Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 08:32
MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1 percent, after Wall Street logged losses, with U.S. trading volume at its lowest in a month as markets awaited the Fed outcome.
Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 09:34
US stock futures rose 0.4 percent from late US levels in early Asian trade while Japan`s Nikkei rose 0.4 percent. MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.3 percent.
Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 14:58
The U.S. Federal Reserve takes centre stage in the coming week, eclipsing industry data from China, another grim inflation reading from the euro zone and rate decisions in Japan and Switzerland.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 08:35
MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 1.2 percent in early trade, after major Wall Street indexes all logged gains of more than 2 percent.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 10:53
The weak data raised expectations of more policy easing in the coming months. A Reuters poll at end-August showed a 80 percent of respondents expected a further cut in the reserve requirement ratio and 70 percent saw a chance of interest rate cuts.
Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 09:03
The index had already dropped earlier in the session following Friday`s Wall Street slide, triggered after the August U.S. jobs report failed to give a clear view on the Federal Reserve`s interest rate hike.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 08:42
Japan`s Nikkei rose for the first time in four days, gaining 1.4 percent, while South Korea`s Kospi edge up 0.4 percent, although MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan erased early gains.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 08:13
China`s official Purchasing Managers` Index (PMI) fell to 49.7 in August from the previous month`s reading of 50.0, the weakest showing in three years.
Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015, 09:05
Global markets are bracing for Chinese data on Tuesday which is expected to show the world`s second-largest economy is continuing to lose momentum.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 16:09
The ECB regards M3 money supply as a barometer for future inflation.
Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015, 08:25
Asian stocks and oil fell on Monday after Wall Street suffered another bruising blow as deepening concerns over the slowing Chinese economy continued to unnerve global equity markets.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 09:05
The Shanghai Composite Index retreated 3.9 percent, a day after worries that the central bank could be in no hurry to ease policy further pushed it down 6.1 percent.
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