Global markets have posted their largest year-to-date gains since 2009 when markets recovered from the global financial crisis.

Nomura Holdings Inc. shares dropped the most in more than two years after Japan’s biggest brokerage posted lower-than-estimated

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. gained in late trading after the chipmaker topped second-quarter estimates and touted inroads in

Singapore’s rental price growth slowed in the second quarter, cooling a years-long boom that has sapped affordability and

Credit Suisse Group AG is closing its office in Houston as part of the bank’s emergency takeover by

New Zealand unemployment rose in the second quarter and wage inflation showed signs of slowing, indicating the labor

Biden administration officials objected strenuously to a decision by Fitch Ratings to strip the US of its top-tier

The US was stripped of its top-tier sovereign credit grade by Fitch Ratings, which criticized the country’s ballooning

South Korea’s pace of inflation eased in July to the slowest in more than two years, offering more

Starbucks Corp.’s quarterly sales fell short of analysts’ estimates as traffic growth slowed in the US. Higher prices

Treasury futures rose while contracts for the S&P 500 stocks benchmark declined after Fitch Ratings downgraded the US

Whole milk powder auction prices have slumped to a three-year low amid signs that demand for dairy products