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Emerging Currencies Rebound With Shares After U.S. Stocks Rally
August 30th, 2016
Overseas funds net buyers in South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand Concerns of higher U.S. rates are fading, according to KTB Emerging-market stocks rose, heading for their biggest gain in more than a week, as an overnight rally in U.S. ...
Foreign exchange trade suspension in Nigeria; Investors dump shares of Nigerian banks
August 25th, 2016
Investors sold shares in Nigerian banks on Wednesday, a day after the central bank suspended nine lenders from foreign exchange transactions for failing to remit money owed to the government. The central bank suspended FCMB, First Bank, United Bank ...
Asian Shares Mixed as Oil Prices Fall and Dollar Drops
August 23rd, 2016
Markets await policy details from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual meeting at Jackson Hole Shares in Asia were mixed Tuesday, as oil prices fell and the U.S. dollar weakened ahead of a key meeting of Federal Reserve officials and ...
Shares of Mobile gaming provider Nektan rise as it sells gaming brands
August 22nd, 2016
The company is selling its Chomp Casino, Spin Princess and Sapphire Rooms brands for an initial £1.75mln, plus a further £200,000 expected shortly Shares in mobile gaming provider Nektan PLC (LON:NKTN) jumped on Monday after the company told investors it had ...
Dollar Weakens on Fed Outlook as Emerging-Market Shares Advance
August 18th, 2016
Yen breaks 100 after Fed minutes as jobs data boosts Aussie Mongolia’s tugrik stabilizes after interest rate hiked to 15% Emerging-market shares rallied with European stock index futures and the dollar fell versus all of its major peers after minutes ...
Asia shares up as yield hunt drives record flows, pound slips
August 9th, 2016
Asian shares stood atop one-year peaks on Tuesday as investors’ desperate search for yield drove a record inflow into emerging market funds, while the pound slipped to one-month lows on speculation of further policy easing in the UK. Analysts ...
China stocks firm on property shares; Hong Kong hit by global weakness
August 3rd, 2016
China stocks edged higher on Wednesday as property shares rallied for a second day and on growing expectations of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reforms. But trading volume in Shanghai, which shrank to a two-month low on Tuesday, remained thin amid ...
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 ...
Nintendo shares dive; Who really made Pokémon Go?
July 25th, 2016
After a meteoric rise following the launch of Pokémon Go, Nintendo’s share price has fallen abruptly. The reason? It seems investors have finally heard Nintendo doesn’t actually own the mobile phenomenon. A Nintendo financial briefing on Friday broke the ...
Asian shares at nine-month highs on inflow bets; dollar strong
July 21st, 2016
Asian stocks climbed to nine-month highs on Thursday, helped by a recovery in global oil prices, while the dollar strengthened against the safe-haven yen on resurgent expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike this year. European shares are expected ...
