Day: January 22, 2019

Jan 22
Asian shares, oil skid on global growth worries

Asian shares stumbled and oil prices fell on Tuesday as pessimism about world growth drove investors away from risky assets, while sterling ticked lower in the face of the latest twists and turns in the Brexit saga. Stocks  FTSE futures (FFIc1) were off 0.2 percent. The blue-chip index (CSI300) off 1.2 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng […]

Jan 22
European shares into negative territory

European shares opened in negative territory on Tuesday as growth worries weighed on global markets and disappointing results from UBS added to the gloom and dragged the banking sector down. At 0837 GMT, the STOXX 600 (STOXX) was down 0.1 percent with bourses all across Europe losing ground as a new batch for corporate updates […]