Asian shares soared on Wednesday, as MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan surged by 0.44%, Australian shares were up 0.62%, while Japan's Nikkei index rose by 0.03%.
On Tuesday, Abercrombie & Fitch Co reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit and said that it would resume share buybacks.
On Tuesday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries President Diamantino Azevedo said that crude oil prices are relatively stable.
Instacart's valuation increased to $39B in less than six months with a $265M fundraising round from current investors, as the grocery delivery firm benefited from online orders surge.
The German financial regulator BaFin investigated EY's suitability as an auditor after the scandal with payment services company Wirecard, Handelsblatt newspaper reported.
The US President Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday that Merck & Co and Johnson & Johnson would partner to make J&J's single-shot coronavirus vaccine, a top White House official stated.
The International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday that G20 leaders have agreed to boost the funding for IMF.
Target Corp is planning an investment worth $4B annually during the following several years with the intention to launch new store openings and reduce delivery times for its online orders.
On Tuesday, OPEC's secretary general stated that the group was expecting the general oil market's forecast to be positive, with the last year's uncertainty seemed to ease.
On Tuesday, Wix.com stated it had bought SpeedETab, the US payment and ordering technology provider, seeking to boost its restaurant platform.
Zoom Video Communications is expecting the current-quarter revenue to top forecasts, seeing millions of people to keep using its video-conferencing service, sending the company's shares up 10%.
On Tuesday, TeamViewer, Germany's remote connectivity software firm, stated it had acquired the US augmented reality software company Upskill, not disclosing financial details of the deal.
China's Nio posted a bigger-than-anticipated loss, flagging a slowing electric vehicle deliveries pace in the ongoing quarter, sending the US firm's shares down 7%.
By the middle of Tuesday's European trading hours, the US Dollar Index was recovering, as it approached this year's February 4 high level.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak will take part in the OPEC+ meeting scheduled for March 4, according to the Kremlin's statement made on Tuesday.
Norway's Adevinta and the US e-commerce group eBay are planning three smaller UK units sale to secure a regulatory approval for their $9.2B tie-up of the worldwide classified ads businesses.
Walt Disney's CEO Bob Chapek stated that households without kids had surprisingly raised demand for its Disney+ streaming service, boosting subscriptions beyond initial projections.
On Tuesday, Volvo said it will go all electric by 2030, joining other carmakers' plan to gradually abandon fossil-fuel engines by this decade's end.
On Monday, Johnson & Johnson announced that it could soon ship huge volumes of vaccines due to the opening of a new plant.
Citi bank announced on Monday that Bitcoin could soon become the preferred form of payment for international trade.
On Monday, Reuters revealed that a group of oil company CEOs are expecting a pick up in global demand for oil.
During Monday's US trading hours, stock indices surged, as the US approved new stimulus and a new fiscal year started in many developed countries.
Oil prices declined 1% on Monday amid fears about slowing China's consumption and OPEC's likely global supply increase. Brent crude fell 0.73$ or 1.1%, while US WTI lost 0.86$ or 1.4%.
Beyond Meat Inc announced that its Chief Financial Officer Mark Nelson is set to retire in May, which was a voluntary decision and not a consequence of any disagreement related to the company.