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Emergency action: the Federal Reserve surprises markets with the biggest rate cut since 2008, but fails to lift sentiment. The Dow plunges nearly 800 points, while Asian stocks lack direction. But the...

4 Mar 202027min

Bouncing back…Wall Street closes a turbulent day sharply higher, as the major indices roar back from last week’s sell-off. The Dow posts its biggest point gain ever, fuelled by a rally in Apple shares...

3 Mar 202028min

China contracts…PMI numbers show factory activity nosedives in February but local stock markets are up, in anticipation of stimulus from the PBOC. We are live in Riyadh where we speak exclusively to t...

2 Mar 202025min

Worst week…the Dow Jones plunges by more than 1,000 points into correction territory as Coronavirus fears rise. Global stocks look set to post their deepest losses since the 2008 financial crisis. Asi...

28 Feb 202024min

The Nikkei leads the Asian sell-off after the Dow fails to hold onto gains amid rising Coronavirus fears. American health authorities confirm a first potential ‘community-spread’ case in northern Cali...

27 Feb 202025min

Pandemic panic. The Dow Jones suffers its worst two-day points loss in history with $1.7tn wiped off U.S. stocks. Fears of a global Coronavirus outbreak balloon with new cases reported in previously u...

26 Feb 202024min

Bouncing back from a Wall Street sell-off. The Dow Jones nosedives by more than 1,000 points or 3.5 per cent – it’s worst single-day fall in two years – as fears of a global Coronavirus pandemic grow....

25 Feb 202025min

Italy on lockdown… almost a dozen cities across Lombardy and Veneto are quarantined by authorities in a bid to quell the largest outbreak of Coronavirus seen outside Asia. The virus dominates discussi...

24 Feb 202031min