(Reuters) – London’s FTSE 100 index climbed on Monday, helped by gains in heavyweight financials and energy stocks, while investors awaited the government’s decision on whether it would delay England’s complete reopening from a third national lockdown.FILE PHOTO: A man shelters under an umbrella as he walks past the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain, August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. debt ceiling comes into effect at the end of July, putting pressure on the Treasury to reduce its cash balance ahead of the deadline. That means more injections of cash into a financial system already awash with liquidity, a scenario that could further sink short-term rates and cause undue distortion in the overnight repurchase […]

LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, who is likely to lose a runoff election against a socialist rival, on Saturday led a protest in Lima, calling again for the annulment of votes that did not favor her.Supporters of Peru’s presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori gather outside the Palace of Justice, the seat of Peru’s Supreme Court, during a demonstration […]

CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) -The United States is back as a cooperative leader of the free world under President Joe Biden, France’s Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday, illustrating the relief felt by many key U.S. allies that the tumult of Donald Trump’s presidency is over.Slideshow ( 4 images )Macron’s remark echoes that of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who hailed […]

CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a solo news conference after meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week, denying the former KGB spy an elevated international platform to castigate the West and sow discord.FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks between engagements at the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, June 11, 2021. Leon […]

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The young president of small Central American nation El Salvador leapt to worldwide fame this week after his country became the first in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, but Nayib Bukele is no stranger to controversy.FILE PHOTO: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks during a news conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, June […]

One ARK Invest exchange-traded fund run by ETF star Cathie Wood sold over 285,000 shares of Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) on Thursday, as the share price of this fund traded up about 2% in the day’s session. The fund’s share price has greatly improved over the past year. ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA: ARKK) sold 285,720 shares of ICE. At […]

It is hard to believe, but in just over three weeks the second quarter will come to a close and many investors will be reviewing their portfolios and making changes for the second half of 2021. One thing is looking ever more likely: At some point in the second half, the Federal Reserve will start tapering their $120 billion per […]

CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) – British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday there was no doubt some countries were using vaccines as diplomatic tool to secure influence, and that Britain did not support so called ‘vaccine diplomacy.Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gestures during an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, June […]