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Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect delay hits bourse shares
October 27th, 2014
Shares of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing have tumbled by as much as 5% to a six-month low after a landmark scheme to connect it with Shanghai’s stock market was delayed indefinitely. Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index also ...
China Approves Brokerages to Start HK-Shanghai Trading
October 15th, 2014
China approved brokerages including Central China Securities Co. (1375) to offer trading services that pave the way for the start of a program allowing investors in Shanghai and Hong Kong access to each other’s stock markets. Central China shares ...
China Unveils Plan to Link Shanghai and Hong Kong Bourses
April 10th, 2014
China plans to connect the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shanghai, allowing a combined 23.5 billion yuan ($3.8 billion) of daily cross-border trading. Investors will be able to trade 10.5 billion yuan of Hong Kong-listed stocks through the ...
World shares steadied on Friday; Gold recovered somewhat
September 17th, 2021
World shares steadied on Friday above three-week lows set in the previous session though they were heading for a weekly loss on China jitters and global growth concerns, while strong U.S. retail sales data buoyed the dollar. Shares in ...
Asian stocks slipped; Investors await key earnings results
October 20th, 2020
Asian stocks slipped on Tuesday as investors adjusted risk exposure heading into the U.S. election and ahead of a deadline for Washington to pass an economic stimulus bill, while Europe reported record daily coronavirus infections. MSCI’s broadest index of ...
Asian shares mixed as worries percolate over pandemic; Euro to Dollar weakened
September 23rd, 2020
Markets were mixed in Asia on Wednesday as investors kept a wary eye on how the coronavirus pandemic will affect the economic outlook. Stocks slipped in Japan and Hong Kong but rose in Seoul and Shanghai and jumped more ...
Europe stock futures tick lower; Offshore yuan and euro to dollar traded up
August 17th, 2020
Stocks in China climbed after the central bank’s injection of cash raised hopes of more supportive monetary policy, with equities and futures elsewhere trading mixed as investors assessed soured U.S.-China ties. The dollar slipped. The Shanghai Composite was more ...
Stocks in Europe gained; Dollar climbed against its major peers
May 25th, 2020
Stocks in Europe gained along with U.S. equity-index futures, while Asian benchmarks were mixed as investors weighed more signs of economies reopening around the world against the rise in U.S.-China tensions. Health-care and leisure shares led the advance in ...
European markets climb as more restrictions are lifted
May 5th, 2020
The pan-European Stoxx 600 climbed 1.4% by early afternoon, oil and gas stocks surging 5.2% to lead gains as all sectors and major bourses traded in positive territory. European markets are paying close attention to coronavirus developments and the ...
Global stocks move higher ahead of crucial OPEC meeting
April 9th, 2020
Global stocks posted small gains on Thursday on hopes that the coronavirus outbreak may be slowing in the United States and Europe. Oil futures, meanwhile, are rising ahead of a meeting between Russia and OPEC to discuss production cuts. ...
