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Asian Shares Hold Steady After Greece Defaults
July 1st, 2015
China shares take a break from choppy trading; investors calm as Greece’s default comes as little surprise China’s markets were roughly flat Wednesday as investors took stock of a choppy period of trading over the past two weeks that ...
Asian stock markets sink after Greece closes banks
June 29th, 2015
Asian stock markets sank Monday after Greece closed its banks and imposed capital controls in a dramatic turn in its struggle with heavy debts. Oil prices declined and the euro edged down against the dollar after Athens announced the ...
HSBC dumps China PMI as Beijing tightens information flows
June 26th, 2015
For those on wanting to understand China there is one economic statistic more closely watched than any other. It’s the Flash Purchasing Managers Index – or PMI – which is released in the last week of every month. The index claims to be ...
Asian shares bolstered by hopes for Greek deal
June 23rd, 2015
Asian shares rose on Tuesday after Greece‘s latest budget proposals raised hopes it would stave off a debt default and reach a deal with lenders later this week. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up ...
China shares fall, other Asian markets mixed ahead of Fed
June 17th, 2015
Chinese stocks fell for a third day and other Asian markets were mixed Wednesday as investors looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve‘s policy update. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index shed 2.4 percent to 4,769.73 and Tokyo’s Nikkei ...
China Shares Fall as Startup Shares Get Pricey
June 16th, 2015
Stocks in Asia mostly fell Tuesday, with China leading the decline, as investors there sell shares in highflying startup stocks that have gotten expensive. The Shanghai Composite Index was down 0.9% at 5019.42 following a 2% drop Monday, while ...
China securities watchdog bans illegal share financing
June 15th, 2015
China’s securities watchdog has reiterated that brokerages should not help illicit share financing, amid rising concerns on highly-leveraged capital in a bullish stock market. Securities companies were asked not to help illegal lending to share purchases, according to an ...
Nikkei Leads Asia Markets Higher, Seoul Boosted by Rate Cut
June 11th, 2015
Nikkei Stock Average rises, South Korea breaks four-day losing streak Stocks in Asia rebounded Thursday, with a weaker yen lifting Japan and a rate cut in South Korea helping shares there break a four-day losing streak. The Nikkei Stock ...
China shares sink, euro rides high as yields spike
June 4th, 2015
The euro continued riding high on Thursday thanks to a spike in euro zone debt yields, while in Asian equities Chinese shares slid and tempered risk sentiment. China’s CSI300 index .CSI300 lost 1.7 percent while the Shanghai Composite Index.SSEC dropped 1.8 percent. ...
Asia stocks subdued, euro and Aussie stand tall
June 3rd, 2015
A spike in U.S. and German debt yields reduced the appetite for riskier assets to keep Asian share markets subdued on Wednesday, while the euro held gains made on upbeat euro zone inflation data and on hopes that Greece ...
