According to a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development report released on Sunday, China has overtaken the U.S. as the world's top destination for new foreign direct investment.
Foreign direct…
Oil prices were lower in the afternoon of Asian trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures down 0.72% to $41.62 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also shed 0.84% to $39.91 per barrel.
The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong slipped about 1%, as of its final hour of trading. HSBC saw its stock drop 2.73% while Standard Chartered fell 3.58%. The moves…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co ended the session higher after its full-year profit outlook beat expectations, while tax software firm Intuit Inc advanced on a 17% rise in quarterly revenue.
Medtronic’s stock advanced after the medical device maker’s quarterly profit beat consensus.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 46.85 points, or 0.17 percent, to 27,739.73, the S&P 500 gained 10.66 points, or 0.32 percent, to 3,385.51 and the Nasdaq Composite added…
Oil prices were lower in the afternoon of Asian trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures down 1.1% to $44.96 per barrel. U.S. crude futures dipped 1% to $42.46 per barrel.
The Japanese yen traded at 105.54 per dollar after strengthening from levels above 106.4 against the greenback yesterday. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7236 after yesterday’s rise from below $0.72.
The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 92.934 after its decline last week from levels above 93.6.
Japan’s GDP growth is expected to contract more than 7% (26.6% annualized) in the three months ended June 30 versus the prior quarter, according to a survey of economists polled…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 104.53 points, or 0.38%, to 27,686.91, the S&P 500 lost 26.78 points, or 0.80%, to 3,333.69 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 185.53 points, or…
Oil prices rose Monday during Asian hours. U.S. crude added 1.24% to $41.73 per barrel while global benchmark Brent was up 0.81% to $44.76.
Trump late on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on U.S. transactions with the Chinese owners of messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok
Oil prices were higher in the morning of Asian trading hours. International benchmark Brent crude futures were up 0.33% to $45.24 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also added 0.45% to $42.14 per barrel.
The Japanese yen traded at 105.50 per dollar after strengthening from levels above 105.6 against the greenback yesterday. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7197 following its rise from levels below $0.715 this week.
Oil prices dipped in the morning of Asian trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures down 0.64% to $43.24 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also shed 0.74% to $39.97…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 182.44 points, or 0.68%, to 26,469.89, the S&P 500 lost 20.03 points, or 0.62%, to 3,215.63 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 98.24 points, or…
The Japanese yen traded at 106.39 per dollar, after wavering between 106 and 107 for most of this week. The Australian dollar slipped below the 0.71 level, last changing hands around 0.7090.
The Australian dollar was flat and changed hands at $0.7137 while the Korean won traded at 1,198.61 per U.S. dollar, with the dollar/won pair up 0.12%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 527.24 points, or 2.05%, to 26,269.89, the S&P 500 gained 42.05 points, or 1.36%, to 3,122.87 and the Nasdaq Composite added 74.54 points, or…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 267.63 points, or 1.05%, to 25,742.65, the S&P 500 gained 25.09 points, or 0.82%, to 3,080.82 and the Nasdaq Composite added 56.33 points, or…
The Japanese yen traded at 107.61 per dollar after weakening from levels around 107.4 yesterday. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.6794 after seeing levels below $0.657 last week.
All three major U.S stock indices began the month with gains of less than 1% on the heels of a strong rally in May.
Shares in Asia Pacific were higher on Monday, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surging more than 3% in morning trade.
Equity turnover on the Nairobi Securities Exchange closed the week lower with 84.8 Million shares valued at Kes 2.37 Billion transacted this week against 80.9 Million shares valued at Kes.2.4…
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 13.62 billion shares, compared to the 11.3 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 147.63 points, or 0.58%, to 25,400.64, the S&P 500 lost 6.4 points, or 0.21%, to 3,029.73 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 43.37 points, or…
Developments on U.S.-China relations likely continued to be monitored by investors, as tensions between the two economic powerhouses mount.
Oil prices dipped in the afternoon of Asian trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures down 0.25% to $36.08 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also slipped 0.44% to $34.20 per barrel.