Archive for the January 1, 2016
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US Treasuries prices held steady on Wednesday in thin and choppy year-end trading after a disappointing seven-year note auction and as oil retreated from gains made earlier in the week. The yield on the five-year
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US Treasuries prices held steady on Wednesday in thin and choppy year-end trading after a disappointing seven-year note auction and as oil retreated from gains made earlier in the week. The yield on the five-year
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Middle Eastern stock markets ended a grim year with mixed performances on Thursday, but there were signs they could fare better in 2016. Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Egypt and other regional bourses were caught in an
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European shares ended 2015 mostly higher than where they started, but well below their peaks after weak commodity prices weighed on markets in the final quarter. Britain's bluechip FTSE 100 index shed 0.5 percent on
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Sri Lanka's main share index fell 5.5 percent this year, but ended firmer at a more than one-month high on Thursday in thin trading due to the holiday and investors awaiting the impact of a
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China will from Friday drop its requirement for initial public offering (IPO) subscriptions to be paid in advance, regulators said Thursday, in a move to curb stock market volatility. Under the current IPO regime, the
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Shanghai stocks ended 2015 up nearly 10 percent, beating Wall Street and most other major markets, and shaking off a savage summer rout. The Shanghai Composite Index ended Thursday's session 0.9 percent lower at 3,539.18
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Egypt's central bank kept the pound steady at 7.7301 pounds to the dollar at its official foreign currency auction on Thursday, and currency held its weaker rate on the black market as well. Egypt, which
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China's yuan weakened against the dollar on Thursday, finishing the year with a record yearly loss of 4.7 percent after volatile trading in last five months. A big question in global currency trade for 2016
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The dollar was set to end 2015 with a 9 percent annual gain against a basket of currencies on Thursday, a fall in December failing to take the shine off its strongest run higher since
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