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Asian stocks under pressure from weak commodities prices
November 24th, 2015
A slide in commodities prices pressured Asian resources shares Tuesday, as investors in the region also try to navigate global central banks’ split approaches to monetary policy. Expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its December meeting ...
Asian Stocks Set for Weekly Gain as Metals Advance With Ringgit
November 20th, 2015
Optimism that the Federal Reserve will take a gradual approach to raising interest rates sent Asian equities toward their biggest weekly gain in more than a month and buoyed the region’s currencies. Metals advanced and oil traded near a three-month ...
Asian Stocks Gain With Oil as Dollar Falls on Dovish Fed Minutes
November 19th, 2015
Topix holds gains as Bank of Japan leaves policy unchanged Euro, ringgit rally as Fed signals tightening will be gradual Stocks rallied across Asia after U.S. Federal Reserve meeting minutes reaffirmed policy makers’ faith in the world’s biggest economy ...
Goldman’s BRIC Era Ends as Fund Folds After Years of Losses
November 9th, 2015
BRIC fund loses 21% in five years, leading to investor exodus Acronym-based investment strategy comes under greater scrutiny The BRIC era is coming to an end at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The bank’s asset-management unit folded its money-losing BRIC ...
Trading Indices: Matters Arising
November 2nd, 2015
Indices are a measure of the performance of a certain set of listed stocks in a stock exchange. In a previous article, we had classified indices and described what they represent. In this piece, we shall consider a ...
Earnings season ramps up with Apple
October 27th, 2015
The second big week of third-quarter earnings season kicks into another gear Tuesday when Apple, the maker of the iPhone and the world’s most-valuable company, reports its latest quarterly results after the closing bell. Apple is one of 169 ...
Index Futures Drop With Asia Stocks After China GDP; Euro Rises
October 19th, 2015
Economy expands 6.9% in third quarter, beating estimates Gold retreats with copper as metals slide in data’s wake U.S. and European equity-index futures retreated with Asian shares and commodities after China reported the slowest economic growth since 2009. Treasuries ...
Asia Stocks Jump With Won After Weak U.S. Data; Glencore Surges
October 5th, 2015
Odds of 2015 liftoff pared as U.S. payrolls trail estimates Copper leads metals, commodities higher; China still closed Asian stocks jumped with emerging-market currencies and commodities after U.S.employment and factory reports came in well below estimates, undermining the case ...
China Stocks Jump in Last Hour of Trading on State Support Signs
September 16th, 2015
Government buying may be trigger for rebound, IG Asia says ChiNext small-caps index jumps 7.2% for biggest one-day gain China’s stocks surged after the Shanghai Composite Index slid below the key 3,000 level, with gains coming in the ...
Saudi stock index up, shuns oil prices
September 10th, 2015
Saudi Arabia’s stock benchmark Tadawul All Share Index jumped 2.3 percent to 7,749 points and most stocks in Riyadh were positive. National Commercial Bank, the kingdom’s top lender, was one of the main supports, jumping 3.2 percent. Another large ...
