Japanese stocks were lower, dragged by falls in electronics and chemical stocks.

The SEC said that the bank’s violations included misleading disclosures to investors, not acting or making recommendations in the best interest of shareholders and prohibiting joint transactions and principal trades.

Australia’s biggest investment bank and asset manager said the performance was underpinned by improved realizations in Macquarie Asset Management, as well as further progress in the digitalization program in banking and financial services.

The Nasdaq Composite suffers its worst day in nearly two months; Meta shares fall.

Over the past 50 years or so, active funds’ returns have converged toward those of their underlying indexes, research finds. Small-cap funds are the exception.

U.S. natural gas futures fell as a lack of weather-driven demand outweighs a weekly storage report that landed at the low end of forecasts.

Small modular reactors could eventually make the power source cheaper, safer and faster to build.

Sharply rising capital investments show no sign of slowing as the latest reports fail to excite investors.

The WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.2%, its second-consecutive drop. The index gained 3.3% in October.

Treasury yields ended with a loss in a choppy session that capped a gaining month.

Oil prices edged higher in Europe, supported by positive signs on U.S. fuel demand and improvements in top crude importer China.and a Reuters report that said OPEC+ might delay its planned output hike.

Gold settled down 1.8% Thursday, and silver fell 3.7%. Both metals ended the month higher.

Jay Newman, who steered Elliott Management to a $2 billion payday over Argentine debt, also had contact with an alleged hacking mastermind.

U.S. stocks fell, with the Nasdaq leading the way down as investors were displeased with earnings of some big-tech companies. The S&P 500 posted its first monthly loss in five months.

Oil stockpiles decreased last week as production held steady and imports fell. Analysts had predicted an increase.

Sales of newly built homes have been on a tear. But builders are likely to soon face stiffer competition for buyers.

U.S. natural gas futures settled lower with market attention on tomorrow’s storage numbers that are expected to show the surplus rising for a second consecutive week.

German startup Lilium is the first listed eVTOL maker to be at risk of collapse, but it may not be the last.

Robust earnings growth and signals on cost control could lift some of the fog of regulatory worry.