HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares found some calm on Thursday following this week’s heavy China-driven losses although the dollar sat at a more than one-year high against major peers, upheld by lingering safe-haven demand and expectations for tighter U.S. monetary policy. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.06%, while the Nikkei…
(Reuters) – The United States has administered 367,911,870 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 439,428,235 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures are up from the 366,838,484 vaccine doses the CDC said had gone into arms by Aug. 27 out of 437,567,285 doses…
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Wednesday as hopes of effective coronavirus vaccines and the growing prospect of more U.S. fiscal stimulus cheered investors ahead of the Christmas holiday season. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside of Japan added 0.6% after two straight days of losses. The index, hovering…
By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) – Investors in Asia were set to push stocks lower on Friday as concerns about U.S. stimulus and climbing COVID-19 cases weighed globally on optimism. Australian S&P/ASX 200 futures were down 0.54% in early trading, while {{178|Japan’s NiNikkei 225 futures were up 0.09%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were up 0.44%. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven…
By Sonali Paul and Florence Tan MELBOURNE/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Thursday, buoyed by a COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Britain and the imminent approval of a vaccine in the United States that could spur a rebound in fuel demand, despite a large build in U.S. crude stocks last week. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures…
By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) – Asian markets were set to rise Wednesday as investors tracked positive news on COVID-19 vaccines and ongoing efforts to launch more fiscal stimulus. Australian S&P/ASX 200 futures were up 0.57% in early trading, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 were down 0.02%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were up 0.42%. On Wall Street, stocks notched new record…
In the week after Britain formally notified the European Union of its intention to
The dollar was flat on Friday as a Federal Reserve official’s seemingly dovish
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It’s not banking or mining shares, but rather technology stocks, that have come up…
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