Hong Kong, China shares bounce on chip rally, potential state supportHong Kong and China stocks rebounded on Friday, led by chip shares and potential state buying, despite escalating U.S. trade tensions. The ...
11 Apr, 2025, 12.47 PM IST
China stocks post worst day in 6 weeks as poor tech earnings, Trump fears weighThe CSI300 index lost 3.1%, its financial sector sub-index eased 3.38%, the consumer staples sector fell 2.96%, the real estate index dropp...
22 Nov, 2024, 03.23 PM IST
Asian stocks bounce on China spending plans; inflation jolts AussieBonds have held onto a bounce-back after the 10-year Treasury yield breached 5% on Monday, with the benchmark yield firm at 4.82% in Tokyo ...
25 Oct, 2023, 07.41 AM IST
Beijing's regulatory crackdown wipes $1.1 trillion off Chinese Big TechThe central bank said on Friday most of the main problems for platform companies' financial businesses had been rectified, and regulators w...
12 Jul, 2023, 01.51 PM IST
China's surprise rate cut fuels expectations of more easingThe People's Bank of China lowered the seven-day reverse repurchase rate by 10 basis points to 1.9% on Tuesday, the first reduction in the ...
13 Jun, 2023, 11.38 PM IST
Tencent shares slump as Prosus seen to step up sellingThe internet company’s shares dropped 5.2% to HK$357.2 in Hong Kong, the most since late January, after news that Prosus planned to deposit...
13 Apr, 2023, 04.09 PM IST
SoftBank raises $22 billion by selling Alibaba derivativesSoftBank has this year executed the sale of about a third of its Alibaba stake through these contracts, a type of derivatives that allows t...
04 Aug, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
Global Markets: Yields up with $ as Fed officials signal more hikes; Asian stocks firmA trio of Fed policymakers signalled on Tuesday that there would be no let up in the tightening campaign aimed at taming the highest inflat...
03 Aug, 2022, 08.11 AM IST
China shares end higher on better-than-expected retail data, hopes for policy supportAt the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 1.02% at 3,564.59 and the blue-chip CSI300 index was up 1.35%. Both indexes made the bigg...
15 Jul, 2021, 02.22 PM IST
China stocks drift lower as coronavirus fallout mountsThe Shanghai Composite index closed 0.2 per cent lower at 2,838.50.
23 Apr, 2020, 02.10 PM IST
China stocks slide to six-week trough as virus fears persistThe Shanghai Composite index closed 0.3% lower at 2,779.64, falling for the fifth trading day and hitting its lowest level since Feb. 4.
17 Mar, 2020, 01.49 PM IST
Asia's cash-rich firms more resilient in this year's equity selloffSo far in 2018, their shares have fallen just 5 per cent on average, compared with the MSCI Asia-ex-Japan index's fall of 14.5 per cent.
19 Nov, 2018, 01.09 PM IST
China shares slump as pessimism overcomes official support pledgesThe CSI300 has lost 7.4 percent this month, and the Shanghai index is down 8 percent.
23 Oct, 2018, 01.39 PM IST
SE Asia Stocks-Most up after U.S. data; investors await Yellen speechSE Asian stocks edged up on Friday, in line with other markets in Asia after positive U.S. data, while investors awaited revised U.S. first...
27 May, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
- S'pore traders to skip lunch for bigger regional bite
Singapore Exchange (SGX), operator of the city’s derivatives and securities market, will scrap its midday trading break from March as it se...
20 Jan, 2011, 05.40 AM IST
- Khazanah offers S$3.95 a share for Parkway; Fortis to exit
Bid values Parkway at $3.5 bn. Khazanah and Fortis currently own about 25% of Parkway. Fortis has accepted Khazanah's offer. Gainers & lose...
26 Jul, 2010, 11.54 AM IST
- Investors pile on cement cos in booming South East Asia
Southeast Asian cement stocks are the cheapest bet on the region’s first building boom in a decade.
27 Jul, 2007, 05.40 AM IST