(Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures dropped on Wednesday as investors awaited details of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff plans to assess their impact on the global economy, corporate earnings and financial markets. Wall Street's main indexes have been volatile in recent days, with investors preferring to hold safer assets such as gold and government bonds over risky equities, as they...

LONDON (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets The bigger the buildup to an event, the greater the risk of disappointment. Wednesday's much-heralded U.S. tariff announcements might not live up to the hype, but even if they do, this is not going to be the end of the...

LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets The bigger the buildup to an event, the greater the risk of disappointment. Wednesday's much-heralded U.S. tariff announcements might not live up to the hype, but even if they do, this is not going to be the end...

06:38 AM EDT, 04/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets churned on Wednesday, as traders weighed the new global trading environment and looked for values after recent sell-offs. Tokyo finished modestly in the green, while Hong Kong and Shanghai traded evenly. Other regional exchanges were mixed and muted. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened lower but rose to the close,...