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Asian shares rise, dollar nurses losses after jobs shock
June 6th, 2016
Asian shares rose on Monday and the dollar dragged itself off its lowest levels in nearly a month after U.S. nonfarm payrolls showed the slowest job growth in more than five years, quashing expectations for a near-term U.S. interest ...
Opec: No Deal Amid Saudi-Iran Stand-Off
June 2nd, 2016
Oil prices have remained flat in early Asian trading, as investors await the outcome of today’s Opec meeting in Vienna. Early this morning, Brent crude was trading at just under $50 a barrel – less than half the level ...
Gold Sinks as Dollar Gets Boost From Yellen; Japan’s Stocks Rise
May 30th, 2016
Yen drops to one-month low as Abe aide signals tax-hike delay Yuan retreats as PBOC sets weakest fixing in five years Gold fell for the ninth day in a row, its longest losing streak in a year, and the ...
Europe lower as markets eye Yellen; Philips Lighting rises at IPO
May 27th, 2016
European stocks were on lower Friday morning as investors looked ahead to comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. IPO for Philips spin-off The pan-European Stoxx 600 index opened 0.2 percent lower on Friday. Basic resources and health care were ...
Saudi Arabia Has a Plan B to Try to Stop Iran’s Economic Rise
May 26th, 2016
The kingdom is mobilizing its Gulf allies to make sure that Iran’s opening-up to the global economy doesn’t go smoothly. Saudi Arabia couldn’t stop the Iran nuclear deal from being signed. Plan B is to limit Iran’s ability to ...
HSI, Nikkei lead gains as most Asian markets advance
May 25th, 2016
Asia markets mostly closed higher on Wednesday, with Hong Kong leading gains and several major indexes advancing more than 1 percent each. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed up 258.59 points, or 1.57 percent, at 16,757.35, with shares receiving an additional boost from ...
Europe to follow Asia’s lead with mixed open; Bayer puts in $62 billion Monsanto bid
May 23rd, 2016
European stocks are expected to open mixed on Monday following a mixed start to the week in Asia after weak Japanese export data and a dip in oil prices. The London FTSE index is called to open 1 point higher ...
Hedge funds show best returns from Russian markets
May 16th, 2016
Russian assets have brought hedge fund managers 29 percent gains since the start of 2015, their highest revenues among emerging markets. The figure is eight times higher than the return on investments in China and 16 times greater than ...
Asia trades mixed; Chinese shares under pressure
May 16th, 2016
Asian markets ended mostly higher on Monday, as traders shrugged off data released over the weekend that revived concerns over the Chinese economy. Japan’s Nikkei 225 pared some of its over 1 percent gains from early morning to close up 54.19 ...
Meet the new Saudi Arabia, nothing like the old Saudi Arabia
May 11th, 2016
After years of building a glut, the world’s oil industry by the end of this year is expected to stop overproducing more crude than the world can use. But analysts say one wild card in that equation is Saudi Arabia — ...
