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Asian Stocks Rally With Won, Bonds After Fed as Crude Oil Gains
September 22nd, 2016
Kiwi weakens as central bank flags more easing; won jumps Iron ore, coking coal and steel prices surge in China Asian stocks rallied With European equity index futures and bonds after central banks including the Federal Reserve indicated monetary policies ...
Asian Stocks Near One-Week High Before BOJ, Fed as Kiwi Climbs
September 20th, 2016
New Zealand dollar gains with milk prices; Taiwan dollar rises European equity futures fall as oil hovers near $43 a barrel Asian stocks held near a one-week high and European equity index futures declined ahead of Wednesday policy decisions ...
Oil prices rise on trouble at Libya’s oil ports
September 19th, 2016
Crude-oil prices recovered losses in early Asian trade on news that military conflicts in Libya had affected its oil exports over the weekend. The Petroleum Facilities Guards, a militia that until this month had controlled Libya’s oil ports for ...
CBOE to Launch Options On FTSE Emerging Index
September 16th, 2016
Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today announced that it plans to launch options on the FTSE Emerging Index on September 26, 2016. The FTSE Emerging Index is a market-capitalization weighted index representing the performance of large and mid-cap companies from advanced ...
The British Pound strengthens; Asian Shares continue the fall; Yen Gains; Kiwi weakens; Oil below $44
September 15th, 2016
Pound edges higher ahead of BOE policy meeting; kiwi weakens Hong Kong stocks advance, led by gains in Macau casinos A global equities selloff extended into Asian trading and European stock index futures fell after a slide in oil ...
SFC reprimands and fines HSBC $2.5 million for regulatory breaches
September 14th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) $2.5 million for regulatory breaches and internal control failings related to position limit failures. The disciplinary action follows an SFC investigation ...
Alibaba Pays $100 Million For Eye-Scan Firm
September 14th, 2016
Expect to “see” eye-scanning in more places. Alibaba’s payments arm, Ant Financial, has acquired EyeVerify, a maker of optical recognition technology used by Wells Fargo along with dozens of regional banks and credit unions across the country. Bloomberg reported the purchase price ...
Oil prices fell on Tuesday on concerns over increased drilling in the United States
September 13th, 2016
Oil fell on Tuesday following a series of gloomy predictions on demand growth that suggested the global overhang of unused inventories may persist for much longer than investors anticipate and temper any pick-up in price. The International Energy Agency ...
Asian Shares Shed Early Gains
September 13th, 2016
Asian shares shed some of their early gains by midday Tuesday as sentiment regarding the course of U.S. interest-rate policy continues to play heavily on market direction. Fears of a rate increase, which have built in recent days, eased ...
Stocks, currencies gauges rebound from worst slump since June; Emerging Markets
September 13th, 2016
Stocks, currencies gauges rebound from worst slump since June Ringgit sinks with oil as local markets reopen after holiday Emerging markets took a breather, with stocks and currencies rebounding from their worst two-day drop since June, as traders pared ...
