* Swiss National Bank cuts rates; European Central Bank decision due * Yen weakens on Reuters report BOJ may skip hike next week * Yuan stabilises after PBOC keeps official midpoint steady * Crude extends gains amid threat of more Russia sanctions By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Stocks nudged up on Thursday and the euro rose ahead...

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With interest rates tumbling across the world and set to fall stateside again next week too, Wall Street stocks are sizing up one of the best years of the century so far. The tech-laden Nasdaq surged again on Wednesday and closed above 20,000 for the first...

Dec 12 (Reuters) - Euro zone government bond yields rose, with investors on hold ahead of Thursday's European Central Bank policy meeting, which is expected to deliver a 25-basis-point rate cut and some dovish guidance. Analysts said the ECB could remove the reference to the need to keep policy rates sufficiently restrictive in its statement, and President Christine Lagarde might...

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With interest rates tumbling across the world and set to fall stateside again next week too, Wall Street stocks are sizing up one of the best years of the century so far. The tech-laden Nasdaq surged again on Wednesday and closed above 20,000 for the first...