Donald Trump signals intent to nominate Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. Scott Bessent in that role could lead S&P 500 to 6,600 level.

At 09:50 a.m. the Dow Jones rose 1.03 per cent, the S&P 500 gained 0.72 per cent, the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.81 per cent ...

Shares climbed in Europe and Asia on Monday, tracking last week’s gains on Wall Street, and analysts said investors were ...

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Former hedge fund manager Scott Bessent is seen as a steady hand to lead the Treasury Secretary with his deep market ...

Hedge fund executive Scott Bessent survived an internal squabble over the role of Treasury secretary, a key position that ...

Investors are “appreciative” of Trump’s nomination of the “business-as-usual” Bessent as Treasury secretary, remarked one ...

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Stocks rose at the opening bell Monday, with investors attributing gains to relief over Donald Trump's selection of hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as Treasury secretary. "Risk on as markets ...

Markets are no doubt cheering the selection of macro investor Scott Bessent as Trump's new Treasury Secretary. Stocks are ...

The U.S. stock market appeared to cheer President-elect Donald Trump's presumptive nominee for Treasury secretary, who told ...