(Updates at market close) By Fergal Smith March 13 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Thursday to a four-and-a-half-month low as investors grew more risk averse on signs of an escalating global trade war, technology leading broad-based declines among sectors. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index , ended down 220.11 points, or 0.90%, at 24,203.23, its lowest...

03:54 PM EDT, 03/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes are on track to close lower Thursday after President Trump vowed to impose a 200% duty on European Union alcohol exports in retaliation for a tariff placed on US whiskey. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.4% to 40,765.7, while the Nasdaq Composite declined 2.1% to 17,280.7. The S&P...

(Updates prices to late afternoon, adds oil settlement) * Wall Street's main indexes all off more than 1% * Trump's back and forth on tariffs weighs on sentiment * US dollar down vs yen but up against euro, Swiss franc By Sinéad Carew and Harry Robertson NEW YORK/LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - Global equities and U.S. Treasury yields both fell...

* Corn and soy edge up on declining Argentine crop estimates * Wheat supported by weak dollar, Russian export quotas (Updates prices for market close) By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, March 13 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures turned higher on Thursday, after private estimates for Argentina's corn and soy crops fell, analysts said. Wheat futures also...