SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian share markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday as the growing prospect of several more U.S. rate cuts promised to lower borrowing costs globally, a relief to stressed bond markets and a drag on the dollar. Indexes in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all scaled record peaks, urged on by extravagant expectations for AI-related earnings growth. The...

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  A surge in U.S. jobless claims to a four-year high on Thursday cemented investors' bets for a Fed rate cut next week, weighing on the dollar and bond yields, and lifting Wall Street's three main indices to new highs. For now at...

(Updates at market close) * TSX ends up 0.8% at 29,407.89 * Eclipses Wednesday's record closing high * Industrials rise 1.6%, financials add 1% * Aecon Group ( AEGXF ) shares jump 9.6% By Fergal Smith Sept 11 (Reuters) - Canada's major stock index rose to another record high on Thursday as U.S. data supported bets on Federal Reserve interest...

ORLANDO, Florida, Sept 11 (Reuters) - TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist A surge in U.S. jobless claims to a four-year high on Thursday cemented investors' bets for a Fed rate cut next week, weighing on the dollar and bond yields, and lifting Wall Street's three main indices to new highs....