02:04 PM EDT, 07/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite reached fresh record highs in a shortened trading session Thursday after official data showed the economy added more jobs than expected in June. The technology-heavy Nasdaq jumped 1% to 20,601.1, while the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.8% each to 6,279.4 and...

* U.S. stock futures decline as focus shifts to spending bill * Trade deals elusive ahead of higher tariff rates on July 9 * Trading thinned by Wall Street, Treasuries holidays for July 4 By Kevin Buckland TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - Most Asian equity markets struggled on Friday, despite record highs for Wall Street overnight, as U.S. President Donald...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Most Asian equity markets struggled on Friday, despite record highs for Wall Street overnight, as U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline for trade deals loomed next week. The dollar retraced some of Thursday's gains with U.S. markets already shut for the week, as traders considered the impact of the sweeping spending bill Trump is about to sign into law....

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland U.S. investors may have been feeling good going into the long Independence Day weekend, but those vibes failed to carry through to Asia. Optimism over the resilience of the U.S. economy, after much more robust than expected monthly payrolls figures, has been quickly overshadowed by a...