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Asian shares hovered near seven-month highs early on Wednesday as global investors paused for breath after the strong rally seen earlier this week, while oil approached the key $70 per barrel mark. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up less than 0.1 percent early in the Asian trading day. Australian […]

Asian shares rise to seven-month highs as positive Chinese and U.S factory activity surveys aided investor confidence, and the ebbing concerns over the global economy spurred selling of safe-haven U.S. bonds as yields rose from 15 month troughs. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.2 percent. Australian shares gained […]

Forex – Dollar hit a two-week high against the yen on Tuesday, as ebbing concerns about the global economy pushed U.S. bond yields up from 15-month troughs. The greenback was steady at 111.37 yen after touching 111.46, its highest since March 20. The 10-year Treasury yield traded at 2.492 percent, pulling back from a 15-month low […]

Asian shares rose on Friday,on hopes that Washington and Beijing are making progress in trade talks, while global bond yields moved higher after a prolonged slide on worries about the economic outlook. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.5 percent. Japan’s Nikkei added 1 percent. The S&P 500 on Thursday rose 0.36 […]

FCA has just confirmed that all companies acting in or from the United Kingdom are prohibited from selling, marketing or distributing binary options to retail consumers. The FCA’s rules are in substance the same as the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) existing, EU-wide temporary restrictions on binary options.  However, the FCA is also applying […]

Global bond yields continued to spiral lower in Asia on Thursday as recession fears fed expectations of more policy easing by major central banks, though some share markets in the region did manage to steady after an early sell off. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan almost flat. Japan’s Nikkei still fell […]