Hong Kong shares rose on Thursday as signs of progress in trade talks between the United States and China boosted investor hopes that the countries could reach an agreement to end their bruising seven-month trade

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Wesfarmers Ltd led Australian stocks higher on Thursday after the conglomerate reported a jump in profit and wider margins, defying a retail downturn in the country, while robust January jobs data boosted overall sentiment. Wesfarmers

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Chinese stocks surrendered gains to end lower on Thursday, as enthusiasm over progress in trade talks with the United States gave way to concern that Beijing will not resort to aggressive interest rate cuts to

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European shares dipped on Thursday, weighed down by a number of poorly received earnings updates and after data showed that eurozone factory output unexpectedly fell last month. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.1

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Indian shares ended higher on Thursday, with financials such as ICICI Bank Ltd and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd taking the lead, but plunging IT stocks such as Infosys Ltd capped gains. The broader NSE index

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Most Southeast Asian stock markets closed higher on Thursday, with Vietnam leading gains, as progress in Sino-US trade talks raised hopes of reaching a deal by March 1, after which the United States plans to

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British blue-chip shares fell on Thursday after downbeat reports from energy supplier Centrica and defence company BAE Systems, while a stronger pound weighed on multinational healthcare and consumer-goods companies. Purplebricks was a major loser. The

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Mining giant Anglo American on Thursday posted a 12-percent rise in annual net profits thanks to higher production and the rising price of metals. Profit after tax increased to $3.5 billion (3.1 billion euros) in

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Customs at China's northern port of Dalian has banned imports of Australian coal and will cap overall coal imports from all sources to the end of 2019 at 12 million tonnes, an official at Dalian

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Nike was in damage control mode on Thursday after US college basketball phenomenon Zion Williamson suffered a knee injury when his shoe shredded during a marquee game attended among others by Barack Obama and Spike

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