Stock futures are higher Friday morning as investors respond to a steady stream of earnings reports and await the release of a closely followed inflation indicator.

The break up plans of conglomerate Smiths Group today fired its shares to the top of the FTSE 100 index. Demand for Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems also contributed to another record for the blue-chip ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 14 points, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.3%. Meta Platforms climbed after delivering a better profit report than expected and said it will continue to ...

Stocks are ticking higher on Wall Street following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% in early Thursday trading. The Dow Jones ...

In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 gained 0.3% in morning trading. Axfood added 6.5% and St. James's Place rose 6.1%. On the other hand, Deutsche Bank slipped 6.1%, and Swatch Group Bearer dropped 5.8%.

In commodities, Brent crude was flat at $76.49 a barrel, and WTI crude gained 0.2% to $73.94 a barrel. The European benchmark price for natural gas, the Dutch futures contract TTF, was up 1.9% to ...

Russ Mould at AJ Bell noted the FTSE 100 "continued to be an island of calm", with investors lapping up its "plethora" of defensive stocks. "Utilities and healthcare were in demand, implying that ...

Nvidia and other U.S. tech stocks are steadying a day after tumbling on doubts about whether the artificial-intelligence ...

World shares are mostly lower after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high, with many regional markets closed for ...