A whirlwind week of announcements, executive orders, and commentary from the president turned the prevailing market narrative on its head.

US stocks closed higher Tuesday after the first full day of Donald Trump’s second presidency, as traders absorbed a blizzard of executive orders that so far point to less aggressive action on trade.

On Monday, Hong Kong-listed growth stocks had a strong day, as the Hang Seng Index gained +1.75% and the Hang Seng Tech Index gained +2.59% following U.S. President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping’s Friday phone call that took place after Asia markets closed and before the U.S. markets opened.

Investors were encouraged by a Donald Trump's softer-than-feared tariff announcements as his second term kicked off.

President Donald Trump is considering changing a key U.S. trade benefit to other nations, the "de minimis" exemption on import tariffs, as he accuses China of unfair trade practices and blames it for a crisis over the deadly drug fentanyl.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his threat to impose stiff tariffs on the United States' top trading partners Feb. 1, despite allies' assertions Tuesday that the tariff agenda is likely to take shape over a longer,

Markets rose after Trump's day-one trade policy was softer than feared, with the President holding off on issuing new tariffs via executive order.

The dollar touched a fresh two-week low on Wednesday, as a lack of clarity on President Donald Trump's plans for tariffs kept financial markets guessing and left the greenback struggling to regain ground against major currencies.