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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 ...
Goldman, JPMorgan Seen as Fintech Winners While AmEx Suffers
December 29th, 2015
Autonomous Research survey finds most unafraid of disruption American Express, Western Union seen as biggest losers Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. will probably benefit most from the coming wave of financial technology disruption, rather ...
Major Asian markets close higher after Nikkei, Kospi erase early losses
December 29th, 2015
Asian equities closed higher on the second day of 2015’s final week, after the Japanese and South Korean markets erased morning losses and the Australian market totted up a more than 1 percent gain. That’s a turnaround from earlier ...
Asia equities gain; New Zealand hits record high
December 23rd, 2015
Asia stocks followed their Wall Street peers higher on Wednesday as investors cheered strong U.S. data, a pause in the greenback’s rally and higher oil prices. Markets in Japan were shut for the Emperor’s Birthday. The region is expected ...
Asian Shares Mixed, Falling in Japan But Rising in China
December 21st, 2015
Japan faced worries over the future of quantitative easing, while Property and Brokerage shares surged in China Shares in Japan fell Monday amid worries that the central bank will be reluctant to expand its easing program in the coming ...
December 14th To 18th: A Week Of Reckoning For Global Stocks If The Fed Hikes Interest Rates?
December 14th, 2015
Are we about to witness widespread panic in the global financial marketplace? This week is shaping up to be an absolutely critical week for global stocks. Coming into December, more than half of the 93 largest stock market indexes ...
Asian stocks trade lower, China bucks trend
December 14th, 2015
Asian equities traded mostly lower on Monday, as investors remain focused on the mid-week decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Chinese market bucked trends and traded up, boosted by upticks in shares of brokerages and banks. Kathy Matsui, managing ...
Nikkei closes up, ASX hits one-month low
December 11th, 2015
Asian markets closed mixed on Friday, despite Wall Street’s positive finish overnight, as record low oil prices weighed resources plays and China shares traded in negative territory as another top executive was reported missing by local media. “Most investors ...
Asian markets trade lower, China bucks trend on IPO reform news
December 10th, 2015
Chinese stocks bucked a generally downward trend in Asian markets on Thursday to trade in positive territory after news broke that Beijing will finally introduce much-need IPO reforms. Oil prices, which remain under pressure due to a global supply ...
Brent Crude Falls; Oil Prices End at Nearly Seven-Year Lows
December 9th, 2015
Prices hit fresh seven-year lows on expectations that U.S. crude inventories rose Brent crude dipped below $40 a barrel Tuesday in a selloff that has raised a worrisome possibility: that oil prices could be even lower next year than ...
