Vikram Subhedar, Reuters

Global stocks struggle as French elections loom

Vikram Subhedar, Reuters
April 20, 2017
World stocks eked out small gains in choppy trading on Thursday as investors resisted risky bets ahead of the first round of the French presidential election over the weekend.

Geopolitics from France to Korea keep investors cautious

Vikram Subhedar, Reuters
April 10, 2017
Muted trading volumes across many financial assets on Monday and the dollar rising to a three-week high underscored investor caution against making big bets in the face of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and the Korean peninsula.

No big bets ahead of Trump-Xi meeting; oil, metal prices firm

Vikram Subhedar, Reuters
April 5, 2017
Caution prevailed across major markets on Wednesday before a potentially tense meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week, although metals and oil prices firmed on a hope of better global demand.

Dollar steadies as markets look beyond Trump's policy stumble

Vikram Subhedar, Reuters
March 28, 2017
Stocks recovered while the dollar hovered above four-month lows on Tuesday as anxiety over Donald Trump's setback on healthcare reform gave way to tentative hopes for the U.S. president's planned stimulus policies.

Oil down again, dollar steady as pivotal week for markets gets underway

Vikram Subhedar, Reuters
March 13, 2017
Oil prices, down for a fifth straight day on Monday, were an outlier in a relatively calm start to an event-packed week for global markets as investors braced for a potential interest rate hike in the United States, a Dutch election and the first G20 finance ministers' meeting of the Trump era.

Stocks fall, dollar poised for weekly loss as Trump rally pauses

Vikram Subhedar, Reuters
February 24, 2017
Bond market jitters spilled over into stocks on Friday, pulling European indexes lower for a third straight session, and the dollar was poised for a weekly loss as "Trumpflation" trades lost momentum.

Trump tax cut talk, Chinese data spur risk rally

Vikram Subhedar, Reuters
February 10, 2017

The dollar rose and U.S.

Shares, dollar tread water as U.S. election campaign enters final week

Vikram Subhedar, Reuters
November 1, 2016
European shares were poised to fall for a seventh straight session while the dollar edged lower with investors largely holding back as the contentious U.S. presidential campaign entered its final week.