Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 3, 2012
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Tuesday as the first trading day of 2012 in most markets brought renewed appetite for riskier assets, while U.S. crude jumped more than 1.5 percent to above $100 a barrel on escalating tensions between Iran and the West.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 30, 2011
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks were poised to end their first losing year in three on Friday, having shed nearly a fifth of their value as Europe’s debt crisis and financial turmoil took a toll on investors’ risk appetite, driving them to safer assets such as the U.S. dollar and gold.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks were poised to end their first losing year in three on Friday, having shed nearly a fifth of their value as Europe’s debt crisis and financial turmoil took a toll on investors’ risk appetite, driving them to safer assets such as the U.S. dollar and gold.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks nudged higher and the euro clung to overnight gains on Friday, the last trading day of 2011, as positive data from the United States helped allay concerns on the global economy, while year-end short covering lifted crude prices.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 29, 2011
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks slipped on Thursday on weakness in the U.S. and European share markets and caution ahead of an Italian debt sale, though year-end window dressing of portfolios by some traders helped trim losses.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 23, 2011
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks edged up on Friday, as signs of a strengthening economy in the United States encouraged a modest year-end rally in riskier assets.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 13, 2011
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks sank on Tuesday and the euro languished near a two-month low as investors took fright at the prospect of mass euro zone sovereign ratings downgrades after the outcome of a “last chance” European Union summit failed to convince markets.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks sank on Tuesday and the euro languished near a two-month low as investors took fright at the prospect of mass euro zone sovereign ratings downgrades after the outcome of a “last chance” European Union summit failed to convince markets.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 12, 2011
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks sank on Tuesday and the euro languished near a two-month low as investors took fright at the prospect of mass euro zone sovereign ratings downgrades after the outcome of a “last chance” European Union summit failed to convince markets.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 6, 2011
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks and the euro fell on Tuesday after ratings agency Standard & Poor’s warned it might downgrade euro zone countries en masse if European leaders fail to produce a credible plan to solve the region’s debt crisis at a summit later this week.
