By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks shook off a slow start and rose on Wednesday, led by China shares, while the dollar marked time as markets waited for the Federal Reserve’s policy statement for clues to when U.S. interest rates will rise. Following Asia’s lead, spreadbetters forecast a slightly higher open for Britain’s Read More
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European equities mostly finished lower on Tuesday, as investors looked ahead to a two-day meeting by the U.S. Federal Reserve and reacted to fresh economic data. The pan-European Euro Stoxx 600 Index (^STOXX) provisionally closed around 0.7 percent down. The French benchmark CAC (Euronext Paris: .FCHI) index finished provisionally 0.7 percent lower and the German Read More
By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Tuesday, following Wall Street’s lead, as investors speculated that weaker-than-expected U.S. data could prompt the Federal Reserve to express caution this week on the timing of a future rate hike. Financial spreadbetters expected Britain’s FTSE 100 <.FTSE> to open 8 to 14 points lower, or Read More
If you doubt the effect that stimulus has on stocks, look no farther than the headlines over this weekend. The Shanghai market rallied more than two percent to its highest levels since 2009 after Premier Li Keqiang said China was prepared to take action to stimulate the economy and the government had a “host of Read More
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By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares drifted higher on Monday after a downbeat session on Wall Street kept sentiment in check, while the euro recovered from a fresh 12-year low touched on the divergent monetary policy paths between the United States and the euro zone. Financial spreadbetters expected a stronger day ahead in Read More
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European equities traded lower Friday, in spite of hopes that the region might make it six straight weeks of gains thanks to investor sentiment in Asia and the U.S and the start of the European Central Bank’s bond buying program. The FTSE (FTSE International: .FTSE) was trading 0.17 percent down, the German DAX (XETRA: .GDAXI) Read More
LONDON (Reuters) – European equities were set for a sixth straight week of gains on Friday, fuelled by a dramatic slide in the euro on the back of the European Central Bank’s bond-buying plan that has kept euro zone yields near record lows. The past week, described by one strategist as a “game-changer”, saw diverging Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar softened the most in a month against a basket of currencies on Thursday, giving stocks and some commodities respite after sharp sell-offs triggered by expectations of the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates. The currency was further pressured by a third-straight decline in a monthly reading of U.S. retail Read More