Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street gains after White House downplays tariff deadline

Aerial view of Osaka Skyline Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Friday, tracking Wall Street’s gains after White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt downplayed the impending start of the tariff deals, which have weighed on investor sentiment. July 8 is when the so-called liberation day tariffs are set to take effect after…

Bank investors bet on looser regulation under Trump. They are starting to see it

The first domino has fallen in the Trump administration’s bid to loosen regulations on Wall Street’s biggest banks. The Federal Reserve proposed changes Wednesday that would lower capital requirements for large U.S banks that were implemented in the years following the 2008 financial crisis. Tweaks to these rules, known as the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio,…

U.S. is still ‘exceptional’ despite rest of world outperformance this year, Apollo’s Marc Rowan says

The U.S. stock market is underperforming the rest of the world this year but that doesn’t mean American exceptionalism is dead, according to Apollo Global CEO Marc Rowan. The S & P 500 is a little more than 4% higher in 2025, underperforming other overseas markets that have surged this year as investors diversified away…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Micron, Penn Entertainment, Equinix, Core Scientific and more

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Micron Technology — The chipmaker slipped nearly 2% even after its fiscal third-quarter financial results topped expectations . Micron’s adjusted earnings were $1.91 per share, versus the $1.60 expected from analysts polled by LSEG. Revenue was $9.3 billion, above the $8.87 billion consensus estimate. Core Scientific…

Stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Micron, Kratos, McCormick and more

Here are the stocks making headlines in premarket trading on Thursday. Micron Technology — The chipmaker rose 2% after its fiscal-third quarter financial results topped expectations . Micron’s adjusted earnings were $1.91 per share, versus the $1.60 cents expected from analysts polled by LSEG. Revenue was $9.3 billion, above the $8.87 billion consensus estimate. Kratos…