Notizia

PARIS (Reuters) -French insurer Axa on Thursday posted a 2% rise in revenue, with strength in its health and casualty insurance business offsetting weakness in savings.

ROME (Reuters) -Italian aerospace and defence group Leonardo confirmed its 2022 forecast on Thursday, saying it was well-positioned for increased military spending, after reporting a first-quarter rise in orders and core profit.

Oil prices steadied near $110 a barrel on Thursday as a stronger dollar and a drop in global stock markets offset supply concerns after the European Union laid out plans for new sanctions against Russia including an embargo on crude in six months.

The Nasdaq plunged 4.6% and the other major indexes tumbled on Thursday, as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's less hawkish tone failed to ease investor expectations of bigger interest rate hikes this year.

Colombia swapped internal public debt worth 2.6 trillion pesos ($641 million) in April, the second such operation this year and part of an effort to reduce amortizations and improve the country's debt profile, its finance ministry said on Thursday.

Italy's aerospace and defence group Leonardo said it confirmed its 2022 guidance after posting a rise in orders and core profits in the first three months of the year.

Wind turbine makers racked up hefty losses last quarter, swelled by rocketing costs and cut-throat competition despite being more in demand than ever.

(Reuters) -Euro zone borrowing costs were up on Thursday as a jump in U.S. Treasury yields the day after the Federal Reserve policy meeting outweighed dovish signals from the Bank of England.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices were flat to a little higher on Thursday as a stronger U.S. dollar offset supply concerns after the European Union laid out plans for new sanctions against Russia including an embargo on crude in six months.