Wall Street jumps on trade war truce, Russell 2000 hits record

U.S. stocks climbed on Monday after the United States and China put their trade differences "on hold" to work on a wider agreement, while sentiment was also buoyed by the nearly $28 billion worth of merger activity. Read More

Among the S&P 500, Skyworks Solutions, Qualcomm, Qorvo, Broadcom and Micron have the highest percentage of revenue generated from China, according to FactSet. Read More

FTSE 100 surges to a fresh record high

The FTSE 100 index closed more than 1% up at 7,864.34, comfortably above its previous high point on 17 May. Read More

The increase in oil prices is just beginning

Here are six reasons why, according to Michael Brush. Read More

BP invests $20 million in batteries that can charge electric cars in five minutes

BP said its venture capital arm was investing in Tel Aviv-based StoreDot as it looks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its operations. Read More

NYSE appoints Stacey Cunningham as its first female president

The New York Stock Exchange has appointed Chief Operating Officer Stacey Cunningham as its first female president. Read More

Beating Republicans in November will be harder than Democrats thought

It's become a numbing Washington ritual. Donald Trump shatters a traditional boundary on the exercise of presidential power. Or he uses inflammatory language that stirs racial animosities. Or he's hit by new revelations in the overlapping investigations into his campaign's contacts with foreign governments in 2016 and his own tangled financial and personal affairs before the presidency. Read More

William Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP is joining another activist investor in Lowe’s Cos., hoping to profit as the retailer tries to make improvements under a new chief executive. Read More

China launches satellite to explore dark side of moon: Xinhua

China launched a relay satellite early on Monday designed to establish a communication link between earth and a planned lunar probe that will explore the dark side of the moon, the official Xinhua news agency said. Citing the China National Space Administration, Xinhua said the satellite was launched Read More

Small Outages Have Big Impact on Oil Prices

Multiple oil supply outages at the same time helped prices hit a multi-year high and should keep the market tight into early summer. Read More