Emerging-market assets got a boost after President Donald Trump canceled planned attacks on Iran, fueling bets that a deal is imminent.
An electronic ticker displays stock figures in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. A gauge of Shanghai-listed stocks closed at its highest level in a decade, as cash-rich local investors plow into a market that has surged amid easing trade tensions with the US.
Most emerging-market currencies fell Thursday on the back of a stronger dollar after US retail sales signaled consumer resilience in the world’s largest economy despite sharply higher gasoline prices.
Most emerging-market currencies fell Thursday on the back of a stronger dollar after US retail sales signaled consumer resilience in the world’s largest economy despite sharply higher gasoline prices.
The Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou, China.
Most emerging-market currencies fell Thursday on the back of a stronger dollar after US retail sales signaled consumer resilience in the world’s largest economy despite sharply higher gasoline prices.
Most emerging-market currencies fell Thursday on the back of a stronger dollar after US retail sales signaled consumer resilience in the world’s largest economy despite sharply higher gasoline prices.
The Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou, China.
Emerging-market currencies and stocks fell Tuesday on concern the ceasefire between the US and Iran is on the brink of collapse, while a slump in South Korean shares also weighed on sentiment.
Emerging-market currencies and stocks fell Tuesday on concern the ceasefire between the US and Iran is on the brink of collapse, while a slump in South Korean shares also weighed on sentiment.
A news report on the Iran conflict displayed inside a trading room at Hana Bank in Seoul.
Shares of Ambev SA, the Brazilian unit of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, soared the most in over 27 years after stronger-than-expected beer volumes in the South American nation drove a beat in first quarter earnings.
Shares of Ambev SA, the Brazilian unit of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, soared the most in over 27 years after stronger-than-expected beer volumes in the South American nation drove a beat in first quarter earnings.
Bottles on the beer production line at the Ambev SA bottling facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Ambev, the unit of Anheuser-Busch InBev that operates in 16 countries, said its Brazil beer volume surged 25% in the third quarter from a year earlier after Brazilians used emergency stipends to boost sales.
Emerging-market equities posted the best month since 2022, fueled by rallies in Asian technology shares on optimism over artificial intelligence demand, even as oil supply shock persists amid a US-Iran standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.
Emerging-market equities posted the best month since 2022, fueled by rallies in Asian technology shares on optimism over artificial intelligence demand, even as oil supply shock persists amid a US-Iran standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.
A person looks at stock prices displayed inside the trading gallery of the RHB Investment Bank Bhd. headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Malaysia’s stocks and the ringgit weakened after Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced the dissolution of parliament on Monday, paving the way for elections this year. Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg
Investors poured money into BlackRock’s exchange-traded fund tracking Brazilian stocks at the fastest pace in almost nine years on Monday, as a resurgence in global risk appetite fuels a surge in the country’s equity market.
Investors poured money into BlackRock’s exchange-traded fund tracking Brazilian stocks at the fastest pace in almost nine years on Monday, as a resurgence in global risk appetite fuels a surge in the country’s equity market.
Banco Bradesco SA and dental insurer Odontoprev SA are combining their health-care assets to create one of Brazil’s largest integrated medical groups, serving more than 13 million beneficiaries in the country.
Banco Bradesco SA and dental insurer Odontoprev SA are combining their health-care assets to create one of Brazil’s largest integrated medical groups, serving more than 13 million beneficiaries in the country.
Heavy rains that began Monday night have left dozens dead and caused widespread destruction in southeastern Brazil, exposing a longstanding structural problem of housing in high-risk areas vulnerable to seasonal downpours.
Heavy rains that began Monday night have left dozens dead and caused widespread destruction in southeastern Brazil, exposing a longstanding structural problem of housing in high-risk areas vulnerable to seasonal downpours.
Rescuers search for victims after a landslide triggered by heavy rains in the Paineiras neighborhood in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, on Feb. 25, 2026. Photographer: Pablo Porciuncula/AFP/Getty Images