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Asian Shares rose on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve took a more accommodative stance at its policy meeting, but concerns over U.S.-China trade talks and slowing global growth capped broad gains and pulled some markets lower. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.5 percent. Chinese blue-chips, which spent […]

Asian shares dropped from six-month highs on Wednesday as investors took profits ahead of a policy decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve which is expected to shed more light on its interest rate plans for the rest of the year. Asian Shares MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.4 percent. Japan’s Nikkei was little […]

Asian shares pulled ahead on Monday while bonds were in demand globally on mounting speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve will sound decidedly dovish at its policy meeting this week. Asian stocks Japan’s Nikkei (N225) up 0.59 percent. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (MIAPJ0000PUS) rose 0.6 percent. Shanghai blue chips (CSI300) climbed 1.6 […]

Stellar Lumens has just become the latest cryptocurrency to be listed on Coinbase’s professional exchange. Trading on the XLM/USD, XLM/EUR, and XLM/BTC order books will soon start in phases, beginning with post-only mode and proceeding to full trading should Coinbase’s metrics for a healthy market be met. Support for XLM will be immediately available in […]

Asian stocks stepped ahead on Friday as sentiment improved on a report that more progress has been made in U.S.-China trade talks and after UK lawmakers voted to delay a potentially chaotic exit from the European Union. Asian stocks MSCI broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.5 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index added 1.3 percent. […]

The British pound paused for breath on Friday. On Thursday, MPs voted to ask the EU to delay Brexit beyond the current 29 March departure date. The Commons will vote on her withdrawal agreement by 20 March, after previously rejecting it by 230 and then 149 votes. Sterling fetched $1.3253, having dropped further from Wednesday’s nine-month […]