Options traders are increasingly nervous about a plunge in technology stocks in the coming weeks and are grabbing insurance to protect themselves from a wipeout.

Nach dem Ukraine-Gipfel im Weißen Haus scheint ein Treffen des ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj mit Kreml-Chef Wladimir Putin näherzurücken. US-Präsident Donald Trump erklärte Montagabend, er habe Putin angerufen und mit den „Vorbereitungen“ für ein solches Zweiertreffen begonnen. Selenskyj sagte, er sei dazu auch ohne Vorbedingungen bereit. Fortschritte wurden offenbar beim Thema Sicherheitsgarantien für die Ukraine erzielt.

China’s exports of rare earth products — including magnets — extended their recovery in July, months after Beijing threatened a disruptive global shortage by crimping supplies to fight a trade clash with US President Donald Trump.

The EU’s efforts to safeguard its digital regulations are holding up a joint statement on trade, following an agreement struck last month in Scotland, the Financial Times reported.

Bond traders’ big bet that the Federal Reserve is poised to lower interest rates faces a key moment this week as Chair Jerome Powell gets a chance to weigh in on the economy.

President Donald Trump said he would set levies on semiconductors in the coming two weeks, the latest indication he’s readying a substantial expansion of his tariff regime.

Exports from Ireland to the US sank by 23%, suggesting multinational companies shifted course after a jump in shipments before the announcement of tariffs earlier in the year.

China’s economy slowed across the board in July with factory activity and retail sales disappointing, suggesting Donald Trump’s trade war is starting to weigh on the world’s No. 2 economy.

US consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell for the first time since April and inflation expectations rose on lingering anxiety about the impact of tariffs.

US wholesale inflation accelerated in July by the most in three years, boosted by a surge in margins that indicates companies are not absorbing higher import costs related to tariffs.

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat vor seinem mit Spannung erwarteten Gipfeltreffen mit dem russischen Staatschef Wladimir Putin zum Ukraine-Krieg erneut die Erwartungen gedämpft. Trump sagte am Donnerstag im Sender Fox News Radio, das Treffen diene insbesondere der Vorbereitung eines wichtigeren künftigen Dreiergipfels mit dem ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj. Allerdings könne das Zweiertreffen mit Putin am Freitag im US-Bundesstaat Alaska auch scheitern.

Bitcoin hit a record high Wednesday, moving in lockstep with a rally in US equities as investors pushed deeper into risk-taking territory across world markets.

Turkey’s central bank kept its year-end inflation forecast unchanged, maintaining a more optimistic stance than markets and businesses.

China sanctioned a pair of banks in the EU, fulfilling a promise to retaliate after the bloc targeted some Chinese lenders over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Global oil markets are on track for a record surplus next year as demand growth slows and supplies swell, the International Energy Agency said.

A largely benign US inflation report is bolstering the case for traders betting that the Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates, with some seeing an increased possibility of an outsize reduction.

Stocks climbed to a record after an in-line US inflation reading bolstered speculation the Federal Reserve will have room to cut rates in September.

US tariff revenue reached a fresh monthly record in July, though the increase wasn’t enough to prevent a widening in the monthly budget deficit — pointing to the federal government’s continuing fiscal challenges.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that the Federal Reserve ought to be open to a bigger, 50 basis-point cut in the benchmark interest rate next month, after having skipped a move at the last meeting.

Euro-zone borrowing costs are appropriate for the continuing trade headwinds, allowing the European Central Bank to respond to further shocks as needed, according to Governing Council member Joachim Nagel.

Growing worries that artificial intelligence tools could soon disrupt the world’s biggest software businesses are sparking a selloff across the sector.

President Donald Trump is extending a tariff truce with China for another 90 days, stabilizing trade ties between the world’s two largest economies.

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Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China to the US government as part of a deal with the Trump administration to secure export licenses, the Financial Times reported Sunday.

Recurring applications for unemployment benefits surged to the highest since November 2021, adding to recent signs that the labor market is weakening.

For European Central Bank officials marking the achievement of price stability within the euro zone, there’s a caveat: inflation at 2% is all a bit relative.

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet for summit talks within the next few days, the Kremlin said Thursday.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs officially took hold Thursday, as he barrels forward with his turbulent push to reshape global trade.