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Asia shares rally as US job report seen dimming chance of Sept hike
September 5th, 2016
Asian shares rose on Monday after a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report prompted investors to trim expectations that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates as early as this month. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan extended early ...
Oil Prices Slide as Oversupply Comes Back Into Focus
September 2nd, 2016
Oil prices fell to a three-week low after a second day of steep losses from rising U.S. stockpiles. Crude is now on a four-session losing streak, its longest in a month and an abrupt setback just two weeks after ...
Oil prices rebound on weaker dollar, supportive China manufacturing data
September 1st, 2016
Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Thursday as the U.S. dollar weakened, rebounding from a more than 3 percent drop in the previous session following surprisingly large builds in U.S. crude and distillate stockpiles last week. An unexpected ...
Asian Shares Weaker, With All Eyes on U.S. Jobs Report
September 1st, 2016
Asian shares were broadly weaker Thursday as investors cautiously await the release of U.S. jobs data on Friday that could jolt markets out of their summer malaise. Official Chinese manufacturing purchasing managers’ index data for August came in at 50.4, ...
U.S. oil prices slide to near three-week low ahead of stockpile data
August 31st, 2016
U.S. oil prices slid to a near three-week low in early Asian trade Wednesday on expectations that U.S. crude stocks expanded last week, exacerbating the already oversupplied market. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for ...
Oil Falls to Two-Week Low as U.S. Supply Gain Seen, Dollar Rises
August 31st, 2016
Crude stockpiles climbed 1.3 million barrels: Bloomberg survey Commodities drop, dollar rises to one-month high versus peers Oil dropped to a two-week low before a government report that’s projected to show U.S. crude stockpiles increased, while a strengthening dollar ...
Oil prices rise as dollar comes off two-week high
August 30th, 2016
Oil futures edged up on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar backed off a two-week high hit the day before, although doubts that crude producers would agree next month to an output freeze continued to drag on prices. The U.S. ...
Asia markets mostly down; Nikkei sells off following disappointing inflation data
August 29th, 2016
Asia markets closed mostly lower on Friday, with Japanese stocks selling off more than 1 percent after soft inflation data prompted concerns over the effectiveness of government stimulus. The benchmark Nikkei 225 closed down 195.24 points, or 1.18 percent, at 16,360.71. Across the ...
Most Asia stocks slide on Fed officials’ rate comments, dollar firms
August 29th, 2016
Most Asian share markets tumbled on Monday while the U.S. dollar added to gains made after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated a U.S. interest rate increase remains on the cards for this year. European markets also looked set ...
Oil Resumes Drop Near $47 Amid Market Stabilization Deal Doubts
August 29th, 2016
Stability should be achieved soon for oil market: Al Mazrouei Rising Iranian output dims prospects of action: Dana Gas CEO Oil declined amid doubts producers will agree on a deal to stabilize the market when suppliers meet next month ...
