A US hedge fund plan for mining giant BHP Billiton to move its primary listing to London was shot down by the Australian government Thursday which warned of criminal charges if it went ahead. New

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Indian shares ended lower on Friday as banking stocks declined on profit-booking after the government tweaked rules to help tackle accumulated bad loans that are choking new credit and hurting economic growth. The NSE PSU

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Sri Lankan shares rose to a one-year closing high on Friday, led by banking and diversified stocks, on continued foreign buying. The Colombo stock index ended 0.58 percent stronger at 6,640.57, its highest close since

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China's main stock indexes fell on Friday to fresh three-month lows, posting their fourth weekly loss in a row, as lingering worries over economic growth and tighter regulations hurt risk appetite. The blue-chip CSI300 index

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US stocks were little changed on Friday as a rebound in energy companies due to higher oil prices was offset by healthcare stocks and a sharp drop in IBM. The technology giant's shares fell 2.3

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Wall Street ended flat on Thursday as a steep fall for the energy sector countered some solid earnings reports, with major stock indexes closing little changed after the US House of Representatives passed a healthcare

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Confidence that centrist Emmanuel Macron is about to become France's next president swept across euro zone markets on Friday, boosting lower-rated Italian bonds and pushing the gap between French and German 10-year bond yields to

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Confidence that centrist Emmanuel Macron is about to become France's next president swept across euro zone markets on Friday, boosting lower-rated Italian bonds and pushing the gap between French and German 10-year bond yields to

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Hong Kong stocks posted their biggest daily percentage decline in two weeks on Friday as resources shares tumbled on sharply weaker oil and commodity prices. The Hang Seng index fell 0.8 percent, to 24,476.35, while

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US Treasury yields rose on Thursday after strong labour data reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve was likely to raise interest rates again in June, and as investors waited on Friday's highly anticipated jobs report for

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