Data published on Monday revealed that German industrial orders declined by 0.6% in August, compared to July. Due to the decline being larger than the expected 0.3% the news beat down stock prices.
On Monday, survey results published by Sentix revealed that investor sentiment has reached a 6.5 year low level. The news beat down global stock prices.
During the early hours of Monday's trading, crude oil price benchmarks surged higher. There was no clear fundamental reason for the surge.
On Monday, Deutsche Bank announced that in an effort to shift strategy the bank would create a technology division that would lower costs and decrease complexity of the bank's systems.
During Monday's Asian and European trading sessions, global stock indices remained mostly unchanged, as the boost from US employment data on Friday was being balanced by weak European economic data.
According to media reports, in the first eight months of 2019 the China Development Bank (CDB) has issued loans worth nearly $20B to combat poverty.
According to the Mint newspaper, the Indian private lender Yes Bank conducts negotiations with Microsoft and two other technology companies to sell 15% stake and thus bring a new capital.
The Japanese Yen gained slightly against the US Dollar and the Chinese Yuan declined a tad during the Asian trading session on Monday, as China wants to narrow the scope of trade talks between the US.
According to the official results on Monday, Portugal's ruling Socialists Party has won the Parliamentary election without an outright majority.
Asian shares rose on Monday after the Labor Department report showed that the US unemployment rate plunged to 3.5%, a nearly 50-year low.
Oil prices edged lower on Monday, as traders and investors worried that the global economic slowdown would weigh on future crude oil demand.
The UK Brexit Minister Stephen Barclay said on Sunday that the United Kingdom could be flexible on the Northern Ireland veto power and the customs plan.
According to Attorney Mark Zaid, a second whistleblower has emerged with information about President Donald Trump's call with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
The Vodafone CEO Nick Read stated on Sunday that the company was conducting in the UK tests of the OpenRAN, technology for radio access network.
In a statement published on Sunday, Bayer said that the US court has transferred glyphosate case hearing from October to February.
Terry Dittes, Vice President of the United Auto Workers (UAW), stated on Sunday that the situation has deteriorated after the union has rejected an offer made by General Motors (GM).
Saleem Albalooshi, the Chief Technological Officer at Emirates Integrated Telecom, stated on Sunday that the company had no security concerns regarding Huawei's 5G technology.
The Minister of Interior of France Christophe Castaner on Sunday rejected calls by the opposition to resign amid inability to prevent murder of four policemen by a radical.
On Sunday, North Korea stated there was no way the United States would provide alternative plans for the frozen nuclear talks between the two countries within two weeks, after they had been broken off on Saturday.
Thomson Reuters Corp made an acquisition of FC Business Intelligence, the events company, seeking to tap into the rapidly expanding sector and promote its media brand Reuters News.
France's President Emmanuel Macron called on the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to launch talks swiftly with the EU bloc's chief negotiator, in their Sunday phone call in which Johnson outlined the latest Brexit proposals.
PG&E Corp stated it had $34.45B in debt financing commitments for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganisation, confronting the noteholders group that proposed its own restructuring plan for the Californian power producer.
US regulators are considering whether to recall 2K of Tesla electric vehicles next May instead of ordering their software upgrade to rectify a defect that could have been a reason of battery fires.
The main issues that remained unresolved in the nearly three week-long UAW union's strike against the carmaker General Motors have narrowed to pensions and wages, according to a source's report on Saturday.