Banking giants JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley returned strong earnings figures though traders remained distracted by soaring prices and tapering worries.
Traders were buoyed by optimism about the long-term recovery but caution was also evident with prices rising and tightening in view
Shares of Chinese real estate firms slip as investors worry about the debt crisis that has hit the property sector, including China Evergrande Group, following fresh rating downgrades.
A surge in prices has shortened the odds on the Federal Reserve lifting interest rates after it has wound down its massive bond-buying programme
Local developers' shares and bonds fell further on Wednesday after Evergrande missed a third round of interest payments on dollar bonds in three weeks
China's continuing regulatory assault on its tech sector and the ongoing debt woes of Evergrande and many more of the country’s property giants also dampened the mood
The Shanghai-based firm has total liabilities of $1.01billion as impact of China Evergrande’s struggles continues to be felt across country’s property sector
India’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
US tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
Despite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
The Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.