Archive for the January 31, 2018
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The Australian and New Zealand dollars held steady on Tuesday as upbeat news at home helped offset a widening yield advantage for their US counterpart. The Aussie was a fraction firmer at $0.8097 and within
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Saudi Arabian stocks rose on Tuesday as the government indicated it was winding down its crackdown on corruption, while most other major Middle Eastern bourses were weak. The Saudi stock index closed 0.8 percent higher
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Tokyo stocks fell for the fifth straight trading day Tuesday, with investor sentiment weighed down by a strong yen and a retreat from records on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1.43 percent
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Rising bond yields and a sell-off in healthcare shares sent the US stock market sliding on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 352-point tumble its steepest in eight months. Shares of healthcare-related companies sank
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Wall Street pulled back from record highs on Monday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 indexes marking their biggest one-day percentage declines in about five months, weighed down by a slide in Apple shares.
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng posted its biggest one-day loss in six weeks on Tuesday, as Wall Street weakness in the wake of a spike in global bond yields prompted investors to lock in profit in
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US Treasury yields surged to more than three-year highs on Monday after comments from a European Central Bank official added to expectations that central banks globally will reduce stimulus as the economic outlook improves. A
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US Treasury yields surged to more than three-year highs on Monday after comments from a European Central Bank official added to expectations that central banks globally will reduce stimulus as the economic outlook improves. A
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Sri Lankan shares notched a near three-week closing high on Tuesday led by market heavyweight John Keells Holdings, but political uncertainty ahead of a local election next month weighed on sentiment, dealers said. Sri Lanka
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Indian shares ended lower on Tuesday, retreating from record highs hit in the previous session, as investors booked profits in recent outperformers such as HDFC Bank Ltd, while caution prevailed ahead of the federal budget,
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