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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 ...
Dubai’s largest bank reported Q2 net profit rises 16%; $520m net profit
July 18th, 2016
The bank made a net profit of Dhs 1.91bn in the three months to June 30 Dubai’s largest lender, Emirates NBD (ENBD), reported a 16 per cent rise in second-quarter net profit on Monday, broadly in line with analysts’ ...
Asian shares near 2016 highs as risk appetite improves
July 13th, 2016
Asian shares came within reach of their 2016 highs on Wednesday as prospects of solid U.S. growth and accommodative economic policy in major markets whet investors’ risk appetite damaged by uncertainty from Brexit. Spread betters expected European shares to ...
Europe pauses for breath ahead of US jobs data
July 8th, 2016
European stocks are expected to open lower on Friday as markets pause ahead of U.S. nonfarm payrolls data on Friday that will give a clear indication on the state of the U.S. economy. The London FTSE index is called to open ...
Asian Shares Retreat With Commodities as Haven Demand Boosts Yen
July 5th, 2016
Aussie falls as RBA leaves key rate unchanged; yen advances Nickel slides from eight-month high as Brent crude below $50 Asian stocks dropped for the first time in a week and European equity index futures fell with commodities as ...
Asian stocks recoup losses, Aussie wobbles on uncertain election
July 4th, 2016
Asian shares shrugged off early losses and edged higher on Monday, while the Australian dollar was under pressure after no clear winner emerged from a weekend election. Activity across much of the region was subdued ahead of the U.S. ...
Most Asia markets end higher as region weathers a global rout after Brexit vote
June 28th, 2016
Most Asian markets closed higher on Tuesday, managing to hold up better than global peers amid a rout that wiped out as much as $3 trillion of market capitalization, according to data from S&P Global, in the wake of the ...
Europe expected to pause after strong gains
June 21st, 2016
European stocks traded slightly lower on Tuesday, taking a breather after sharp gains seen in the previous session following polls that allayed fears of a Brexit. The pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.13 percent with major bourses and sectors pointing in ...
The Impact of “Brexit” on Retail Investors; Monex survey
June 16th, 2016
Twenty-first Monex Global Retail Investor Survey Survey Focusing on the Impact of “Brexit” on Retail Investors Monex, Inc. has published “The Twenty-first Monex Global Retail Survey(*)” that was conducted from May 25 to June 6, 2016. Below is a ...
Surging yen sends Nikkei tumbling 3.1 percent ahead of BOJ meeting
June 13th, 2016
Asian markets ended sharply lower Monday, ahead of central bank meetings in the U.S. and Japan this week and amid jitters over the upcoming referendum on whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union. Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled 582.18 points, ...
