On Wednesday, crude oil price benchmarks continued to rise for a fifth trading session in a row. The move was caused by the expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut, which decreased the value of the USD.
On Wednesday, the world's biggest eyewear maker, EssilorLuxottica announced it would take over GrandVision, the Dutch optical retailer, in an all-cash deal worth up to $8.0B, seeking for the global retail network expansion.
Lloyds Banking Group, the British largest mortgage lender, reported on Wednesday its H1 pretax profits fell 7% to £2.9B from £3.12B for the prior year's same period, missing analysts' expectations for the £3.45B reading.
On Wednesday, Credit Suisse reported the highest quarterly incomes in the last four years, confirming the lender's profitability target for 2019 after its Q2 earnings soared 45%.
On Wednesday, Airbus reported stronger-than-expected core Q2 earnings, triggered by its switch to new single-aisle jets, with the Europe's biggest aerospace group's adjusted operating profit rising 72% to $2.2B in its Q2, beating analysts' expectations.
On Wednesday, Asian shares plunged to a six-week low, as investors and traders were rattled by a new trade war concerns, following combative remarks from the US President Donald Trump to China.
Senior Chinese and the US trade representatives met in China on Wednesday for discussions in a bid to end the trade dispute.
The US Commerce Department on Tuesday reported on Tuesday that the US consumer spending and inflation edged higher in June.
Shares of Merck & Co Inc rose by 2% after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 revenue and profit on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Xerox Corp, despite posting higher than forecast quarterly earnings, announced that it is cutting its yearly earnings forecast. The event caused a drop of the company's share price.
On Tuesday, Proctor and Gamble Company posted higher than forecast earnings, which sent the company's share price into a surge that reached a new record high.
Shares of Ralph Lauren Corp rose nearly 6% before the bell on Tuesday after the company announced better-than-forecast quarterly revenue and profit.
Capital One Corp announced on Monday that over 100 million Capital One customer's accounts and credit card applications in the United States and Canada were hacked.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that he wants a trade deal with Brazil, opening a potential solution over the ongoing trade tension between the United States and Brazil.
According to a Reuters poll, most of the fund managers in the Middle East plan to boost their investments in the United Arab Emirates.
On Tuesday, Japan's Sony Corp reported the record Q1 operating profit, driven by strong demand for the company's multiple-lens smartphone camera systems, which boosted image sensors sales.
Nintendo, the Japanese gaming company, reported on Tuesday its Q2 profit dropped 10% to $252.26M, missing analysts' expectation, right ahead of its Switch Lite device launch scheduled for September.
On Tuesday, one of the biggest digital currency wallet firms in the world, Blockchain, announced the launch of The PIT cryptocurrency exchange aimed at carrying out trades at high speed for institutional and retail investors.
China's MYbank, the lender backed by Alibaba Group Holding, is planning to raise 6B yuan ($871M) in an initial public offering, valuing the online bank at 24B yuan, according to Reuters.
Swiss asset management company GAM Holding has announced that it has made a truce with its manager Tim Haywood. The court battling between the two parties hurt the company's stock price.
On Tuesday, China's Huawei Technologies reported its first-half revenue grew 23.2%, despite the United States sanctions imposed on the tech company in the middle of May.
The US household producer Newell Brand has selected the Ritchie Bros Auctioneer's top boss, Ravi Saligram, as the company's next Chief Executive Officer, according to the Wall Street Journal's report seen on Tuesday.
French growth fell slightly to 0.2% in the Q2, down from 0.3% in the previous quarter, as firms drew down inventories and consumer spending eased, according to official data seen on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the German airline Lufthansa reported a fall in its Q2 earnings, tumbled by rising fuel costs and price competition on the short-haul routes, adding that the EU market is expected to remain challenging until the end of the year.