The Latest Breaking News from Hang Seng

The UK’s annual rate of inflation has stayed at the highest level since January 2024.

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are down -0.24%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU25) are down -0.32% this morning, pointing to a slightly lower open on Wall Street after last Friday’s rally as some of the optimism around expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts faded.

Investors didn’t read the two-week delay as a push for peace that will avoid the most catastrophic outcome, but rather as kicking the can down the road without a resolution in sight.

A slower global growth projection by the OECD today dampened investor sentiment during a lacklustre session for the FTSE 100 index.

Asian shares have fallen and oil prices jumped as trade tensions and the Russian-Ukraine conflict ratcheted up geopolitical uncertainty

Hong Kong's Hang Seng plunged more than 13 percent, its biggest drop since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, while in Japan the Nikkei 225 index fell an eye-watering 7.8 percent.

FTSE set for another dismal day after Asian stocks rout sees Hang Seng suffer biggest fall since 2008

The first wave of retaliatory tariffs means global markets remain in turmoil

Lacklustre profit guidance today caused the shares of BQ owner Kingfisher to skid 11% during an otherwise robust session for the FTSE 100 index.

A strategy reset by BP today revealed a significant reverse in green energy spending.

Asian stock markets decline on US-China trade tensions. Bank of Korea cuts rates. Global markets cautious amid uncertainties.