Global stock markets diverged Friday as investors contemplated central bank signals that interest rates will remain high to combat stubborn inflation

Dow Jones, the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, directed its lawyers to ask a United Nations human rights official to press Russia to release reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained on espionage charges earlier this year, the newspaper reported on Friday

US stocks fell broadly by midday Wednesday as the financial troubles of leading Swiss investment banker Credit Suisse appeared to exp

Oil prices hit a two-month low Tuesday after the collapse of one of America's top 20 banks led ratings agency Moody's to downgrade the country's banking sector, a move analysts said could negatively impact the economy and its demand for energy

Wall Street on Tuesday fell the most in two months as investors fearing greater rate hikes from soaring inflation dumped stocks across the board in a defensive mode.