Stock market today: Wall Street surges early, oil prices jump after Hamas leader is killed in Tehran

Asian stocks higher as Bank of Japan raises benchmark rate

Asian stocks were higher Wednesday following a decision by the Bank of Japan to raise its benchmark interest rate. Policy decisions were due later in the day from the Federal Reserve, with another expected on Thursday from the Bank of England. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 recouped earlier losses, closing 1.5%…

Stock market today: Wall Street surges early, oil prices jump after Hamas leader is killed in Tehran

Most indexes were sharply higher in early trading on Wall Street Wednesday amid a flurry of earnings ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy decision. Oil prices jumped more than $2 a barrel after Hamas’s top political leader died in an air strike in Tehran.Futures for Dow Jones Industrial Average were up a modest 0.2%, while futures for the S&P; 500 rose 1.1% and futures for the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 1.8%.Boeing shares were up 2…

Stock market today: Asian benchmarks are mixed as Tokyo sips on strong yen

Japan’s index has plunged, as the U.S. dollar sank against the yen, and regional investors digested the rally on Wall Street that came on hopes U.S. cuts to interest rates

Stock market today: World stocks are higher, while oil prices jump $2 after Hamas leader was killed

Global stocks advanced Wednesday and oil prices jumped more than $2 a barrel after Hamas’s top political leader Ismail Haniyeh died in an air strike. Haniyeh died in a predawn […]