U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, led by gains in Alphabet, Amazon and other Wall Street heavyweights after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s global tariffs. The U.S. Supreme Court, which has a conservative majority, ruled 6-3 against Trump’s global tariffs, which were introduced last year under a federal law intended for national […]
Oil prices rose on Friday after the US ordered increased economic pressure on Venezuelan oil shipments and carried out airstrikes on Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria at the request of the Nigerian government. Brent crude futures rose 24 cents, or 0.4%, to $62.48 a barrel by 0114 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude […]