The S&P 500 rose 1.3% as of 12:01 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 330 points, or 1%, to 32,732 and the Nasdaq rose 2.1%.

In Japan, Daikin Industries jumped 3.96% as the air-conditioning systems maker lifted its outlook, while West Japan Railway rose 3.47% afte...

A trio of Fed policymakers signalled on Tuesday that there would be no let up in the tightening campaign aimed at taming the highest inflat...

"What's happening in the markets is a push-and-pull about where we are economically," said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset...

Investors globally were concerned about an escalation in China-US tensions as China has objected to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, given it rega...

The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield fell as low as 2.53% in Tokyo trade, the lowest since April 5, amid wagers the slowdown could spu...

The party is putting together the final details of the plan, which is likely to come in at between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion.

The United States saw its highest ever number of new COVID-19 cases on Friday and Saturday, with a Reuters tally showing hospitalizations a...

"Neither side will commit to a deal now this close to the election. If it can be used to gain some leverage by either side, nothing will be...

Overnight, Wall Street's three major averages closed lower, after U.S. President Donald Trump accused Democrats of being unwilling to craft...

Wall Street gained overnight as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed hopes of clearing the coronavirus relief package this week, bring...

"As important as the fiscal talks are to broader market sentiment, I think FX has really been looking forward to the U.S. election," said M...

The benchmark Nikkei share average dropped 0.44% to close at 23,567.04, while the broader Topix lost 0.75% to 1,625.74.

Global markets took cue as major indexes on Wall Street closed the previous session in the red, after COVID-19 vaccine trials were paused b...

Tokyo shares followed Wall Street lower in early trade before reversing course in the afternoon, which analysts suspected was due to the Ba...

Tech shares weighed heaviest on the indexes, but the blue-chip Dow's losses were mitigated by gains in economically sensitive cyclical stoc...

Among individual shares and sectors, heavyweight miners led losses on the benchmark and posted a third straight weekly loss. Gold stocks, w...