04:00 PM EDT, 09/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes ended higher Tuesday as markets parsed the latest economic data. * US consumer confidence dropped to 98.7 in September from 105.6 last month, the Conference Board said. September's drop was the largest since August 2021, Conference Board Chief Economist Dana Peterson said. Consumers were more pessimistic regarding future labor...

04:29 PM EDT, 09/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange pushed to a record high for a fourth-straight session on Tuesday as oil and industrial metals moved higher after China took steps to stimulate its sagging economy, pushing the resource-heavy exchange higher, while the Bank of Canada's governor said further interest rate cuts are likely. The S&P/TSX Composite Index...

* Traders still debating odds of 50 bps or 25 bps Fed cut * Robust U.S. retail sales briefly tipped scale toward 25 bps * Dollar drops vs yen, but 2-year Treasury yields tick up * Most Asian stocks weak, while Nikkei tracks yen gyrations By Kevin Buckland TOKYO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The dollar ceded some of its overnight...

* China's yuan strengthens * Copper, oil also higher after China announcement * 10-year Treasury yields nearly flat (Updates to 2:40 p.m. ET) By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A widely followed global stock index rose to a record high and copper prices hit their strongest level in 10 weeks on Tuesday after China unveiled stimulus measures...