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Asian Stocks Follow U.S. Shares Higher as Oil Resumes Rebound
February 6th, 2015
Asian stocks followed U.S. equities higher, with the regional benchmark index extending its weekly advance, as materials and energy shares gained amid higher oil prices. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.4 percent to 142.14 as of 9:01 a.m. ...
Asia sags on growth worries, Aussie slides as RBA eases
February 3rd, 2015
Asian stocks sagged on Tuesday amid ongoing growth concerns, while the Australian dollar plumbed six-year lows after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates to a record low. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.2 percent after the latest batch ...
Commodity currencies feel heat; dollar, yen, euro stable
January 30th, 2015
Commodity currencies nursed hefty losses on Friday, as investors sent the Australian dollar to 5 1/2 year lows as they bet on the Australian central bank reducing interest rates when it meets next week. While currencies from energy and resource producing countries, such ...
Asian shares skid as bullish Fed take investors by surprise
January 29th, 2015
Asian shares extended losses on Thursday after the Federal Reserve took an upbeat view on the U.S. economy and signalled that it remains firmly on track to raise interest rates this year despite an uncertain global outlook. A greater likelihood of ...
Global Markets Exchange Group takes stake in Avenir Technology
January 28th, 2015
GMEX issued a press release announcing that: Today, GMEX has taken a strategic stake, through its GMEX Technologies Limited (GMEX TECH) subsidiary, in the UK based post-trade software firm Avenir Technology Limited (Avenir). Avenir has developed a suite of ...
FMA and NZX sign Memorandum of Understanding
January 28th, 2015
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and NZX have this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU sets out the framework for engagement and co-operation between the FMA and NZX, taking into account their complementary regulatory responsibilities for ...
Excel Markets announcement on Client Funds Status
January 28th, 2015
Excel Markets issued a press release with update in regards to client equity and withdrawals: As of Thursday, 22 Jan 2015 100% of pending withdrawal requests were processed amounting to 93% of the $1.954M in client equity held by ...
Iron ore price tumbles to fresh 5.5-year low
January 27th, 2015
Iron ore has tumbled to a fresh five-and-a-half-year low as a sharp decline in steel prices and softening demand from China, the world’s largest consumer, weigh on prices of the steelmaking material. The price of ore with 62 per ...
Asia shares inch ahead, euro steady as Fed meets
January 27th, 2015
Most Asian share markets firmed on Tuesday and the euro clung to rare gains, relieved that European equities had weathered Greece’s election outcome without too much disruption. The main European indices were expected to open higher, though foul weather ...
Asia Stocks Little Changed Before European Central Bank Decision
January 22nd, 2015
Asia’s benchmark stock gauge was little changed as investors awaited a European Central Bank decision today on quantitative-easing strategy. Chinese shares rallied as the People’s Bank of China pumped funds into the financial system. Bridgestone Corp. sank 1.7 percent as tiremakers ...