ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as investors looked at President Donald Trump's controversial efforts to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook through the prism of possible interest rate cuts soon and parked to one side the longer-term erosion of confidence in the central...

(Updates with market close numbers, analysts' comments throughout) * S&P/TSX composite index closed up 0.6% to 28,339.88 points * BMO and Scotiabank beat third-quarter earnings estimates * Index also aided by gold prices, which rose to two-week high By Nikhil Sharma and Promit Mukherjee Aug 26 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index closed up on Tuesday as strong bank earnings...

ORLANDO, Florida, Aug 26 (Reuters) - TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as investors looked at President Donald Trump's controversial efforts to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook through the prism of possible interest rate cuts soon and parked to one side the longer-term erosion of confidence...

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Gold prices edged lower on Wednesday, pressured by an uptick in the dollar, although renewed concerns over the U.S. central bank's independence after President Donald Trump's threat to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook lent support to bullion. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was down 0.2% at $3,386.19 per ounce, as of 0118 GMT, after hitting its...