Asian shares rise, defying slow Wall Street start to 2025Asian markets gained on Friday, bucking retreats on Wall Street as the dollar advanced and markets reopened following the New Year's holida...
04 Jan, 2025, 09.41 AM IST
China's yuan nears 13-month low in holiday-thinned tradingChina's yuan traded near a 13-month low against the dollar because of strong dollar performance and widening yield gaps between China and t...
25 Dec, 2024, 08.57 AM IST
China stock rally fizzles as stimulus optimism fades; Shanghai Composite slides 5%Mainland China stocks plummet, breaking a 10-day winning streak, as officials fail to boost confidence in stimulus plans aimed at reviving ...
09 Oct, 2024, 09.05 AM IST
Dollar rises from three-month low; euro dips as inflation coolsComments from Fed official Christopher Waller flagging a possible rate cut in the months ahead sent U.S. bond yields and the dollar sliding...
29 Nov, 2023, 07.16 PM IST
Dollar index powers to 10-month high; yen, euro languishU.S. Treasuries stabilized after their recent heavy selloff, though yields remained near 16-year peaks, keeping the greenback solidly bid. ...
27 Sep, 2023, 08.47 PM IST
Buoyant dollar on course for its longest weekly winning streak since 2014The onshore yuan, which touched its weakest level since 2007 on Thursday, has fallen nearly 6% against the dollar so far this year to becom...
08 Sep, 2023, 07.56 AM IST
Dollar firms on rate hike views after Fed minutes, yen treads waterMinutes of the Fed's June meeting released on Wednesday showed that the vast majority of policymakers expect further tightening in U.S. mon...
06 Jul, 2023, 07.53 AM IST
Yen firms amid intervention chatter, trading subdued on US holidayHowever, the yen remained close to last week's almost eight-month low of 145.07 per dollar, which prompted Japan's Finance Minister Shunich...
04 Jul, 2023, 07.39 PM IST
Single-family offices managed SGD 90 billion in assets in Singapore in 2021Single-family offices in Singapore, which were granted tax incentives, managed about SGD 90 billion in assets as of 2021, Minister of State...
10 May, 2023, 05.13 PM IST
Rupee weakens past 82/USD hit by equity market turbulenceThe mood on Thursday was dominated by turbulence in the equities as the selloff Adani Group shares persisted, dragging the benchmark stock ...
02 Feb, 2023, 04.10 PM IST
Rupee plumbs fresh low at close amid risk-off moodThe partially convertible rupee slid 0.8% to 81.6225 per dollar, having touched an all-time low of 81.6526 during the day, as stocks and cu...
26 Sep, 2022, 04.19 PM IST
Asian currencies gain, yields fall as Fed rate hike bets easeMinutes from the Fed's May meeting, released Wednesday, showed most participants believed 50 basis-point hikes would be appropriate at the ...
27 May, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
Top forecaster stays bullish on India, Southeast Asia currenciesThe race, however, by countries from the Philippines to Malaysia to inoculate their populations is boosting optimism of a stronger rebound ...
09 Jul, 2021, 08.44 AM IST
Dollar extends 2020 losing streak amid upbeat sentiment; yuan shinesWith U.S. interest rates pinned at record lows, massive U.S. deficits and a belief that rebounding world trade will drive non-dollar curren...
04 Jan, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
Dollar slips towards a 10-day low on growth concernsThe dollar fell 0.4 per cent against its rivals to 96.68.
20 Dec, 2018, 03.49 PM IST
Yen gains as geopolitical tension weighs on currency marketsThe yen rose as much as half a per cent to 111.69, its strongest since Sept. 18.
15 Oct, 2018, 02.04 PM IST
Malaysian sex blogger sentenced over FB pork post in 2013Vivian Lee & blogging partner Alvin Tan were charged in 2013 under the Sedition Act for uploading the photo of having pork.
28 May, 2016, 12.14 PM IST