Search Results for: Standard & Poor’s
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Rises 7.7% for Biggest Gain Since October 2008
September 9th, 2015
Investors buy back in after valuations hit 11-month low Topix surges most since 2011 as all 33 industry groups rise Japanese stocks soared, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average staging the steepest advance since the aftermath of the 2008 ...
Bats Global Markets Reports Record U.S. Equity; European Equities Market Share Reaches 25.0%
September 9th, 2015
Remains on Track to Launch Hotspot London Matching Engine September 14th BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported August data and highlights including record market share in both its U.S. equities and U.S. options businesses. In U.S. equities, BATS reported ...
New Details on Flash Crash Trader Legal Case
September 7th, 2015
Flash Crash Trader E-Mails Show Spoofing Strategy, U.S. Says Failed orders are `costing me,’ Sarao said to tell programmer Indictment’s new details seen bolstering U.S. extradition case The British day trader accused of contributing to the 2010 flash crash ...
How Many Hedge Funds Will Die Next Year? (Answer: A Ton)
August 31st, 2015
For those who keep hearing about hedge funds but aren’t quite sure what they are: Think mutual fund with no rules. A hedge fund is an investment company that can do pretty much anything, from shorting currencies to betting ...
Middle Eastern Stocks Rally Led by Oman After Oil-Price Rebound
August 31st, 2015
Muscat’s MSM30 Index advanced the most since January Brent crude capped the best week since 2009 on Friday Omani stocks led a rally in most equity markets across the Middle East after oil prices had the biggest-weekly jump in ...
China’s Stocks Sink Most Since 2007 as State Intervention Fails
August 24th, 2015
China’s stocks plunged the most since 2007 as government support measures failed to allay investor concern that a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy is deepening. The Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 8.5 percent to 3,209.91 at the close to ...
Global Selloff Deepens as Stocks Sink With Oil
August 24th, 2015
Equity investors took flight across Asia, sending the region’s benchmark stock gauge toward a bear market and Chinese stocks plunging by the most since 2007 as U.S. futures tumbled. Ten-year Treasury yields dropped below 2 percent. China’s Shanghai Composite ...
British Trader Charged in ‘Flash Crash’ Released After Bail Reduction
August 17th, 2015
Navinder Singh Sarao, the British futures trader charged by United States authorities with contributing to a sudden plunge in American stock markets five years ago, was assigned a reduced bail at a court hearing on Friday, allowing him to ...
Asia Stocks Swing as Aussie, Copper Slide on China; Oil Retreats
August 10th, 2015
Asian stocks swung between gains and losses and the Australian dollar slipped after a slump in Chinese exports and producer prices. Copper fell, while crude oil retreated toward this year’s low after U.S. producers added rigs. The MSCI Asia ...
Australian dollar hits fresh six-year low as Chinese factories continue to falter
July 24th, 2015
Chinese manufacturing was sluggish for the fifth month running, a new survey shows, while the strengthening greenback sends the Aussie below US73c The Australian dollar fell to a fresh six-year low and stocks across Asia dropped sharply after more ...
