European and Asian shares hovered near four-month highs on Tuesday as investors took heart from some progress in Sino-U.S. trade talks, while the yen dribbled lower as Japan's central bank said it could ease policy again.
Honda will close its only British car plant in 2021 with the loss of up to 3,500 jobs, a major departure of Japanese investment announced just over a month before the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union.
Nestle's success with its KitKat brand means its does not need to add new businesses after selling its candy unit to Italy's Ferrero last year, the Swiss food group's global head of confectionery said.
The German government will probably not take a quick decision on whether to allow China's Huawei to build Germany's 5G network, a government source said on Tuesday.
A German court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Volkswagen in a case brought by a customer seeking compensation for having bought a diesel car affected by emissions cheating, but the plaintiff's lawyer plans to appeal.
HSBC warned it may have to delay some investments this year as Europe's biggest bank missed 2018 profit forecasts due to slowing growth in its two home markets of China and Britain.
| S&P » | 2,775.60 | +1.09% |
| Dow » | 25,883.25 | +1.74% |
| FTSE 100 » | 7,169.47 | -0.69% |
| Nikkei 225 » | 21,302.65 | +0.10% |
| US 10YR |
+2.659
|
-0.007 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.098
|
-0.012 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.031
|
-0.002 |
| USD / EUR » | 0.8861 | +0.25% |
| USD / GBP » | 0.7740 | +0.05% |
| USD / JPY » | 110.7700 | +0.15% |