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Dollar Weakens as Muted Prospects for Fed Rate Hike Boost Gold
August 10th, 2016
Bonds gain as odds of a 2016 U.S. rate increase stay below 50% Asian stocks near one-year high as Hang Seng Index climbs The dollar weakened on speculation the Federal Reserve will be slow to raise interest rates amid ...
Bitfinex looks for fresh funding; spreads losses across all user acounts
August 8th, 2016
Hacked Hong Kong bitcoin exchange Bitfinex is looking to raise fresh funding to compensate user who lost out as a result of a $71 million currency theft last week. In the interim, the exchange is sharing the losses across ...
London no longer world’s most expensive city
August 8th, 2016
The British capital now ranks third behind New York and Hong Kong as the cities with the highest property values, according to luxury real estate broker Savills. The falling pound has accelerated the cooling real estate market following the ...
Asian stocks jump to one-year highs as yield hunt spreads
August 8th, 2016
Asian stocks rose to one-year highs and the Australian dollar climbed on Monday as investors’ hunt for yield gathered momentum against a backdrop of a recovering U.S. economy and ultra-easy easy global monetary policy conditions. While the strong July ...
Asia trades higher; Japanese stocks waver amid yen strength
August 4th, 2016
Japanese markets see-sawed in the morning session on Thursday, as stocks came under some pressure from a relatively stronger yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 wavered between gains and losses before trading up 0.23 percent. The Topix was up 0.23 percent. The Japanese yen traded at ...
Bitcoin Sinks After Hackers Steal $65 Million From Exchange
August 3rd, 2016
Hong Kong-based Bitfinex halts trading, deposits, withdrawals Digital currency is down almost 20 percent this week Bitcoin plunged after one of the largest exchanges halted trading because hackers stole about $65 million of the digital currency. Bitcoin slumped 5.5 ...
Oil Retreat Sinks Asian Stocks; Aussie Declines After RBA Cut
August 2nd, 2016
Crude oil hovers at $40 a barrel after entering bear market Japanese government to give details of fiscal stimulus Tuesday European stocks declined for a second day and dollar weakened as oil traded near $40 a barrel. Japanese 10-year ...
HKEX announced No Trading today in Securities and Derivatives Markets
August 2nd, 2016
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that today’s trading sessions in the securities and derivatives markets, including After-Hours Futures Trading, have been cancelled due to the issuance of Typhoon Signal No. 8. No securities clearing and settlement services will ...
Asian Shares Gain, Won Rises With Ringgit as Fed Seen on Hold
August 1st, 2016
MSCI Asia-Pacific benchmark heads for sixth day of gains Won, ringgit advance as waning Fed rate rise odds hurt dollar European and U.S. stock futures climbed as Asian shares advanced and the South Korean won rallied to a one-year high ...
Yen Jumps on BOJ Decision as Japanese Bonds Sink; Gold Climbs
July 29th, 2016
Kuroda expands ETF purchase target, leaving policy rate steady BOJ release will be followed by Europe stress tests, U.S. GDP The Bank of Japan’s most anticipated policy announcement in years left investors underwhelmed, sparking a surge in the yen ...
