Dow index replaces three companies as markets shake up

Markets are in for a bit of a rejigger as Apple’s stock split leads to a reweighing of the Dow Jones and major indexes continue to break records. The Dow…

Swiss Stock Exchange boss on doing a $2.9bn deal in a pandemic and why he fears Amazon’s invasion into finance markets

What’s it like closing a big deal amid a pandemic? Ask Jos Dijsselhof, chief executive of Swiss giant Six, which completed a $2.9bn takeover of Spanish rival BME in June.…

Hong Kong Stocks Lead Asia Higher; Dollar Slips: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) — Stocks rose, led by gains in Hong Kong, amid signs of a thawing in U.S.-China tensions from the Trump administration and as investors await a policy speech by…

Markets welcome new Canada finance minister, with ‘relief pitcher’ as backup

OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) – The appointment of a journalist with little corporate experience to manage the finances of a G7 country would typically be seen as risky, but markets barely hiccupped…