Stocks head for positive end to week, Tokyo struggles ahead of vote
Friday, 18 July 2025 () Hong Kong (AFP) July 18, 2025
Markets headed into the weekend on a broadly positive note Friday, as investors took up New York's latest record highs sparked by healthy US retail data and upbeat earnings from some of Wall Street's big names. The readings helped divert attention away from Donald Trump's tariffs saga, with dozens of countries yet to cut deals with the US president two weeks before his August 1 deadline.