Hanwha Ocean shares jump 10% after Trump says South Korean firm to build warships for U.S. Navy

Hanwha Ocean shares jump 10% after Trump says South Korean firm to build warships for U.S. Navy

The logo of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean at their office building in Seoul, South Korea, October 15, 2025. Kim Hong-ji | Reuters Shares of South Korean firm Hanwha Ocean surged 10% Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the firm would help build new frigates for the country’s Navy. Speaking at a press … Read more

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 notches three-day win streak: Live updates

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 notches three-day win streak: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures traded near the flatline Monday night after a strong start to a shortened trading week. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 9 … Read more

S&P 500 rises to start a holiday-shortened week, led by tech: Live updates

S&P 500 rises to start a holiday-shortened week, led by tech: Live updates

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Dec. 8, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The S&P 500 rose on Monday, spurred by a rise in technology shares, to start a shortened holiday week. The broad market index gained 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 309 … Read more

Asset manager Janus Henderson gets bought by Trian, General Catalyst for $7.4 billion

Asset manager Janus Henderson gets bought by Trian, General Catalyst for .4 billion

Asset manager Janus Henderson has agreed to be acquired by investors Trian Fund Management and General Catalyst, CNBC first reported on Monday. Trian and General Catalyst will pay $49 per share in cash, valuing Janus at about $7.4 billion. That represents a 6.5% premium to Janus’ Friday’s close and is about 18% above the stock’s … Read more

Gold and silver prices soar to new highs as the yellow metal reemerges as a hedge

Gold and silver prices soar to new highs as the yellow metal reemerges as a hedge

Gold and silver prices soared to new highs on Monday. Gold was last seen at a record $4,445.8 per ounce while spot gold was last trading at $4,414.99. Prices are up nearly 70% since the start of the year. The metal has soared this year, smashing consecutive price records as risk assets lost ground. Gold is typically viewed … Read more

Asia-Pacific markets trade higher as investors assess China’s key lending rate decision

Asia-Pacific markets trade higher as investors assess China’s key lending rate decision

19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear). Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets climbed Monday as investors parsed China’s central bank’s decision to keep its loan prime rates steady. The People’s Bank … Read more

Here are 5 key events that drove the stock market last week

Here are 5 key events that drove the stock market last week

Stocks finished higher Friday, lifted by the volatile artificial intelligence trade, leading the market to the upside for the week. The S & P 500 eked out a 0.1% weekly gain, while the Nasdaq gained 0.5%. While logging three positive weeks in the past four, the indexes were still modestly lower for the seasonally strong … Read more

Santa Claus rally: What is it and will it occur this year?

Santa Claus rally: What is it and will it occur this year?

As the new year draws closer, eyes are turning to Wall Street to see whether it will pull off the coveted Santa Claus rally. The so-called rally — coined by Yale Hirsch, founder of the Stock Trader’s Almanac, in 1972 — occurs between the last five trading days of the year and the first two … Read more

Fusion deal: Why Trump Media is merging with TAE Technologies

Fusion deal: Why Trump Media is merging with TAE Technologies

President Donald Trump’s social media company will provide the capital needed to bring TAE Technologies‘ first fusion power plant online in the United States by 2031, TAE CEO Michl Binderbauer told CNBC on Thursday. Binderbauer spoke shortly after his privately held company and Trump Media and Technology Group announced plans for an all-stock merger valued … Read more

Japan stocks and bond yields jump after central bank hikes policy rate to highest in decades

Japan stocks and bond yields jump after central bank hikes policy rate to highest in decades

Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day. Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Japan equities and bond yields jumped after the central bank raised its policy rate to a three-decade high. The decision comes as inflation has stayed above its target levels for nearly four years … Read more