Archive for the February 21, 2019
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Indian shares finished over one percent higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark BSE index snapping a nine-day losing streak, led by strength in index heavyweights Reliance Industries Ltd and Infosys Ltd. Shares in broader Asia
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Treasury yields were lower in Tuesday afternoon trade ahead of the release on Wednesday of minutes from the Federal Reserve's January policy-setting meeting and as trade talks between the United States and China neared their
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Treasury yields were lower in Tuesday afternoon trade ahead of the release on Wednesday of minutes from the Federal Reserve's January policy-setting meeting and as trade talks between the United States and China neared their
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Australian shares stumbled on Wednesday, as gains in resource stocks failed to lift broader market sentiment following a bleak outlook for the consumer and property sectors. The S&P/ASX 200 index declined 0.2 percent, or 10.4
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Shares in China edged higher on Wednesday as the United States and China pressed ahead with their crunch talks on trade. The Shanghai Composite Index settled 0.2 percent higher at 2,761.22 points, while the blue-chip
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Trade talks between the world's two biggest economies helped European shares rise on Wednesday, while the threat of a blocked merger sank shares in British supermarket Sainsbury's and a money laundering scandal hit Swedbank. Germany's
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Southeast Asian stock markets closed higher on Wednesday, with Philippines leading the gains, on hopes of an extension to the deadline for a US-China trade deal, and expected easing in monetary policies in the region.
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London's main bourse rose as Lloyds gained after promising to return cash to shareholders and optimism prevailed over China-US trade talks. But Sainsbury's lost nearly a fifth of its market value as regulators objected to
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Brazil expects to save more than $300 billion over 10 years through a bill presented to Congress Wednesday that aims to overhaul the country's unsustainable pension system, the government said. The text, which requires constitutional
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Britain's Lloyds Banking Group announced Wednesday surging 2018 profits on lower product mis-selling costs and the "resilient" UK economy - despite looming uncertainty over Brexit. Net profit jumped 27 percent to £3.87 billion ($5.02 billion,
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