U.S. Wholesale Prices Unexpectedly Fall on Drops in Food, Trucks
U.S. wholesale prices unexpectedly declined in October for a second month, depressed by falling costs of food costs and new model light trucks. The 0.4 percent drop in the producer-price index followed...
View ArticleAsian stocks slump on Fed rate hike fears, commodity rout
Asian stocks slid Friday following sharp losses on Wall Street as a slump in commodities markets deterred investors from riskier assets and expectations grew that the U.S. would soon move to raise...
View ArticleChina, Fed take toll on Asian currencies, won leads losses
China’s slowing economy, falling commodity prices and a looming US interest-rate increase all took their toll on Asian currencies this week, with South Korea’s won and the Malaysian ringgit leading the...
View ArticleIndia Options Signal Stock Rebound as Nifty Put-Call Ratio Falls
India’s equity-options market is indicating the possibility of a rebound as stocks headed for a two-month low. The number of CNX Nifty Index put options per call, a gauge of investor sentiment, fell to...
View ArticleUS stocks tumble amid rate hike concerns
New York, Nov 13 (IANS) US stocks tumbled as worries about a year-end rate hike and a plunge in oil prices weighed on market sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 254.15 points, or 1.44...
View ArticleChina to Double Margin Requirement for Stocks Amid Rebound
China’s stock exchanges will double the margin requirement for buying stocks as leveraged bets fuel a rebound in the nation’s benchmark equity gauge. Margin...
View ArticleDubai Investments PJSC invests 26.75% in King’s College Hospital & clinics in...
(Source: Dubai Investments PJSC) Dubai Investments PJSC invests 26.75% in King's College Hospital & clinics in Dubai • US$200 million investment to bring best of British healthcare to Dubai • New...
View ArticleStocks set to end winning streak as retail gets slammed
More signs of trouble in the retail sector pulled stocks sharply lower Friday as the market heads for its first weekly loss after six straight weeks of gains. Nordstrom plunged after its earnings fell...
View ArticleRuble Pares Biggest Weekly Slide in Two Months as Brent Recovers
The ruble trimmed its biggest weekly decline in more than two months as Brent crude rebounded from an August low. Russia’s currency is poised for a decline of 3 percent this week after closing...
View ArticleWorld stocks slump on Fed rate hike fears, commodity rout
Most world stocks slid Friday following sharp losses, as a slump in commodities markets deterred investors from riskier assets and expectations grew that the U.S. would soon move to raise interest...
View ArticleCalm Broken as U.S. Stocks Post Worst Week Since August Selloff
You have to go back to August’s selloff to find a week as bad as this one for U.S. equities. Catalysts that drove the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index’s 12 percent summer tumble, from interest rate...
View ArticleU.K. Stocks Slide for Second Day; G4S Shares Decline to 2013 Low
Britain’s FTSE 100 Index retreated for a second day, heading for its third weekly drop, after yesterday falling the...
View ArticleChina Stacks Up With Fed on Asian Currencies as Won Leads Losses
China’s slowing economy, falling commodity prices and a looming U.S. interest-rate increase all stacked up on Asian currencies this week, with South Korea’s won and the Malaysian ringgit leading the...
View ArticleU.S. Stocks Fall Amid Rate Concerns as Commodity Shares Tumble
U.S. stocks fell as a rout in commodities pressured energy and raw-materials providers while investors braced for the first rise in interest rates since 2006. Chevron Corp. dropped 2.2 percent and...
View ArticleAs Terror Episodes Increase, So Has Resilience in World Markets
While nobody can predict how deeply investors will react to attacks that killed scores of people in Paris Friday, the history of terror incidents around the world over the last 15 years shows market...
View ArticleFrench Exchange Plans Normal Open as Paris Awakens From Attacks
French stocks will trade without interruption Monday as investors come to terms with attacks that left at least 127 people dead in Europe’s worst terror incident in more than a decade. Euronext Paris...
View ArticleCanada Stocks Fall in Worst Slide Since July Amid Resource Rout
The resource-heavy Canadian stock benchmark fell for a seventh day, as concern that growth in Europe and China will hurt demand renewed a rout in commodities. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc....
View ArticleEmerging Stocks Head for Weekly Loss as Chinese Shares Decline
Emerging-market stocks headed for the worst week in almost two months as China’s broadest measure of new credit slumped and lower oil prices dragged down energy companies. South Korea’s won weakened to...
View ArticleEuropean Index Futures Fall, Indicating Further Stock Declines
Europe’s index futures dropped, signaling more losses for stocks that already had their worst day in six weeks yesterday. Contracts on the Euro Stoxx 50 Index lost 0.7...
View ArticleCanada Stocks in Worst Slide in Decade on Global Growth Fears
Canadian stocks retreated for an eighth day, the worst stretch for the resource-dominated market since before the financial crisis, as the outlook for global growth from Asia to Europe deteriorated and...
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