Mexico's peso plummeted to a near four-month low on Thursday, leading losses across Latin American currencies as a rise in bond yields and inflation expectations hit risk-driven assets across the globe. The peso tumbled as much as 3.3%, eyei

GameStop Corp shares soared again on Thursday after doubling in the previous session, triggering a series of NYSE trading halts and leading a surprise resurgence of so-called "stonks" championed by passionate retail investors on various online forums.

The United States has administered 68,274,117 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 91,673,010 doses.

Twitter Inc will launch new features and products at a faster pace to catch up with rivals, it said on Thursday, projecting a doubling in annual revenue and reaching a least 315 million users in 2023.

Federal Reserve policymakers are shrugging off the surge in longer-term U.S. government bond yields as a sign of growing optimism about the economy, which could pick up steam as more people are vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Makers of COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday defended their rights over patents before the European Parliament and opposed export bans saying that would slow down production.

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Wall Street's main indexes recoiled from record highs on Thursday as surging U.S. Treasury yields took the shine off stocks now that a strong economic recovery looked more certain and investors clung to concerns that inflation would rise.

Portugal's largest listed bank Millennium bcp on Thursday reported a 39.4% drop in its 2020 net profit to 183 million euros ($223.83 million), hit by higher impairments and provisions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Saint-Gobain's Chief Executive Pierre-André de Chalendar will step down this summer, the French construction materials group announced on Thursday, while it reported record second-half results, fuelled by an increased demand on the renovation market which should continue in the following years.

Italy's Monte dei Paschi (MPS) said on Thursday it was working to reduce its legal risks while the European Union assessed the state-owned bank's ability to stay in business before unlocking more public aid.

Hasbro Inc said on Thursday it expected revenue growth at three new reporting segments to drive a double-digit top-line growth for the toymaker in 2021, after the COVID-19 pandemic hurt its sales last year.

Gold prices fell as much as 2.2% to a near one-week low on Thursday as a surge in U.S. Treasury yields and better-than-expected economic data out the United States dented demand for the safe-haven metal.

Robinhood, a retail brokerage popular with young investors, shot back on Thursday against criticism of the current "meme" stock frenzy by investor Warren Buffett's longtime partner Charlie Munger, who compared the action to betting on horse races.

After a lengthy court battle, the Manhattan District Attorney is in possession of Donald Trump's tax returns and other financial records as part of a criminal investigation into the former president and his family-run Trump Organization, a spokesman for the office confirmed on Thursday.