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Asian shares tumbled on Wednesday, while oil, safe-haven Treasury prices and gold shot higher after Iran fired rockets at U.S.-led forces in Iraq, stoking fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.72%, having dropped more than 1% earlier in the day. […]
Asian shares rebounded on Tuesday as investors bet that tensions in the Middle East would subside following a US air raid that assassinated senior Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad last week. Asian Shares Shares had fallen sharply on Monday as Iran and the US traded threats after an US air attack killed a top Iranian commander. […]
Qatar bans Crypto Trading – According to a recent report from the news outlet International Investment, the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Regulatory Authority has said that “Virtual Asset Services may not be conducted in or from the QFC at this time.” The services include fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-crypto trading, custody, and financial services related to virtual […]
Asian shares slipped on Friday, erasing early gains, while gold shone and oil prices spiked after U.S. air strikes in Iraq killed a top Iranian commander, heightening geopolitical tensions. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS had touched its highest point since June 15, 2018 in early trade, but fell after […]
A broad gauge of Asian shares rose to an 18-month high on Monday as Chinese equities gained, while oil touched three-month highs on a combination of US crude inventory drawdowns, trade optimism and unrest in the Middle East. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.09 per cent lower. Chinese blue […]
Asian shares jumped to an 18-month high on Friday (Dec 27) while gold and oil prices stayed buoyant in a holiday-shortened week, as investor optimism was boosted by hopes a US-China trade deal would soon be signed. Traders returned from their Christmas and Boxing Day break to digest comments from Beijing that it was in […]