Markets

A pedestrian looks at a quotation board displaying a foreign exchange rate of US dollar against the Japanese yen (R) beside the share price index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on March 9, 2020.

World Markets Plunge After Price of Oil Nosedives Over Global Coronavirus Fears

Global stock markets and oil prices plunged Monday after a squabble among c...

Global stock markets and oil prices plunged Monday after a squabble among crude producers jolted investors who already were on edge about the surging costs of a virus outbreak. The main stock indexes in London and Frankfurt dropped by more 8% at the opening

This picture taken on Dec. 31, 2019 shows a firefighter hosing down trees and flying embers in an effort to secure nearby houses from bushfires near the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales.

The Australian Government's Climate Policy Is Hurting Its Currency, Analyst Says

While ABN Amro notes the current Australian administration remains unintere...

While ABN Amro notes the current Australian administration remains uninterested in shifting climate policies, public opinion is changing after the bush fires

A worker displays raw sugar for a photograph at a mill in Saraburi province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Sugar production in Thailand, the world's second-biggest exporter, in the current crop year may be below a forecast in April because of cane flowering and dry weather, according to the Office of the Cane & Sugar Board.

The World Is Running Short of Sugar. Here's Why Prices Are Likely to Rise Even More

Global sugar prices have surged about 12% this year

Investors look at a screen showing stock market movements at a securities company in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Feb. 3, 2020.

Chinese Stocks Plunge 9% Amid Coronavirus Outbreak as Markets Reopen After Holiday

Markets reopened after an extended Chinese Lunar New Year holiday

Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani during Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's meeting with Revolutionary Guards in Tehran, Iran on Sept. 18, 2016.

Oil Prices Surge After Iranian General Qasem Soleimani's Assassination

U.S. equity futures fell and Asian stocks reversed earlier gains as the new...

U.S. equity futures fell and Asian stocks reversed earlier gains as the news broke

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield poses for photos outside the New York Stock Exchange before his company's IPO, Thursday, June 20, 2019.

Slack Skyrockets to $21 Billion Valuation After Unusual Listing

Slack Technologies Inc. saw its shares soar as it went public without an IP...

Slack Technologies Inc. saw its shares soar as it went public without an IPO

Slack Is Heading to the Stock Exchange With an Unusual — and Risky — Strategy

It's a risky move, but could mean less volatility as trading begins