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Asian shares shrug off losses, Greek woes pressure euro
May 19th, 2015
Asian shares shrugged off early losses on Tuesday, as rallying Chinese shares and Wall Street’s record close offset euro worries over Greece‘s fiscal woes. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.2 percent. The CSI300 ...
Stocks slip, euro near two-month high as US economy loses steam
April 30th, 2015
Asian stocks stumbled on Thursday while the euro held near two-month highs against the dollar after surprisingly downbeat first-quarter economic growth in the United States – a key export destination for many of the region’s economies. Spreadbetters expected the ...
Greeks Add Pressure on Tsipras to Compromise as Talks Resume
April 27th, 2015
Greece resumed efforts to break a deadlock with its creditors as weekend polls showed a majority of the country’s people want the government to make compromises needed to release funds for its economy. Two opinion polls published over the ...
Signs the market is girding for a Greek default
April 21st, 2015
If the financial market is a good predictor, you’d better brace for a Greek default. Borrowing costs on Greece’s government bonds have rallied back to levels not seen since 2012, the cost of insuring against a default has surged ...
China, Japan stocks up as Beijing steps up stimulus
April 20th, 2015
Stock markets in China and Japan rose on Monday after Beijing’s latest stimulus to shore up the world’s second-largest economy underpinned sentiment and helped limit losses across the rest of Asia. China’s central bank on Sunday cut the amount ...
Asia stocks stall as Fed-inspired lift peters out, dollar steady
March 20th, 2015
Asian stocks stalled on Friday as Federal Reserve-inspired gains petered out, while the dollar steadied after rebounding from the shock of a surprisingly dovish U.S. central bank. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS edged down 0.1 ...
Japan stocks shrug off Greece fears
February 20th, 2015
Japanese stocks are rallying further despite concerns Greece may be forced to leave the eurozone should it fail to negotiate a new bailout deal. Germany rejected a Greek request for a six-month extension to its loan programme without austerity reforms, ...
Greek proposal lifts markets, despite German rejection
February 19th, 2015
A Greek proposal to extend its bailout and not to undermine agreed fiscal targets lifted European stocks to seven-year highs on Thursday and cut government borrowing costs across the euro zone, even though Germany rejected it. Despite the German rejection, Greece’s wording of ...
Asia shares rise on reduced Greek pessimism, dollar firm
February 18th, 2015
Asian equities rose on Wednesday as pessimism over the Greek debt saga receded somewhat, while the dollar held firm against the yen after spiking up on higher U.S. debt yields. Equities in Europe were also expected to gain. Spreadbetters ...
Tokyo shares at eight-year top, Greek talks loom
February 16th, 2015
Japanese shares touched an eight-year high on Monday following a record close on Wall Street, with investors cautiously optimistic the European Union would make progress this week on a debt deal with Greece. Oil prices faded after an early spurt, ...
