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Asia shares swing higher as China nears seven year high
March 30th, 2015
Asian stock markets rose on Monday, with China stocks nearing a seven-year peak on hopes for more infrastructure spending and policy stimulus, while oil prices suffered further from excess supply. Activity was guarded most elsewhere in a week book-ended with holidays ...
Asian shares wobble as China PMI weighs
March 24th, 2015
An index of Asian shares wobbled between positive and negative territory on Tuesday after a measure of Chinese factory activity unexpectedly skidded to an 11-month low, pointing up weakness in the economy. The flash HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) ...
Europe shares higher; Tullow Oil up 4%
March 20th, 2015
European equities edged higher in the last trading session of the week, as investors reacted to individual stocks news amid hopes of further accommodative policy by global central banks. Tullow Oil gains The pan-European Euro Stoxx 600 index was slightly higher, ...
Standard Chartered Shares Jump as New CEO Winters Draws Upgrades
March 18th, 2015
Standard Chartered Plc rose the most in two weeks as analysts at Barclays Plc and Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. upgraded the bank, citing Bill Winters’s hiring as chief executive officer and a diminishing need to raise capital. “We expect ...
Gain Capital’s CMO disposed shares
March 17th, 2015
A press release from Gain Capital says that: The Chief Commercial Officer relinquishes 22.020 Common Stocks worth in total $222179. This transaction is the latest from several recent transactions, Samantha Roady, the Chief Commercial Officer of the company has made. This transaction ...
CFD for Shares and ETF Instruments Temporarily Set to Close Only
March 5th, 2015
Alpari wants to inform its clients that from 4th March, 2015, trading with CFD for shares and ETF instruments will be temporarily set to Close Only. Source: Alpari – CFD for Shares and ETF Instruments Temporarily Set to Close Only
Barclays posts ‘messy’ full-year loss as shares fall
March 3rd, 2015
U.K bank Barclays posted a loss in its statutory full-year earnings on Tuesday as it set aside more money for potential fines related to its foreign exchange operations. Adjusted pre-tax profit increased by 12 percent in 2014 to £5.5 ...
China’s shares rise after PBOC rate cut
March 2nd, 2015
Shares in China were higher on Monday after the mainland’s central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates at the weekend for the second time since November. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.36% at 24,911.91 points in mid-morning trade. Meanwhile, ...
Japan’s shares at fresh 15-year high on weaker yen
February 27th, 2015
Shares on Japan’s main index were up on Friday morning due to a weaker yen against the US dollar and despite a raft of mostly disappointing economic figures. In Tokyo, the benchmark Nikkei 225 was up 0.24% in early trade at ...
IG Group introduces stocks and shares ISA
February 25th, 2015
As the end of the tax year approaches, IG Group introduces its stocks and shares ISA. Available on IG’s stockbroking platform, launched in September 2014, the IG stocks and shares ISA enables investors to competitively invest in a tax ...
