Archive for the February 8, 2019
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Yemen's government and Huthi rebels have agreed on a preliminary compromise for redeploying their forces from the port city of Hodeida, the UN said Thursday, shoring up a truce deal that marks the first step
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A rebound in European stocks has been fuelled by low expectations and valuations and belies the underlying health of corporate Europe. After a terrible December, markets have had a buoyant start to the year. European
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Qatar's stock market fell sharply on Thursday as all but one of its stocks slid, while all major Gulf bourses also tumbled, mostly pressured by financial shares. Qatar's index, one of the world's best performing
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Tokyo stocks closed lower on Thursday despite a stellar performance from telecoms and investment firm Softbank Group, which shot up nearly 18 percent after a huge buyback of its shares. After a lacklustre trading day,
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US stocks sank over 1 percent on Thursday on fears that the United States and China would not be able to reach a trade deal with less than a month left in their fragile truce,
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Shares in German payments processing group Wirecard plunged for the third time in little more than a week on Thursday, as the Financial Times alleged senior executives knew of accounting fraud. Stock in the star
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Indian shares ended little changed on Thursday as they came off early highs, while bond yields lowered after the central bank in a surprise move cut interest rates and, as expected, shifted its stance to
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Stocks, financial and commodity markets in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are closed on Thursday due to Lunar Year holidays. Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2019
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Germany's 10-year bond yield sank on Thursday to its lowest level in over two years, taking a step closer to zero percent, after sharp cuts to the European Commission's growth and inflation forecasts fuelled concern
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Germany's 10-year bond yield sank on Thursday to its lowest level in over two years, taking a step closer to zero percent, after sharp cuts to the European Commission's growth and inflation forecasts fuelled concern
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