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Asian stocks steeply lower after China suspends trade early
January 7th, 2016
China’s stocks were suspended from all trade on Thursday after the CSI300 tumbled more than 7 percent in early trade, triggering the market’s circuit breaker for a second time this week. That drop-kicked stock markets across Asia, which were already ...
Gold price firmer on pick-up in Middle East tensions
January 4th, 2016
Chinese equities circuit breakers kick-in after 7 percent fall in the CSI Precious metals are mixed with gold and silver prices up around 0.9 percent with the gold price at $1,070, while the industrial precious metals are weaker with ...
Oil surges on Saudi Arabia, Iran tensions
January 4th, 2016
Oil prices surged during the start of 2016 trading as relations between top crude producers Saudi Arabia and Iran deteriorated, raising concerns about potential supply disruptions, though weak Asian manufacturing data kept a lid on bullish expectations. Saudi Arabia, ...
Chinese markets halt trading for day after shares plunge
January 4th, 2016
Chinese stocks plunged Monday, spurring a trading halt for the rest of the session, and leading stock markets in Asia Pacific lower after feeble manufacturing surveys revived concerns over the slowdown of the mainland’s economy. The Shanghai Composite tumbled 6.85 percent ...
Analysts see 2016 oil price rise, while traders bet on fall
December 31st, 2015
A year ago, after oil prices had halved in six months, analysts were forecasting a price recovery in 2015 while many traders were busy shorting the market. As it turned out, the traders were correct and oil prices fell ...
Asia trades mixed, ASX sheds 2% for the year
December 31st, 2015
Asian markets were treading water on the final trading day of 2015, with investors eyeing oil prices for further clues after a turbulent year for stocks. The Australian market, which closed early, shed over 2 percent for the year ...
Not Even OPEC Can Fix Oil Glut
December 30th, 2015
Surprisingly strong crude output in the U.S. and Mideast over the past year pushed oil prices to their lowest levels in more than a decade. But for investors trying to determine whether the oil market is close to a ...
The 25 financial events that shaped the year 2015
December 30th, 2015
As we are close to move from year 2015 to year 2016, OneStopBrokers has collected and presents the major Financial events happened in 2015. 2015 was a year that the Eurozone was almost collapsed. We all witnessed a possible ...
Crude oil prices drop toward $37 as weak outlook prevails
December 30th, 2015
Crude oil futures slipped toward $37 per barrel on Wednesday as the market remained under pressure due to slowing demand and high supplies, while forecasts that a cold snap in Europe and the United States would be short-lived also ...
Asian Shares Mostly Higher
December 30th, 2015
Energy shares rise after overnight recovery in oil prices, but Brent slips in early Asia trading Markets in Asia rose Wednesday as a recent recovery in oil prices in the U.S. lifted energy shares slightly. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was ...
