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Asia stocks tread water before key Trump tariff announcement

Asian stocks struggled for direction in range-bound trading on Wednesday as investors cautiously awaited key tariff announcements from U.S. President Donald Trump later in the global day. U.S. stock futures…

April 2, 2025

Vistry suffers drop in FY profits In the corporate sector, British home construction company Vistry Group (LON:VTYV) reported a sharp drop in its full-year profits. Wacker Neuson (ETR:WACGn) reported a sharp fall in 2024 revenue, as weak demand in the construction and agricultural sectors, combined with high dealer inventories, weighed on the German manufacturer of construction equipment’s performance. Crude prices at three-week high Oil prices climbed higher Wednesday, continuing to rise on supply concerns as well as a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude inventories. At 04:02 ET, Brent crude futures rose 0.2% to $72.54 a barrel, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude climbed 0.2% to $69.16 a barrel. Both benchmarks hit their highest in three weeks in the previous session, boosted by renewed efforts from the U.S. to limit Venezuelan and Iranian oil exports. Also helping the tone was the news from the American Petroleum Institute that showed U.S. crude inventories fell by 4.6 million barrels last week, a bigger drop than expected. Official U.S. government data on crude inventories, from the Energy Information Administration, are due later in the session, and if the API report is concerned it could signal a healthy demand for fuel in the world’s largest economy.

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