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Oil gains on weaker US business activity, but Chinese demand data weighs

Brent crude futures for December settlement were up 55 cents, or 0.6%, at $94.05 a barrel by 10:39 a.m. EDT (1439 GMT), after rising 2% last week

Oil prices drop as Chinese demand data shows depressed consumption

Oil prices slid on Monday after Chinese data showed that demand from the world's largest crude importer remained lacklustre in September

Dollar shakes off suspected Japan intervention; stocks brace for earnings

The dollar weathered another suspected blast of Japanese intervention to rise against the yen on Monday, while European markets got a lift

Gold prices slip as dollar gains, investors assess US Fed's stance

Spot gold fell 0.6% to $1,647.17 per ounce by 0922 GMT. U.S. gold futures eased 0.3% to $1,651.40

Dollar shrugs off suspected yen intervention, Europe clings to US Fed hopes

The dollar roared to 149.70 yen in early trade before hastily retreating to 145.28 in a matter of minutes in what traders and analysts said appeared to be at the hands of the Bank of Japan

Oil climbs on expectations of tight supply as Russia sanctions loom

Brent crude futures climbed 54 cents, or 0.6%, to $94.04 a barrel by 0125 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $85.56 a barrel, up 51 cents, or 0.6%

Dollar weathers suspected Japanese yen intervention, China data mixed

The US dollar weathered another suspected blast of Japanese intervention to push higher on the yen on Monday, while most share markets rallied on just the hint of an eventual slowdown in rate hikes

Banks to hold all $13-billion debt backing Twitter deal, says report

Musk agreed to pay $44 billion for Twitter in April before the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates to fight inflation

Poor nations face peril over elusive G-20 debt relief push: An analysis

Two years ago the Group of 20 launched the Common Framework - a mechanism designed to provide a swift and comprehensive debt overhaul to nations buckling under debt burdens after Covid-19 shock

Fiscal, monetary authorities should be watchful amid global gloom: Finmin

"Inflation trajectory remains dependent on geopolitical developments," the report stated, adding risks to inflation were amplified by an appreciating U.S. dollar," the ministry said

India's top multiplex chains bank on festive season to bring cheer back

A slate of flop Bollywood movies have hit India's top cinemas hard, leaving the industry to bank heavily on the current festive quarter to revive its fortunes

Sri Lanka's consumer inflation hits record 73.7% in September

Annual food price inflation picked up to 85.8 per cent from 84.6 per cent in August, while prices of non-food items rose 62.8 per cent.

SBI Life Insurance posts 53% jump in profit as premiums rise in Sept qtr

India's SBI Life Insurance Co reported a 53% jump in second-quarter profit on Friday, helped by a rise in premiums and as its value of new business grew

Covid-19 variants BQ.1, BQ 1.1 make up 16.6% of cases in the US: CDC

The CDC said on Friday that BQ.1 last week was estimated to make up 5.8% of circulating variants, while BQ.1.1 had made up 3.6% of all variants

Pfizer's Covid vaccine price hike seen giving revenue boost for yrs: Report

Outside the United States, Pfizer said it already has contracts with governments in many developed markets that extend through 2023 with prices that have already been set

Wall Street jumps on hopes of smaller Fed rate hikes, reverses decline

Traders are still widely expecting a fourth 75-basis-point hike at the central bank's November meeting

Banks' loans rose 17.9% in two weeks to Oct 7, deposit up 9.6%: RBI data

Indian banks' loans rose 17.9% in the two weeks to Oct. 7 from a year earlier, while deposits rose 9.6%, the Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement showed on Friday

Jewelry distributor Quality Gold to go public via nearly $1 bn SPAC deal

The deal with Tastemaker Acquisition Corp includes proceeds of $279 million from the special purpose acquisition company's (SPAC) trust account, assuming no redemptions

Yen slides further to 151 per US dollar, pound falls on UK turmoil

The dollar gained across the board, also pushing the Swiss franc to its lowest level since May 2019

Oil steadies as rate hike talk offsets China demand hopes, output cuts

To fight inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve is trying to slow the economy and will keep raising its short-term rate target, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said