Equities benchmarks were broadly lower on Thursday following the sixth straight drop on Wall Street for the S&P 500, which closed out the Wednesday session 0.8 per cent lower.

The Australian dollar jumped on Thursday after data showed the number of full-time hires in October had more than doubled from the previous month.

The lawyer who represents Stormy Daniels in her case against Donald Trump has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson.

Theresa May won cabinet support for a Brexit deal after more than five hours of ferocious talks in Downing Street, clearing the way for a political battle to push the plan through parliament.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has taken a nearly $4bn stake in JPMorgan Chase and pumped billions of dollars more into other US banks, as his sprawling investment group expanded its reach across American finance.

Increased corporate spending on applications and cyber security helped drive better than expected revenue and earnings for networking group Cisco Systems during its fiscal first quarter.

The S&P 500 notched up its longest losing streak in nearly three weeks, with financial and technology stocks leading the market lower.

Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, hailed a draft Brexit withdrawal deal as a “decisive step” towards concluding negotiations on the UK’s departure.

The UK pound rallied to hit a session high against the dollar in afternoon New York trading on Wednesday as the markets welcomed news that Prime Minister Theresa May has secured the backing of her cabinet for the draft UK-EU withdrawal treaty.

Brazil’s incoming president Jair Bolsonaro has named a career diplomat sympathetic to US President Donald Trump as foreign minister.

US Treasuries rallied on Wednesday as stock losses accelerated, dragged lower by financial and technology shares.

Mexico’s 2019 budget — the first major test of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s government after it takes office on December 1 — could incorporate tax changes for Pemex, the state oil company, the head of the lower house budget commission said.

Three South Korean companies agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to rig fuel prices at US military bases in the country, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.

Apple fell into bear market territory on an intraday basis on Wednesday as concerns grow that demand for the iPhone has peaked.

Poland’s anti-corruption agency has searched the offices of the country’s financial watchdog, a day after its head resigned following allegations that he solicited a bribe from the owner of one of the country’s banks.

AT&T remains confident it will overcome a Department of Justice appeal against its acquisition of Time Warner which is due to be heard in December.

BT is not planning a sale of its towers according to outgoing chief executive Gavin Patterson.

So much for that rebound. Wall Street gave up early gains as investors ignored a bounce in oil prices, instead turning their attention to utilities amid growing concerns about possible liabilities stemming from the California wildfires, and a slide in tech and financials.

A deputy governor of the Bank of Mexico and head of the country’s oil regulator have both stepped down early from their posts, a fortnight before Andrés Mañuel López Obrador is sworn in as president.

Canada Goose shares took flight on Wednesday after the purveyor of $1000 parkas coats hurdled past Wall Street’s earnings expectations and raised its guidance for the year amid an ongoing expansion in China.

Another day another U-turn.

The IMF came to the aid of Theresa May on Wednesday as she tried to build momentum behind her Brexit deal, warning that if the UK left without an agreement it would be hit by “widespread disruptions” to goods and services.

The US Department of Justice has declared President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney-general lawful in a 14-page legal memo.

Wall Street opened firmly higher on Wednesday thanks to a rebound in oil prices and after tame consumer price inflation data helped eased concerns that the Federal Reserve could speed up its pace of interest rate tightening.