Performance among thematic exchange-traded funds can vary widely, outweighing relatively minor differences in fees and emphasizing the importance of product selection.

How can investors, constrained by a broad-based benchmark, create a portfolio that is expressive of gender-equality goals, and what do the resulting portfolios look like?

ROME, April 8 Reuters World food prices rose for a 10th consecutive month in March, hitting their highest level since June 2014, led by jumps in vegetable oils, meat and dairy indices, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organizations food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket […]

The London Stock Exchange Group said it was investigating what caused an outage of around two hours on Thursday at its newlyacquired Refinitiv market data unit. The outage on Refinitivs Eikon platform began at around 0730 GMT, prompting several subscribers who rely on its data for trading currencies and other assets to say on Twitter […]

Stocks in Europe reached record highs on Thursday, buoyed by optimism in Britain over easing lockdown restrictions, while a benign outlook for U.S. interest rates was set to push Wall Street to new heights. The European STOXX index of leading 600 companies rose 0.3, hitting a new high of 436.66 points. Londons blue chip FTSE […]

LONDON, April 8 Reuters Sterling on Thursday stabilised against the dollar and euro, staunching some of its losses after a bruising bout of profittaking a day earlier. The pound slumped 0.6 to a oneweek low against the dollar and around 1 against the euro on Wednesday as investors took cash off the table after a […]

A new Bloomberg ranking shows European firms invest a lot more in renewable energy and carbon-capture technology than American Big Oil.

Some of the newest S&P 500 members climbed after dropping from their peak levels.

Japanese stocks fell on Thursday, weighed by concerns over a spike in domestic coronavirus infections and the potential return of restrictions on economic activity. The Nikkei 225 Index ended down 0.07 at 29,708.98, while the broader Topix fell 0.79 to 1,951.86. The governor of Tokyo said on Thursday she would request that the central government […]

LONDON, April 7 Reuters Euro zone bond yields were flat on Wednesday, with southern European debt stabilising after a selloff in the previous session as markets braced for new supply from Italy and Portugal. Italy started the process of selling new 50year and 7year bonds via a syndicate of banks on Wednesday, having flagged the […]