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Gold Falls With Yen as Haven-Asset Flight Eases: Markets Wrap
January 18th, 2017
Asian emerging-market currencies rise on dollar weakness Yen retreats as the currency ends seven days of strength The flight to haven assets eased following the biggest drop in the dollar since July with moves in the yen, Treasuries and ...
SGX welcomes Samurai 2K Aerosol to Catalist
January 16th, 2017
Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed Samurai 2K Aerosol Limited (“Samurai 2K”) to Catalist under the stock code “1C3”. Established in 1997, Samurai 2K is a Malaysia-based aerosol coating specialist with a focus on high performance coating solutions for the ...
FTSE 100 extends a record-breaking run
January 11th, 2017
European stocks rose Wednesday, with London striking another record pinnacle on the sliding pound and rebounding commodity prices. Sterling fell as weak official trade data offset bright industrial output figures — and the currency’s slide gave a fresh impetus ...
China going cashless thanks to fintech boom
December 30th, 2016
Standing in line at a Starbucks in downtown Shenzhen, I suddenly realize that no one in front of me is paying with cash. They aren’t paying by credit card either. In fact, I can’t see a single customer holding a wallet or a ...
Dollar dips, Nikkei slugged by Toshiba selloff
December 29th, 2016
Asian shares were subdued on Thursday after Wall Street suffered a mild setback after weeks of gains, while a pullback in U.S. yields prompted year-end profit taking in the dollar. Japan’s Nikkei shed 1.3 percent as the yen firmed ...
Oil prices fall as US inventories, Libya output weigh
December 22nd, 2016
Oil prices slipped in tepid Asian trading today, dragged down by an unexpected rise in US crude inventories last week and moves by Libya to boost output over the next few months. But the fall was curbed by a ...
Oil prices rise on weaker dollar, optimism on output cuts
December 22nd, 2016
Oil prices nudged higher in tepid Asian trading on Thursday, supported by a weaker dollar and optimism that crude producers would abide by an agreement to curb output to prop up markets. But gains were capped by an unexpected ...
Dollar Extends Loss Amid Drone Concern, Oil Rises for Second Day
December 19th, 2016
China seized U.S. drone in international waters in Asia Japan shares fall for first time in three days as yen gains The dollar retreated versus most major peers, as heightened geopolitical tensions over China’s seizure of a U.S. naval ...
Dollar Climbs to Strongest Since 2003 on Fed Path; Bonds Drop
December 16th, 2016
‘It feels like going long dollar is free money, no one loses’ Asian index futures diverge as yen drives haven-asset retreat The dollar rallied to its strongest level since 2003 against the euro, while gold plunged as the prospect ...
Crude imports by China will probably slow by more than 60 percent in 2017
December 8th, 2016
China demand growth seen slowing as space for stockpiles fills Asia’s biggest buyer also seen reining in private refiners One of the biggest engines soaking up the world’s oil is starting to sputter. Growth in crude imports by China, the second ...
