Day: February 8, 2019

Feb 08
Asian stocks ease on anxiety over trade, growth risks

Asian stocks lost ground on Friday as investors worried about a broadening global economic slowdown, with sentiment not helped by the absence of any positive signs for a resolution in the U.S.-China trade row. Asian Stocks MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 0.5 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 0.25 percent and South Korea’s KOSPI retreated […]

Feb 08
Opera Mobile Browser – Scandinavians Can Buy Cryptocurrency

Opera Mobile Browser – The Norwegian browser-maker Opera has announced that Opera users will not be able to buy cryptocurrencies direct from their website browser. However, will enable users to buy cryptocurrencies directly on their smartphones using Opera for Android. The app features a digital wallet top up option via an integration with Sweden’s online […]

Feb 08
Global shares dropped for a third straight day

Global shares dropped for a third straight day on Friday and were set to post their first weekly loss in seven, as investors worried about a broadening global economic slowdown and the lack of any sign of a resolution to the U.S.-China trade row. U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hitting its lowest point in a week, close […]

Feb 08
Oil prices: Brent oil edges up; heads for weekly loss

Oil prices: Brent Oil inched up on Friday but was heading for a weekly loss, pulled down by worries about a global economic slowdown, although OPEC-led supply cuts and U.S. sanctions against Venezuela provided crude with some support. Another factor that oil prices were high this week was a strong dollar. International Brent crude futures had erased earlier […]