MOSCOW, Dec ‌26 (Reuters) - ​Russia's second ‌largest bank VTB ​said on Friday its ‍net profit for ​11 ​months ⁠of the year fell by 3.3% year-on-year to 437.2 billion roubles ($5.61 billion), ‌and it ...

HOUSTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Oil settled marginally lower on ‌Wednesday, ​and prices were on course for ‌their steepest annual decline since 2020 as investors weighed U.S. economic growth and ​assessed ...

BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters) - China's industry ministry expects ‌output ​of large industrial companies to ‌have increased 5.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, state broadcaster ​CCTV said on Friday.

BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters) - China on ‌Friday ​said it will continue ‌to regulate crude steel output and prohibit the ​addition of illegal new capacity from 2026 to 2030. In 2021, ‍the world's largest ...

SINGAPORE, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose to their highest in six weeks ‌on ​Friday and a blistering rally in precious metals showed ‌no signs of tempering as investors sought to close out the ...

Silver prices rose 3.5% to $74.46 per ounce ​by 0229 GMT, after touching an all-time high of $75.14 earlier in the session. (Reporting by Sherin Elizabeth ​Varghese and Ishaan Arora in Bengaluru; ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Waymo ‌said ​on Tuesday it will update software ‌used to operate its self-driving vehicles and improve its emergency response ​protocols after its ...

Oil prices, though, are on course for their steepest annual decline since 2020 as investors weighed U.S. economic growth and assessed the risk of supply disruptions including in Venezuela.

BEIJING, Dec ‌26 (Reuters) - ​The size ‌of China's ​economy in 2024 ‍was revised down ​to ​134.8 ⁠trillion yuan ($19.23 trillion) in nominal terms, after a final ‌verification, the country's ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ​rose ‌288.75 points, or 0.60%, to 48,731.16, ‍the S&P 500 gained 22.26 points, ⁠or 0.32%, to 6,932.05 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 51.46 points, or 0.22%, to ...

The reduction by nearly a ‍fifth from the previous fiscal year ​to bonds worth around 17.4 trillion yen ($111.6 billion), reflects the new administration's sensitivity over ​the rise ⁠of JGB yields to ...

The increase in the Tokyo core consumer ​price index, ⁠which excludes volatile costs of fresh food, compared with a median market forecast for a 2.5% rise. It slowed from a 2.8% increase in November, ...