12:19 PM EDT, 05/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange, which was up 370 points earlier, as investors cheered the easing of U.S.-China trade tensions, has given up some of its gains and is now up 135 points at midday. Most sectors are higher, with info tech (+5%) and miners (+4.2%), the biggest gainers, followed by energy (+2.7%). Utilities...

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  Movin' on up Relief and optimism coursed through world markets on Monday, putting a fire under stocks, the dollar and bond yields as U.S.-China tariff talks struck a surprisingly cooperative chord and raised hopes that the worst of the global trade...

* TSX ends up 0.7% at 25,532.18 * Posts highest close since February 19 * Tech adds 5.5% with Shopify ( SHOP ) jumping 14.1% * Energy gains 3% as oil settles 1.5% higher By Sukriti Gupta and Fergal Smith May 12 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose to a near three-month high on Monday as the United States...

12:11 PM EDT, 05/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The European stock markets closed higher in Monday trading as investors were encouraged by a 90-day truce in the US and China's trade war over reciprocal tariffs. The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 1.14%, Germany's DAX was up 0.22%, the FTSE 100 gained 0.59%, France's CAC 40 rallied 1.37%, and the Swiss Market Index...