(Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The final quarter of the year is under way, and the sense of caution that characterized its open on Tuesday could not be further removed from the ebullience and optimism that marked the end of the third quarter 24 hours earlier. Investors fled risky assets like stocks for the...

* Sheinbaum sworn in as Mexico's first woman president * Peru consumer prices slow in September to lowest since 2020 * Iran hits Israel with salvo of ballistic missiles * Latam stocks up 0.2%, FX off 0.2% (Updated at 3:25 p.m. ET/ 1925 GMT) By Ankika Biswas and Shashwat Chauhan Oct 1 (Reuters) - Most Latin American currencies dropped against...

* TSX ends up 0.1% at 24,033.99 * Eclipses Thursday's record closing high * Energy climbs 3.4%; oil settles up 2.4% * Materials group adds 1% as gold rises (Updates at market close) By Fergal Smith Oct 1 (Reuters) - Canada's commodity-linked main stock index inched up to a record closing high on Tuesday, adding to blockbuster third-quarter gains, as...

03:58 PM EDT, 10/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes ended lower Tuesday as Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel in retaliation over the latter's recent killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and an Iranian commander in Lebanon. * The US manufacturing sector remained in contraction territory in September amid soft demand and declining employment, according to...