Heads up for those trading Europe and UK markets - daylight savings time change.A heads up for those trading European and UK markets, clocks were dialled back an hour on Sunday October 26 to end the season's daylight saving.
NZD / NZX traders note - it's a New Zealand holiday today, markets are closed.Monday, October 27, 2025 is Labour Day in New Zealand. Markets are closed.
France delays wealth tax vote as Socialist ultimatum threatens government collapse.France's already fragile government faces fresh turmoil after lawmakers delayed a key vote on a proposed wealth tax that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's minority administration.
Bessent says China to resume U.S. soybean buys, delay rare-earth curbs as trade deal nears.U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States and China are nearing a breakthrough trade agreement that could revive agricultural exports and cool tensions over technology and tariffs.
Iraq Zubair depot fire sparks conflicting reports on Basra crude exports.Conflicting reports have emerged over the scale of disruption caused by a weekend fire at Iraq's Zubair oil complex in Basra, one of the country's key southern export hubs.