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Oil settles over 1% higher on mounting tension in Europe, Middle East
OIL settled more than 1 per cent higher on Tuesday due to escalating geopolitical risk in Europe and the Middle East, where wars continue to threaten global supply.Brent crude...
US: Stocks hit fresh record as Nvidia becomes most valuable public company
US STOCKS finished higher on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 reaching a new record on a day that Nvidia edged ahead of Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable publicly traded...
US: Wall Street steady at open after retail sales data
Wall Street indexes opened flat to slightly higher on Tuesday (Jun 18) following soft retail sales data, with commentary awaited from a slew of Federal Reserve officials later in...
Parent of India’s Vedanta proposes to cut debt by US$3 billion over next three years
Vedanta Resources, Indian miner Vedanta’s UK-based parent company, will seek to cut its debt by US$3 billion over the next three years, its chairman said in an annual report...
HSBC Switzerland breached money laundering rules: Swiss watchdog
FINMA, the Swiss financial watchdog, said on Tuesday (Jun 18) that the local HSBC branch has breached its obligations in the prevention of money laundering in connection with two...
China securities regulator vows to strengthen oversight, resolve risks
CHINA’S securities regulator said on Tuesday (Jun 18) it will strengthen regulation of all financial activities and prevent and resolve risks, in a move to improve and reform financial...
Singtel-TM joint venture to develop data centres in Malaysia, enhance digital connectivity
SINGTEL’S regional data centre business, Nxera, is partnering Malaysia telco TM to develop data centres, starting with a data centre campus in Johor, the joint venture (JV) said on...
Singapore stocks rise, tracking regional bourses; STI up 0.1%
SINGAPORE stocks started the week in the black on Tuesday (Jun 18), after markets reopened following the Hari Raya Haji holiday the day before.The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI)...
