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The S&P 500 rose 0.2% in early Wednesday trading, while the Nasdaq composite gained 0.4%. Crude oil climbed more than 2% after an attack on a major Saudi Arabian refinery by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Brent crude, the international benchmark, was also up almost 2% at $111.38 a barrel.

The company posted operating profit of 83.3 trillion won for the latest quarter, nearly seven times the year-earlier figure. The result exceeded market expectations.

Futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose on Wednesday, buoyed by memory-chip stocks after SK Hynix's bumper results, with investors now looking to a slate of key earnings as the next test of AI...

The Australian sharemarket erased its morning gains after the release of the nation’s latest inflation figures increased pressure on the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates next week.

Indian markets fell sharply, with the Sensex down 995 points and the Nifty off 1.1%, as crude rose above $115 a barrel following an attack on a Saudi refinery. Investors also awaited the US Federal Reserve decision.

The Nifty fell 146 points, led by losses in IT stocks. Brent crude rose to USD 115.4 per barrel.

Indian shares fell on Wednesday as rising oil prices weighed on risk appetite ahead of the US Federal Reserve's policy decision later in the day. Meanwhile, Jio Platforms listed at a...

Asian stocks are mostly higher as AI-related stocks boost benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul ahead of quarterly earnings reports. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices rose. Memory chipmakers SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics surged, recovering last week’s losses. New Zealand’s central bank surprised markets by keeping its benchmark interest rate on hold. On Tuesday, the majority of stocks within the S&P 500 fell, but gains for influential companies related to artificial-intelligence offset those l

Asian stocks are mostly higher as AI-related stocks boost benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul ahead of quarterly earnings. U.S. futures edged lower and oil prices rose. Memory chipmakers SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics surged, recovering last week’s losses. New Zealand’s central bank surprised markets by keeping its benchmark interest rate on hold. On Tuesday, the majority of stocks within the S&P 500 fell, but gains for influential companies related to artificial-intelligence offset those losses. Tr

Sales rose 327.9% to 104.61 trillion won. The company also announced an additional 60 trillion won in shareholder returns.