* Brazil fiscal concerns hit sentiment, index slips 0.3% * Argentina's assets volatile amid mixed signals from US * Focus on Brazil-US trade negotiations (Updates with afternoon prices, analyst comment) By Niket Nishant, Johann M Cherian and Pranav Kashyap Oct 16 (Reuters) - Latin American markets crept higher on Thursday buoyed by growing hopes of U.S. rate cuts, even as...

* Loonie weakens 0.1% against US dollar * Home sales fall 1.7% in September * Price of oil settles 1.4% lower * Bond yields ease across the curve By Fergal Smith TORONTO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar edged lower against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday as oil prices fell and investors worried about the toll U.S. tariffs are...

04:29 PM EDT, 10/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US commercial crude stockpiles unexpectedly increased last week, while oil prices fell amid uncertainty over whether India had agreed to halt purchases of Russian oil. Inventories of crude, excluding the strategic petroleum reserve, rose by 3.5 million barrels to 423.8 million barrels through the week ended Friday, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday....

(Updates at market close) * TSX ends down 0.6%, at 30,458.80 * Financials decline 1.7% * Energy loses 1.9% as oil settles 1.4% lower * Materials group rises 1.9% as gold hits a record high By Ragini Mathur and Fergal Smith TORONTO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index pulled back on Thursday from a record high as declines...