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ASIAN markets rose on Monday (Dec 23)after big gains on Wall Street, with traders welcoming below-forecast US inflation data that tempered worries that the Federal Reserve will take a more…
From Brazil to South Korea, emerging-market central banks are forming a line of defence as a rising US dollar pushes their currencies to multi-year lows. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is…
Oil prices were little changed at their settle on Friday (Dec 20) as markets weighed Chinese demand and interest rate-cut expectations after data showed cooling US inflation. Brent crude…
EQUITIES fluctuated on Friday (Dec 20) and the US dollar maintained its gains against its peers as investors assessed the fallout from the Federal Reserve’s outlook for interest rate cuts…
CENTRAL banks from Brazil to Indonesia scrambled to defend their struggling currencies on Thursday (Dec 19), hours after the Federal Reserve jolted markets by indicating it may not cut…
WALL Street’s main indexes opened flat Wednesday (Dec 18), as investors turned cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve’s final rate decision of the year and awaited signals on whether…
If trade relations sour between China and US under Donald Trump, there may be notable risks to US food and agriculture exports, particularly soybeans AGRI-COMMODITY markets are gearing up…
SOUTH Korea’s central bank vowed to stabilise financial markets and highlighted the importance of “uninterrupted implementation” of key fiscal and economic measures, in its first statement…
Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) have been more active in their equity fundraising (EFR) in 2024, with the total amount raised from private placements and…
SINGAPORE stocks closed unchanged on Friday (Dec 13), as China pledged further monetary easing to brace itself for more trade tensions with the United States. The benchmark Straits Times…
The two will equally share the risk on a portfolio of trade-related assets held by emerging-market banks in 20 countries THE International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s…
The two will equally share the risk on a portfolio of trade-related assets held by emerging-market banks in 20 countries THE International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s…
STI down by 1.24 points or 0.03% at 3,794.92; Singtel is top gainer on benchmark index SINGAPORE stocks slipped into slightly negative territory on Monday (Dec 9), while other Asian…
SINGAPORE stocks were close to a record high on Thursday (Dec 5) morning, but eased by the close. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 22.74 points or 0.6 per cent to 3,822.68.…
SOUTH Korean shares continued to fall by the close on Wednesday (Dec 4),after the country’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law overnight. Yoon then lifted the decree within…
Unseasonably warm weather greeted the opening of many of Germany's famed Christmas markets on Monday, with visitors unlikely to need to bundle up with hot mulled wine to feel warm and…
ASIAN markets were mixed on Thursday (Nov 21) as another blockbuster earnings from chip titan Nvidia smashed forecasts but still left investors disappointed, while sentiment was also being…
Gold prices climbed to a one-week high on Tuesday (Nov 19), buoyed by a softer US dollar, while the market awaited comments from Federal Reserve officials for cues on the US interest rate…
COMPANIES of all stripes are diving into the debt market on Tuesday (Nov 12), taking advantage of robust demand and relatively favourable borrowing costs. Banks including Citi, Goldman…
MAINBOARD-LISTED Food Empire on Monday (Nov 11) posted an 11.4 per cent rise in revenue to US$118.9 million for its third quarter ended Sep 30, from US$106.7 million a year ago. This was…
ALL year, a slew of Wall Street pros have questioned the durability of an indiscriminate risk rally that has fattened stock prices by trillions of dollars, sent Bitcoin soaring, fueled a…
Observers expect volatility in the markets until there is greater clarity on Trump’s policies THE latest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve is expected to bring “some relief” to Asian and…
Observers expect volatility in the markets until there is greater clarity on the new president’s policies THE latest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve is expected to bring “some relief”…
MANY parts of global markets rallied massively as Donald Trump decisively won the US election on Wednesday (Nov 6). US stocks soared, the dollar strengthened against many major currencies,…
