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: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 08:28
Crude prices fell on Monday with the onset of lower demand autumn trading and as weak economic data out of China and soft gasoline prices pressured the market.
Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 09:37
US crude futures were trading at $44.86 per barrel at 0215 GMT, up 23 cents from their last settlement, pushed by a slight fall in drilling activity.
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, 09:11
Asian shares rose on Friday thanks to gains on Wall Street, while the dollar steadied after facing pressure from a rallying yuan and U.S. data that offered no clarity on whether the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates next week.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 08:10
Asian stocks fell on Thursday after US stocks retreated overnight and as Japan machinery orders unexpectedly shrank, deflating investors` appetite for riskier assets.
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, 16:26
The first 26.5 km stretch will bring the travel time down to one hour, reports say.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 10:09
US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery fell 45 cents to USD 45.80 while Brent crude for October slipped 38 cents to USD 50.12 in late-morning trade.
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.
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