* Mexican peso drops after Trump mulls tariffs from Feb * Argentina posts record trade surplus for 2024 * MSCI Latam FX flat, stocks up 0.2% (Updates to mid-session trading) By Purvi Agarwal and Pranav Kashyap Jan 21 (Reuters) - Most Latin American currencies were steady on Tuesday, while the Mexican peso fell, just a day after U.S. President Donald...

02:00 PM EST, 01/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates prices) Gold traded higher mid-afternoon on Tuesday as the dollar turned sharply lower after Donald Trump deferred a promise to impose punishing tariffs on Canada and Mexico to Feb.1. Gold for February delivery was last seen up US$10.80 to US$2,759.50 per ounce. In his first day in office, Trump failed to follow...

02:21 PM EST, 01/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were higher intraday as markets digested President Donald Trump's initial agenda items and awaited Netflix's ( NFLX ) latest financial results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.1% at 43,951.2 after midday Tuesday, while the S&P 500 rose 0.9% to 6,047.3. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.7% to 19,770.7....

04:22 PM EST, 01/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange rose for a sixth-straight session on Tuesday as easing inflation raised the odds for a Bank of Canada rate cut on Jan.29, while economists tried to assess the impact of Donald Trump's pledge to impose tariffs on Canadian imports. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed up 110.05 points to 25,281.63....