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Asia: Equities tumble, oil extends gains on Middle East worries
ASIAN stocks tumbled on Friday (Apr 5) and oil extended the previous day’s surge on worries that Israel’s war with Hamas could widen to a regional conflict with Iran as…
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Asian Equities Tumble, Oil Extends Gains On Middle East Worries
Asian stocks tumbled Friday and oil extended the previous day’s surge on worries that Israel’s war with Hamas could widen to a regional conflict with Iran as both sides ratcheted…
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Europe: Cyclicals drive modest gains across European stocks
EUROPEAN stocks edged higher on Thursday (Apr 4), led by cyclical sectors such as miners and automakers, as investors were encouraged by signs of recovery in the eurozone economy as…
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Despite Gains In Brazil, Forest Destruction Still ‘Stubbornly’ High: Report
The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite uplifting progress in the Amazon, the picture elsewhere is less rosy, researchers said on…
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Oil settles at five-month high; gains capped by jump in US crude stocks
OIL prices settled at their highest levels since late October on Wednesday (Apr 3) as investors worried about supply disruptions from a worsening geopolitical landscape, although a jump in US…
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Singapore stocks track regional gains on Tuesday; STI rises 0.4%
SINGAPORE shares finished in the black on Tuesday (Apr 2), mirroring regional markets. The local bourse’s blue-chip barometer, the Straits Times Index, expanded 0.4 per cent or 12.83 points to…
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Toyota’s Sato beats previous CEOs with first-year stock gains
TOYOTA Motor is seeing its best performance ever in the first year under a new chief executive, since Koji Sato took the reins last April. Shares of the world’s largest…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 closes second-straight quarter with gains
EUROPE’S Stoxx 600 closed at a record high on Thursday, finishing its second-straight quarter in gains, with retailer JD Sports notching its strongest day in over four years after reiterating…
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US: Dow, S&P 500 end at records, adding to Q1 gains
THE Dow and S&P 500 finished at fresh records on Thursday, adding to first-quarter gains on a mix of solid economic data and expectations of easing Federal Reserve policy. The…
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US: Wall St opens flat ahead of Easter break, eyes sharp Q1 gains
WALL Street’s main indexes opened flat on Thursday (Mar 28) in thin trading ahead of Easter break, as investors awaited more data to gauge the Federal Reserve’s policy path on…
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US dollar gains as inflation data looms; yen on intervention watch
THE US dollar gained on the euro and pound on Thursday (Mar 28) after a US Federal Reserve policy maker said he wasn’t in a hurry to cut rates, while…
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SEC Gains Ground As Coinbase Lawsuit Progresses To Trial
In a significant development, a federal judge ruled in favor of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, allowing the lawsuit against Coinbase, a major cryptocurrency exchange, to…
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Europe: Stocks eke out gains at start of holiday-shortened week
EUROPEAN stocks inched up to close at record high levels on Monday (Mar 25) at the start of a holiday-shortened week as investors digested recent big gains spurred by dovish…
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Europe: Shares notch ninth straight week of gains; Italy, UK, Germany shares shine
EUROPEAN shares paused near record highs on Friday (Mar 22) with British, German and Italian stocks outperforming regional peers following a slate of dovish cues from major central banks this…
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US: Wall Street muted at open, but still on track for sharp weekly gains
WALL Street’s main indices were subdued at the open on Friday (Mar 22), but were still on track for strong weekly gains, as investors cheered the Federal Reserve sticking to…
