US lawmakers urge SEC to delist Alibaba and Chinese companies
Heads of congressional panels say Baidu, JD.com and others have military links that pose ‘unacceptable risk’ to investors
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US stocks wipe out steep losses that followed Trump’s ‘liberation day’
Rally in Wall Street’s S&P 500 share index comes after 177,000 jobs added in labour data
Chevron and Exxon profits drop as Trump trade war hits oil
Industry contends with weakening demand as US president’s tariffs threaten economic outlook
Wall Street and European markets finish week on a high after US jobs report
FTSE 100 records its longest winning streak as Washington releases better-than-expected hiring figures
Markets on both sides of the Atlantic rose on Friday after hiring in the US slowed less than expected in April, offering a glimmer of hope that the world’s largest economy was in a better-than-feared position to withstand the fallout from Donald Trump’s tariffs.
On Wall Street the S&P 500 was up 1.5% and the Dow Jones rose 1.3% by early afternoon on Friday, while European markets closed sharply higher after official figures showed the US workforce grew by 177,000 last month.
Co-op hackers stole ‘significant’ amount of customer data
The firm previously said there was ‘no evidence that customer data was compromised’.