Markets are mixed before the opening bell on a busy Thursday that will bring the latest government report on retail sales, weekly applications for unemployment benefits, and a slew of corporate earnings reports.

Asia-Pacific markets trade higher on Monday following a positive conversation between Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of the US President-elect’s inauguration. A surge on Wall Street Friday due to a jump in tech stocks also boosted sentiment.

US stocks surged higher Wednesday after an encouraging inflation report and blockbuster profits for some of America’s biggest banks.

World stocks are mixed follow Wall Street’s mostly positive performance ahead of key U.S. inflation data that could influence the pace of the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts.

The Nikkei stock index rose Thursday morning, tracking a Wall Street rally after U.S. data eased concerns over a resurgence of inflat

Wall Street's best day of the year so far was rooted in inflation relief and a boom in bank stocks reporting bumper earnings, with a retail readout up next on Thursday. After Tuesday's sub-forecast producer price data,

Japan's Nikkei 225 futures pointed to a lower open for the market as trading resumed after a holiday, with the futures contract in Chicago at 38,870 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 38,770 compared to the index's Friday close of 39,190.4.

Bank of America and Morgan Stanley earnings are out. Follow along for live updates on stocks, bonds and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.

Wall Street pointed modestly higher ahead of this ... That's after the officials at the U.S. central bank in early December cut their forecast for 2025 rate cuts from four to two.

The FTSE 100 ( ^FTSE) and European stocks were higher on Wednesday as traders digested news that UK inflation unexpectedly fell to 2.5% in December. This was down from 2.6% in November, according to the Office for National Statistics. Economists had expected inflation to stay steady at 2.6%.

U.S. stock indexes were split as gains for oil-and-gas producers helped offset drops for Nvidia and other Big Tech companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Monday after erasing an earlier

Bank of America and Morgan Stanley earnings are out. Follow along for live updates on stocks, bonds and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.