ORLANDO, Florida, May 1 (Reuters) - TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist From 'Lag 7' back to 'Mag 7'? The clouds of trade-related economic uncertainty are dark and heavy, but world markets were bathed in sunny optimism on Thursday as upbeat Microsoft and Meta earnings suggested there may be life in...

* TSX ends 0.2% lower at 24,795.55 * Materials sector loses 2.4% as gold falls * Bombardier declines 9.4% after revenue miss * Energy adds 0.9% as oil rallies (Updates at market close) By Fergal Smith May 1 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index ended lower on Thursday as gold mining shares fell, but the index stayed in reach of...

04:58 PM EDT, 05/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes advanced Thursday as a post-earnings rally in Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Meta Platforms ( META ) shares countered seemingly downbeat economic data. The Nasdaq Composite ended 1.5% higher at 17,710.7, while the S&P 500 rose 0.6% to 5,604.1. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.2% to 40,753....

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist  From 'Lag 7' back to 'Mag 7'? The clouds of trade-related economic uncertainty are dark and heavy, but world markets were bathed in sunny optimism on Thursday as upbeat Microsoft and Meta earnings suggested there may be life in the U.S....