06:54 AM EDT, 08/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets were mixed and lower Thursday, as a softer yen and a weak China factory report dulled investor appetites. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo finished in the red, as did most other regional exchanges. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened lower and slipped in trading, finishing off 2.5% as a strengthening...

07:20 AM EDT, 08/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The benchmark US stock measures were pointing higher before Thursday's opening bell, as investors digest Meta Platforms' ( META ) latest financial results and await more earnings from big tech companies later in the day. Standard & Poor's 500 and the Nasdaq rose 0.4% each in the premarket, while the Dow Jones Industrial...

LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The pound and British bond yields fell while stocks climbed on Thursday after the Bank of England cut interest rates for the first time since 2020 in a 5-4 vote that took borrowing costs down to 5%. Sterling hit its lowest since early July immediately after the decision at $1.2752, and was last down 0.73%....

Aug 1 (Reuters) - Futures linked to Canada's main stock index dipped on Thursday, pressured by a downtick in metal prices, while investors looked ahead to more corporate earnings in the country and the United States. September futures on the S&P/TSX index were down 0.6% at 6:33 a.m. ET (10:33 GMT). The composite index hit a record high in the...