* Israeli army prepares for departure of Gaza residents * China challenges U.S. tariffs at WTO * Czech Republic interest rate decision expected * MSCI EM FX down 0.2%, stocks up 0.3% By Purvi Agarwal Feb 6 (Reuters) - Most emerging market currencies were lower on Thursday, pressured by a rebound in the dollar index, while investors awaited more clarity...

(Updates with European market moves ahead of BoE rate decision) * European shares hit record high * Bank of England expected to cut interest rates * Slew of corporate earnings on tap * Treasury yields ease up from 1-month lows * Yen strengthens on bets of more BOJ hikes By Marc Jones LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - European shares hit...

05:44 AM EST, 02/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets rallied Thursday, as Beijing appeared to de-escalate trade tensions with Washington, and as tech issues followed overnight gains by peer shares in New York. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo finished in the green, as did most other regional exchanges. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened higher on Wall Street cues...

SHANGHAI/HONGKONG (Reuters) -Chinese investors are rushing into AI-related stocks, betting the artificial intelligence advance of home-grown startup DeepSeek will lead to a boom in the sector and give the initiative to China in an intensifying Sino-U.S. technology war. Feverish buying has pumped up shares of Chinese chipmakers, software designers and data centre operators amid patriotic calls for an upward repricing...