jump 0.48% (Updates to mid-session trading) By Purvi Agarwal and Pranav Kashyap Jan 24 (Reuters) - Latin American currencies ticked up on...

04:49 PM EST, 01/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 1.7% this week, boosted by better-than-expected quarterly results and optimism that the Trump administration will reduce taxes and regulations. The market benchmark ended Friday's session at 6,101.24. It reached a record intraday high of 6,128.18 on Friday but ended the session slightly below the record closing...