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Japan to keep intervening to defend 160-per-dollar level, ex-BOJ official says
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japan likely intervened during the Golden Week holidays and will step back into the market if the yen renews its slide below the psychologically key 160-per-do...
May 07, 2026
Shell's profit beats expectations at $6.9 billion, raises dividend by 5%
By Shadia Nasralla and Stephanie Kelly LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Shell's first-quarter profit beat estimates and hit its highest in two years at $6.9 billion on Thursday, boosted by gains linked to th...
May 07, 2026
German industrial orders surge in March as firms brace for more Iran war pain
By Miranda Murray and Rene Wagner BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - German industrial orders rose more than expected in the first month following the outbreak of the Iran war, even when excluding volatile lar...
May 07, 2026
Maersk says energy crunch to persist even if Iran peace deal struck
By Stine Jacobsen and Jesus Calero COPENHAGEN, May 7 (Reuters) - Shipping group Maersk beat first-quarter profit forecasts on Thursday but warned the Iran war had pushed its fuel costs up by nearly $5...
May 07, 2026
Euro zone's integration fails to reach stock markets, ECB says
FRANKFURT, May 7 (Reuters) - Euro zone financial integration has made steady progress in the past few years but the region's equity markets remain stubbornly fragmented, lagging behind advances in deb...
May 07, 2026
Morning Bid: No stopping AI frenzy in Asia
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Japan's Nikkei returned from holiday and jumped onto the scorching AI rally, joining South Korea and Taiwan equities at recor...
May 07, 2026
China asks banks to pause new loans to US-sanctioned refiners, Bloomberg News reports
May 6 (Reuters) - China's financial regulator has advised the country's largest lenders to temporarily suspend new loans to five refineries recently sanctioned by the U.S. over their ties to Iranian o...
May 06, 2026
Dollar on defensive as markets hope for best on Middle East
By Alun John LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - The dollar stayed on the defensive on Thursday as hopes for a de-escalation in the Iran-U.S. war supported oil-exposed currencies, while Tokyo resumed its verbal...
May 06, 2026
Stocks trade around record highs, oil falls on peace optimism
By Sophie Kiderlin and Ankur Banerjee LONDON/SINGAPORE, May 7 (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday while oil prices sank on optimism over a U.S.-Iran peace deal, even as the fate of the critical Strait...
May 06, 2026
OECD sees fragile New Zealand recovery; warns on energy, ageing and capital-market gaps
WELLINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - New Zealand's economy is in the early stages of a recovery after more than two years of weakness, but the OECD warns the rebound is fragile and exposed to renewed inflati...
May 06, 2026
