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Global Markets: Asia stocks nurse losses, bonds hold huge gains

Global Markets: Asia stocks nurse losses, bonds hold huge gains

Fri, Aug 16, 2019

Global Markets: Asian shares were heading for weekly losses on Friday as conflicting messages on the Sino-US trade war only added to worries.

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Global Markets: Asian shares scale on Donald Trump's pull-back on 10% duty on Chinese imports

Global Markets: Asian shares scale on Donald Trump's pull-back on 10% duty on Chinese imports

Wed, Aug 14, 2019

Global Markets: Asian shares joined a global equities rally and safe-haven government bonds pulled back on Wednesday after Washington delayed tariffs on some Chinese imports.

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Global Market: Asian shares dip on Hong Kong protest, Argentine peso crash rattle investors

Global Market: Asian shares dip on Hong Kong protest, Argentine peso crash rattle investors

Tue, Aug 13, 2019

Global Market: Asian shares fell on Tuesday as fears about a drawn out Sino-US trade war, protests in Hong Kong and a crash in Argentina`s peso currency drove investors to safe harbours.

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Global Markets: Asia stocks nudge higher but gains capped by fresh Sino-US trade standoff

Global Markets: Asia stocks nudge higher but gains capped by fresh Sino-US trade standoff

Fri, Aug 09, 2019

Asian shares caught the tail of a Wall Street rally on Friday, helped by China`s better export figures but fresh concerns about Sino-US trade ties are likely to limit gains in the region.

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Global Markets: Asia stocks paralysed, bonds electrified by recession risk

Global Markets: Asia stocks paralysed, bonds electrified by recession risk

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

Asian shares braced for more volatility on Thursday as eye-catching easings by central banks stoked fears of global recession, driving US yields to near-record lows.

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Global stock market slips as US puts yuan in crosshairs

Global stock market slips as US puts yuan in crosshairs

Tue, Aug 06, 2019

Global stocks extended already substantial losses on Tuesday as China`s yuan currency dropped to an 11-year low after Washington designated Beijing a currency manipulator.

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Global Markets: Asian shares slid to a 6-1/2-month low on Sino-US trade war

Global Markets: Asian shares slid to a 6-1/2-month low on Sino-US trade war

Mon, Aug 05, 2019

Asian shares slid to 6-1/2-month lows on Monday and the yuan plunged as a rapid escalation in the Sino-US trade war drove nervous investors to safe-havens.

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Global Markets: Asian stocks surge on US Fed rate cut hopes, weak dollar

Global Markets: Asian stocks surge on US Fed rate cut hopes, weak dollar

Fri, Jul 19, 2019

Asian stocks gained and the dollar sagged on Friday after a top Federal Reserve official all but cemented expectations of a US interest rate cut later this month.

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Global markets: Asian shares dip on Wall Street wobble

Global markets: Asian shares dip on Wall Street wobble

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

Asian shares wobbled in early Thursday trading as Wall Street stocks dropped on early signs that the US-China trade war could hurt corporate earnings.

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Global Markets: Asia shares dip, dollar gains on weak sterling

Global Markets: Asia shares dip, dollar gains on weak sterling

Wed, Jul 17, 2019

Asian shares drifted lower on Wednesday after a lacklustre performance by Wall Street, while the dollar got a lift from robust US retail data and a Brexit-driven dive in the pound.

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Global Markets: Asian shares tick up, US job data, earnings in focus ahead of Fed meeting

Global Markets: Asian shares tick up, US job data, earnings in focus ahead of Fed meeting

Tue, Jul 16, 2019

Early in the Asian trading day, MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.04 per cent. Japan's Nikkei index dipped 0.36 per cent.

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Global Markets: Asian stocks pull back on renewed Sino-US trade tension, Fed rate cut hopes keep losses in check

Global Markets: Asian stocks pull back on renewed Sino-US trade tension, Fed rate cut hopes keep losses in check

Fri, Jul 12, 2019

Asian shares pulled back on Friday as worries over renewed Sino-U.S. trade tensions weighed on sentiment ahead of the release of June trade data from China.

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Global Markets: Asia stocks rise, dollar sags as Fed chair sets the stage for a rate cut

Global Markets: Asia stocks rise, dollar sags as Fed chair sets the stage for a rate cut

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

Asian stocks rose and the dollar sagged on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reinforced prospects of a US interest rate cut later this month. 

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Global Markets: Asian stocks trade mixed on hopes of US Fed rate cut delay

Global Markets: Asian stocks trade mixed on hopes of US Fed rate cut delay

Wed, Jul 10, 2019

Asian shares turned mixed on Wednesday while rising Treasury yields lifted the dollar as markets wondered if the US Fed would confirm or confound expectations for US policy easing this month.

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Global Markets: Asian stocks fail to catch Wall Street's Fed-fuelled rally

Global Markets: Asian stocks fail to catch Wall Street's Fed-fuelled rally

Fri, Jun 21, 2019

MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.1%. The index was up 4% on the week, during which it brushed its highest level since May 8.

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Global Markets: World stocks rally, bond yields plunge after Fed hints rate cuts

Global Markets: World stocks rally, bond yields plunge after Fed hints rate cuts

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

The US Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it was ready to battle growing global and domestic economic risks with interest rate cuts beginning as early as next month.

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Global Markets: Asian shares scale on Fed rate cut hopes, trade war fever

Global Markets: Asian shares scale on Fed rate cut hopes, trade war fever

Wed, Jun 19, 2019

Asian shares jumped today as investors' on the hope that the Fed would follow the lead of the ECB and open the door to future rate cuts at its policy meeting later in the day.

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Global Markets: Asian stocks trade cautiously on Trump's tilt towards China, Fed

Global Markets: Asian stocks trade cautiously on Trump's tilt towards China, Fed

Wed, Jun 12, 2019

Asian share markets got off to a cautious start on Wednesday as the White House took a tough line on a trade deal with China, just as investors were bracing for the latest batch of economic data from the Asian giant.

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Asian share market rises on trade war truce hopes

Asian share market rises on trade war truce hopes

Tue, Jun 11, 2019

MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.2%. Australian stocks rose 0.9%, South Korea`s KOSPI added 0.15% and Japan`s Nikkei edged up 0.05%.

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Global Markets: Asian stocks dither on rising trade war, US job risk

Global Markets: Asian stocks dither on rising trade war, US job risk

Fri, Jun 07, 2019

MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged 0.04% higher and looked set for another cautious session being up just 0.6% for the week so far.

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