A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Dhara Ranasinghe. If the pressure on global markets from the tumult at the start of the month has abated, nobody told the dollar. The U.S. currency remains on the back foot -- trading near its lowest level in more than a year versus the euro and Britain's pound...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window) Aug 29 (Reuters) - European shares inched up on Thursday, with media and technology stocks boosting the index, bucking a global dip after Nvidia's ( NVDA ) quarterly results failed to impress investors. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up...

TOKYO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Thursday, as technology shares declined, following investor disappointment at AI darling Nvidia's earnings report. The Nikkei was 0.32% lower at 38,250.01, as of 0049 GMT, after falling more than 1% earlier in the session. Chip-testing equipment maker Advantest ( ADTTF ), an Nvidia supplier, sank 1.6%, while chip-making equipment...

(Updates at 1501 GMT) By Harry Robertson LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Euro zone bond yields were higher on Thursday after survey data showed the bloc's services sector fared better than expected in August, although a separate measure of wage pressures eased. Germany's 10-year bond yield, the benchmark for the euro zone, was last up 4 basis points at 2.243%,...