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Asia markets mixed; Nikkei up 0.4%, Kospi down 0.5%
March 31st, 2016
Asia markets traded mixed on Thursday, with some markets partially retracing their advances following Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s cautious stance on the path of tightening earlier this week. Japan’s Nikkei 225 wavered between gains and losses before trading up 0.41 percent, while ...
Oil prices fall 3 percent as investors focus again on glut
March 30th, 2016
Oil prices fell about 3 percent on Tuesday, reflecting growing concern that a two-month rally was fading as demand fails to keep up with swelling global supply, including new output from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Prices bounced, but only ...
Dollar, North Asia stocks firm on positive U.S. GDP data
March 28th, 2016
The dollar firmed on Monday and stocks in North Asia rose after fairly strong consumer spending led to an upward revision in U.S. economic growth in the fourth quarter, helping to underpin investor sentiment. “As long as the U.S. ...
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
March 17th, 2016
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace despite the global economic and financial developments of recent months. Household spending has been increasing at a ...
Gold rebounds from three-day slide ahead of Fed minutes
February 18th, 2016
Gold held onto earlier gains and snapped three days of losses on Wednesday, after minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest meeting showed policymakers considered changing their planned path of interest rate hikes in 2016. “If the recent tightening ...
Dollar on track for steep weekly losses
February 12th, 2016
The dollar nursed losses on Friday that have put it on course for steep weekly drops against major currencies, with many investors favouring the perceived safe-haven appeal of the yen amid sinking global markets. Japanese markets were closed for a ...
Bear Market Descends on Global Stocks
February 12th, 2016
The MSCI All-World Index falls 20% from its May 2015 record Retreat is biggest since selloff during 2011 Europe crisis The yearlong decline in global equities that started with a selloff in energy became a full-blown bear market Thursday ...
Asia markets close mixed; Hong Kong shares tumble
February 11th, 2016
Asian markets closed mixed on Thursday as investors digested remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and oil remained volatile. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, which resumed trading today after being shut from Monday through Wednesday for the Lunar New ...
Nikkei extends losses with banks, commodities stocks under pressure
February 10th, 2016
Monkeys threw a wrench into Asian markets in the Lunar New Year’s first week of trading, with sharp sell-offs in Japan, Singapore, and Down Under on Wednesday. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 56.37 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at ...
FED decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 1/4 to 1/2 percent
January 28th, 2016
The Federal Reserve on a meeting on January 27 announced that the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 1/4 to 1/2 percent and supporting further improvement in labor market conditions and a ...
