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Unitree soars in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China's humanoid robotics sector

Unitree soars in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China's humanoid robotics sector

By Samuel Shen and Eduardo Baptista SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Shares in Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, soared nearly six-fold in its Shanghai trading debut, in a landmark moment for the country's robotics sector which has become a key battleground in the Sino-U.S. tech
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Bond selloff slows but stocks sink

Bond selloff slows but stocks sink

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Global bond yields hovered near their highest for decades on Wednesday, as fears over swelling sovereign debt pushed borrowing costs higher and rattled stock markets worldwide.
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Bond selloff slows but stocks wobble

Bond selloff slows but stocks wobble

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Global bond yields hovered near their highest for decades on Wednesday, as fears over swelling sovereign debt pushed borrowing costs higher and rattled stock markets worldwide.
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Morning Bid: Retail risk

Morning Bid: Retail risk

By Mike Dolan Aug 17 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets A relatively quiet week ahead kicks off today in the shadow of the first drop in U.S. retail sales in nine months last Friday, teeing up second-quarter results from Home
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Unitree surges in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China's humanoid robotics sector

Unitree surges in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China's humanoid robotics sector

By Samuel Shen and Eduardo Baptista SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Shares in Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, soared more than five-fold in their Shanghai trading debut, in a landmark moment for the country's robotics sector which has become a key battleground in the Sino-U.S.
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Morning Bid: Yields give way

Morning Bid: Yields give way

By Mike Dolan Aug 18 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Just when markets thought the Iran conflict was stuck at an impasse, the bellicose rhetoric went up several notches on Monday – and so did energy prices.
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Morning Bid: Dancing robots, dumping bonds

Morning Bid: Dancing robots, dumping bonds

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Long bond yields steadied near multi-decade highs and China's humanoid robotics giant Unitree leapt out of the blocks on debut on Wednesday, trading six times above its offer price.
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Stock Market Today (Aug. 19, 2026): Nasdaq futures edge lower on rising oil prices, chip selloff

Stock Market Today (Aug. 19, 2026): Nasdaq futures edge lower on rising oil prices, chip selloff

Global government bonds stabilized following a steep selloff that pushed the 30-year Treasury yield to its highest level since 2007.
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US stock futures steady after tech slump; investors focus on Middle East tensions

US stock futures steady after tech slump; investors focus on Middle East tensions

Aug 19 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were stable on Wednesday following a technology-driven selloff that rocked Wall Street in the prior session as investors turned their attention to the inflation outlook and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. U.S.
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Global bond markets put governments on notice over fiscal, inflation risks

Global bond markets put governments on notice over fiscal, inflation risks

By Dhara Ranasinghe, Gregor Stuart Hunter and Samuel Indyk LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Long-term borrowing costs from the U.S. to Germany and Japan hit their highest levels in decades on Tuesday due to ballooning government debt and geopolitics, raising borrowing costs for companies and households
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Nasdaq futures gain as tech stocks climb

Nasdaq futures gain as tech stocks climb

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures rose on Monday, boosted as a strong revenue forecast from AI leader Anthropic supported technology stocks, while investors weighed the prospect of fewer interest-rate hikes against Middle East tensions.
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Asian shares mark time as Gulf war keeps oil prices up

Asian shares mark time as Gulf war keeps oil prices up

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Asian shares drifted sideways on Monday while investors kept a wary eye on oil prices, which notched sizeable gains last week as the lack of progress towards ending the Iran war kept inflation risks tilted to the upside.