Walmart's Poor Reports, Bank of Japan Statement, Corporate and Geopolitical News
Stock market news
• Wall Street was reeling from disappointing Walmart results, casting a shadow over American consumers, while more buoyant European markets looked ahead to this weekend's German elections.
• Global markets have been hit by another barrage of often conflicting influences from geopolitics, trade, monetary policy and corporate earnings over the past 24 hours. But the biggest blow for the retail giant was its failure to meet its sales and profit forecasts, driven by the volatile political environment and looming trade uncertainty.
• Walmart shares fell 6.5%, capping a...