S&P 500's historic rise to 6,000, stock market news from companies and the crisis in Germany
Stock market news
• Prospects of big fiscal spending and further monetary easing in the world's largest economy are creating a potent cocktail, helping global stocks end on a high note after a turbulent week. Wall Street entered Friday at record highs, helping push the MSCI World Share Index to an all-time high with a weekly gain of 3.3%.
• Even the market you might expect to languish under the weight of Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs – China – is doing nothing of the sort. Chinese blue chips are up nearly 6% this week, with more than half of that gain coming on Thursday, perhaps on...