Category: FinanceAsia
HK shares flat at lunch break after Wall Street’s wild session overnight
Shanghai’s stock benchmark ended 2018 as the world’s worst market performer for a second year, falling 24.6 per cent over 12 months as an unprecedented trade war [...]
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Asian markets meek after global turbulence
Asian investors moved with caution in Friday (December 28) trade after days of volatility on global financial markets failed to boost confidence. In Tokyo, stocks were [...]
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Asian markets climb after bumper US session
Japanese shares surged nearly four percent on Thursday, with investors heartened by Wall Street’s best performance in nine years after the White House said Fed Chair [...]
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Wall Street battered as Treasury chief fails to reassure
Wall Street shares plunged for a fourth straight session Monday as investors panned Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s efforts to try to reassure markets. Mnuchin on [...]
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Asian shares mixed on US partial shutdown, Wall Street slump
Stock markets around the world remained under pressure Monday with investor confidence weighed down by the recent big sell-off that’s put key US indexes on course to [...]
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Asia shares round out rough week with fresh losses
Fresh political turbulence in Washington and renewed fears over US-China relations pushed Asian markets lower Friday, as a global slump sparked by unease over Fed policy [...]
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Asian markets slump after Fed hikes rates
Asian markets slumped Thursday, tracking big losses on Wall Street after the Fed defied unprecedented pressure from Donald Trump and raised interest rates, sparking fears the [...]
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Asian markets tumble with Wall St on global outlook fears
Asian markets mostly fell Tuesday following a sharp retreat on Wall Street fuelled by increasing worries about the global economy, while investors await the Federal Reserve [...]
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Asian markets sink with Wall St on global outlook fears
Asian markets mostly fell Tuesday following a sharp retreat on Wall Street fuelled by increasing worries about the global economy, while investors await the Federal Reserve [...]
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Asian markets rise ahead of key meetings in China and US
Asian markets mostly rose Monday as traders look ahead to a key meeting of the Federal Reserve, and a Chinese policy-setting conference this week. However, there is still [...]
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Asian shares fall on poor Chinese economic data
Asian markets tumbled on Friday after China reported weaker-than-expected economic data, stirring up worries about the state of the world’s second largest economy. [...]
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Asian markets sink as profit-takers move in, pound resilient
Asian markets fell on Friday, putting the region on course to end a broadly positive week on a sour note with China showing more signs of weakness, while traders took their [...]
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Asian markets build on trade optimism, pound faces pressure
Asian markets enjoyed more gains Thursday as investors are cheered by the more conciliatory noises from China and the US on trade, while uncertainty over Brexit continued to [...]
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Asian markets stage rally on upbeat China-US trade news
Asian markets rallied Wednesday on much-needed good news on the China-US trade talks, while the pound extended losses as it emerged that prime minister Theresa May will face [...]
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Asian markets mixed, pound stuck around 20-month low
Asian equities were mixed Tuesday as investor attempts to track gains in New York are weighed by a perfect storm of issues that have hammered global markets, while the pound [...]
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