Software makers, advertising agencies and investment firms were caught in another wave of selling as investors worried about the business risks they face from better artificial intelligence tools.

BNP Paribas SA and Societe Generale SA are on the cusp of a benchmark that has eluded two of France’s largest-listed lenders for years.

A French fund that has beaten 99% of its peers over the past three years bought into Microsoft Corp.’s $357 billion rout on Thursday, predicting its heavy investments in artificial intelligence will eventually pay off.

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told the elites gathered in Davos that the Trump administration believes globalization is “a failed policy” that left America behind. A day later, his boss, President Donald Trump, predicted the US stock market would double from records he openly took credit for.

European shares tumbled from a near-record high, while credit risk gauges rose after Donald Trump reignited the trade war between the US and Europe, threatening fresh tariffs on eight countries over Greenland.

European shares tumbled from a near-record high, while credit risk gauges rose after Donald Trump reignited the trade war between the US and Europe, threatening fresh tariffs on eight countries over Greenland.

Warning signs are flashing in European stocks that a rally fueled by optimism about earnings and the economy is running out of road.

European stocks edged higher to a new closing record as investors weighed the impact of the Trump administration’s legal action against the Federal Reserve on the central bank’s independence.

European stock investors are preparing for the implications of a US Supreme Court ruling on the legality of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.

For the first time since Euronext NV’s own initial public offering more than a decade ago, companies raised less than $1 billion through IPOs across its exchanges in 2025, bearing the brunt of the continent’s capital markets stagnation.

US stocks finished higher on Monday, as investors snapped up tech shares even while the capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro fanned worries over geopolitical risk. Oil prices rose, along with gold.

European stocks hit a new record to kick off the final trading week of the year, as investors monitored negotiations around a potential peace deal in Ukraine.

European stocks ceded their earlier gains as renewed concerns around artificial intelligence hit technology shares. The UK’s FTSE 100 outperformed after a bigger-than-expected drop in inflation.

There’s been no dearth of sell signals for Tesla Inc. It’s facing a potential sales halt in California, an electric vehicle slowdown across the US and is losing market share in China and Europe.

European stocks fell as data showed a continued cooling in the US labor market. Defense stocks dropped after US negotiators offered Kyiv significant security guarantees.

Moderate weakness in this week’s US job numbers could feed bullishness toward stocks by increasing the probability of further Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts, according to Morgan Stanley strategist Michael Wilson.

Europe’s benchmark index dropped on Friday, retreating from the edge of a record high as a selloff in US technology stocks weighed on global gauges.

US stocks will scale new records next year on higher earnings as artificial intelligence is more widely adopted and economic growth remains resilient, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategists.

European stocks were muted on Tuesday, with the defense sector gaining as Germany prepares to authorize a record amount of orders for military gear and services.

Global fund managers see this year’s surge in nuclear stocks continuing, on an improving regulatory outlook and demand drivers that extend beyond the voracious needs of artificial intelligence.