Category: FinanceAsia
Asia markets dive as Trump sparks N Korea, trade worries
Asian and European markets tumbled Wednesday after Donald Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and appeared to hit out at a deal with [...]
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Asian markets mostly down after trade deal euphoria
Asian investors stepped back on Tuesday (May 22) after the previous day’s rally, with some scepticism over the China-US trade deal seeping in, while oil prices pushed [...]
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US aid chief to Burma: take ‘concrete steps’ on Rohingya rights
The US government’s aid chief urged Myanmar on Sunday to take “concrete steps” to guarantee the rights of Rohingya Muslims and to show sincerity in that [...]
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Asian markets higher as US, China put trade war on hold
Asian stock markets were higher on Monday as investors cheered the outcome of negotiations between the United States and China that put a trade war on hold, clearing [...]
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Asian markets rise as China and US agree to avert trade war
Asian and European markets mostly rose Monday and the dollar extended gains after the US and China said they had agreed to hold off imposing tariffs, averting a potentially [...]
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Asian markets trade mixed as investors digest US-China trade news
Asian shares traded mixed on Friday following off the soggy close seen on Wall Street overnight amid investor concerns over US-China trade talks. Japanese markets traded [...]
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Asian stocks higher on backdrop of US-China talks
Asian stock markets were marginally higher on Friday as US and Chinese officials held a new round of talks seeking to avert a trade war between the world’s two largest [...]
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Asian dealers cautious with eye on trade talks, geopolitics
Asian traders were biding their time in early trade on Thursday as a healthy lead from Wall Street was tempered by geopolitical concerns and caution ahead of high-level [...]
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NKorea moves, weak Japan GDP data pull Asian shares lower
Share prices fell Wednesday in Asia after losses in technology and health care companies snapped an eight-day winning streak for the Dow Jones industrial average. North [...]
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Asian markets down as attention turns back to trade talks
Chinese vice Premier Liu He is due in Washington for fresh talks aimed at heading off a trade war with the United States Asian markets mostly fell on Tuesday as trade moves [...]
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Most Asian markets rise after Wall St rally, ringgit sinks
Most Asia markets rose Monday as investors built on last week’s rally, with another healthy lead from Wall Street providing support, but oil prices retreated from their [...]
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AirAsia shares drop after CEO says sorry for backing ex-PM
Shares of regional budget airline AirAsia plunged Monday after its chief Tony Fernandes apologised for supporting defeated prime minister Najib Razak in a historic election [...]
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Asian stocks near three-week top, dollar eases after US inflation
Asian shares rallied on Friday as risk appetite got a boost from soft US inflation, helping alleviate worries of faster rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, while investors [...]
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Most Asian markets end healthy week on a positive note
Asian markets built on the past week’s gains Friday following another rally in New York as traders welcomed a below-forecast US inflation read that dampened [...]
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Asia markets, energy firms boosted as oil prices press ahead
Crude prices extended their rally Thursday, propelling Asian energy firms and equity markets, as rising demand and Donald Trump’s decision to tear up the Iran nuclear [...]
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