Asian shares dipped in thin holiday trade on Monday as fears lingered over the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The highly transmissible strain has sent new cases skyrocketing across the globe, with countries reviving lockdowns, major sports leagues cancelling fixtures, and cruise ships returning to port with Covid-infected passengers. Even in China, where a …
Asian markets opened mostly lower on Friday, following a weak lead from Wall Street and as investors awaited a key US inflation report due later in the day. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was down 0.27 percent to 24,188.24 while Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.57 percent. Shanghai also slipped. During the previous trading …
Stock markets mostly dipped and the dollar steadied Wednesday, with investors biding their time ahead of a hotly-anticipated Federal Reserve announcement on tapering its vast stimulus propping up the economy. World oil prices sank as concerns about China tempered demand expectations. Wall Street pulled back modestly at the opening bell after closing at record highs …
FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Staff February 12, 2021 (Reuters) – European stocks edged lower on Friday, on track to end the second straight week of gains, as investors awaited more signs of progress in U.S. stimulus measures, …
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FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Staff February 9, 2021 By Shreyashi Sanyal and Susan Mathew (Reuters) – European shares ended lower on Tuesday after a rally powered by hopes of a swifter global economic recovery and vaccine rollouts showed …
FILE PHOTO: GameStop logo is seen in this illustration taken February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration February 4, 2021 By Chuck Mikolajczak (Reuters) – GameStop and other social media darlings rebounded in calmer trading on Wednesday from their sharp sell-off in the prior session as investors turned their focus to the possibility of tighter U.S. trading …
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December 15, 2020 By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian stocks came under pressure on Tuesday following a mixed Wall Street session, as concerns about increasing COVID-19 deaths, infections and lockdowns overshadowed optimism about the start of coronavirus vaccinations. Australian S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.12% in early trading while Japan’s Nikkei 225 futures fell 0.13%. …
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FILE PHOTO: A passerby wearing a protective face masks walks past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average and the exchange rate between Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato December 1, 2020 By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock markets …
