The new year in finance has started with a higher opening for stock indices. However, the previous few session tendency to decline after a higher opening seemed to be persistent.
Igor Dodon, the President of Moldova, has criticized the decision of the constitutional court to temporarily suspend his powers. The suspension comes, as the president quarrels with the pro-Western government.
Thousands of lower caste, Dalit, people have begun to protest in Mumbai causing various disruptions in the city.
Oil prices have posted their highest opening since 2014. The reason for the surge was the unrest occurring in Iran.
The operator of the largest messenger app of China has announced that the company does not store chat histories of its users.
The President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev has vetoed the anti-graft legislation. He has stated that the law wouldn't allow efficient investigation.
The Supreme Leader of Iran on Tuesday accused "enemies" of the country for creating unrest in the country, as more than 450 people had been arrested by the middle of the day.
British Petroleum is set to take a one $1.5 billion tax charge for the period of the last quarter of 2017. The company will use a new US corporate income tax ruling.
Initial public offerings in Australia are expected to pick up speed in 2018, thus rising around A$10B ($7.84B).
Sales of Renault Group in France rose by 3.4% during the previous year, boosted primarily by solid interest in its Dacia brand.
Solid foreign demand allowed the German Purchasing Managers' Index to reach a record high of 63.3 in December, compared to 62.5 month-on-month.
The Purchasing Managers' Index for the Euro zone climbed to an all-time high of 60.6 in December, showing that raising demand could provide a solid start for 2018.
European stocks lost momentum early on Tuesday, as stronger banks and oil companies could not offset the massive dip of mining stocks and metals.
The Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said on Tuesday that the country's budget deficit in 2017 was 2.6% of the gross domestic product, compared to the target of 2.9%.
Britain's energy company BP anticipated a beneficial impact on forthcoming post-tax earnings form the United States, following the changes in the US corporate taxes.
Britain would like financial services to be included in a trade agreement between the country and the EU, which includes full coverage of economic areas.
Irish manufacturing activity rose at the strongest yearly growth pace, as 2017 neared completion, supporting steady downtrend in unemployment rate.
Kia Motors and Hyundai Motor reported that they sold 7.25M cars over the course of 2017, far below their estimate of 8.25M vehicles for the period.
Indonesia's foreign tourist arrivals stood at 848K in last year's November, falling 0.81% on the year, due to the Bali's Mount Agung volcano high alert status and its eruption later in the month.
India's manufacturing activity revealed the strongest growth in five years over the month of December, fuelled by a rise in new orders and output.
In the US, the medical device tax of 2.3% on medical devices' sale went back in effect after a two-year pause, despite opposition by the medical manufacturing industry and lawmakers.
Singapore's economic expansion weakened in in the Q4 amid factories losing stream, while the services sector recovered, bolstering projections for monetary tightening in April.
Chinese national railway operator stated that the country is set to invest $113B in rail assets next year, the lowest goal since 2013.
Thomas Lembong, Indonesia's investment board chief, stated that the country targeted 2018 investment growth to strengthen 10-14%.