06:41 AM EST, 02/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- European bourses tracked modestly higher midday Wednesday as traders weighed earnings reports, and easing petroleum prices. Food and property stocks gained, while oil issues lagged. Heineken shares traded up 12.7% midday after the Dutch brewer posted better-than-expected earnings and disclosed a $1.55 billion share buyback program. Investors also eyed Wall Street futures mildly...

(Reuters) -Biogen forecast 2025 profit below last year's levels and Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, hurt by a strong dollar and fierce competition for its drugs to treat multiple sclerosis. Its shares fell 3.7% in premarket trading after losing more than 40% of their value last year. The company had a market capitalization of about $20 billion as of its...

07:03 AM EST, 02/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The main US stock measures were pointing lower in Wednesday's premarket activity as traders await a key inflation report. Standard & Poor's 500 edged down 0.1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.2% while the Nasdaq was slightly in the red before the opening bell. The majority of Asian and European exchanges were...

05:36 AM EST, 02/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets treaded choppily higher Wednesday on the outlook for support from Beijing for China's struggling property markets, and on foreign-exchange moves. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo finished in the green, as did most other regional exchanges. Bangkok was closed on holiday. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened higher after a one-day...