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Shanghai, Tokyo stocks buck downtrend in choppy trade
October 29th, 2015
Asian stocks outside China and Japan slipped on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged but signaled that a December rate hike was still on the table. “The market, economists, commentators and the man on the street has combed ...
FTSE 100 on track for third straight day of losses
October 14th, 2015
Stocks in the U.K. dropped Wednesday, driven lower alongside Asian and other European markets after the release of yet more disappointing Chinese data underscored concerns about economic growth in that country. The FTSE 100 UKX, -0.75% fell 0.7% to 6,297.19. The index ...
Asian stocks turn negative on Fed uncertainty
September 25th, 2015
Asian stocks lost steam in choppy trade on Friday, mirroring the lackluster lead from Wall Street amid uncertainty over U.S monetary policy. In a speech that occurred after the market close, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said that an ...
Investors Flee Commodities
July 21st, 2015
The prices of raw materials from oil and gold to copper, cotton and sugar tumbled, underscoring an increasing aversion to commodity investments as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. ...
Euro off highs, China shares swing to new peak
June 5th, 2015
Asian shares were mostly lower on Friday while bonds snapped a vicious losing streak and the euro retreated as investors braced for U.S. jobs data and another day of drama over Greece. The main exception was China where stocks ...
U.S. stocks post biggest gain in 5 weeks
March 13th, 2015
Banking stocks rally after passing Fed’s stress tests U.S. stocks recorded the biggest gain in more than a month as expectations for a rate hike were pushed back following disappointing data on retail sales. Monthly sales at U.S. retailers ...
Dollar revved up for jobs data, Nikkei hits a high
March 6th, 2015
The dollar held pole position in Asia on Friday as bulls wagered a looming U.S. jobs report would add to the chance of rate hikes there, even as the European Central Bank embarks on a trillion euro campaign of ...
Japan stocks shrug off Greece fears
February 20th, 2015
Japanese stocks are rallying further despite concerns Greece may be forced to leave the eurozone should it fail to negotiate a new bailout deal. Germany rejected a Greek request for a six-month extension to its loan programme without austerity reforms, ...
Markets closed as US celebrate Martin Luther King Day
January 19th, 2015
Friday was marked by growing quotes on international stock markets. The Michigan consumer sentiment index in January outstripped forecasts and suddenly reached 98.2 points, renewing its 11-year maximum. All the other American macro-economic data also appeared to be positive. ...
European markets rise on US futures lead
January 12th, 2015
World markets were traded lower on Friday. Average Hourly Earnings in December, released in the United States, indicated unexpected decrease and affected investor’s sentiment. Non-Farm Employment Change outperformed the outlook, Unemployment Rate dropped to the lowest level over 6.5 ...
