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US: Wall Street muted at open, but still on track for sharp weekly gains
WALL Street’s main indices were subdued at the open on Friday (Mar 22), but were still on track for strong weekly gains, as investors cheered the Federal Reserve sticking...
Yen close to intervention levels, dollar gains before Fed meet
THE greenback edged up while the yen hit a fresh multi-month low versus the US dollar on Wednesday (Mar 20), ahead of a Federal Reserve policy meeting and after...
Europe: Stocks falter on US rate jitters but log weekly gains
EUROPEAN shares dipped on Friday (Mar 15) as risk sentiment remained subdued due to mounting concerns the Federal Reserve may delay interest rate cuts, though strength in telecommunications stocks...
Cisco gains EU antitrust nod for US$28 billion Splunk acquisition
CISCO Systems won unconditional EU antitrust approval for its US$28 billion bid for cybersecurity firm Splunk on Wednesday (Mar 14) after EU regulators said they did not see any...
Singapore stocks close higher on Wednesday, tracking US gains; STI up 0.6%
SINGAPORE shares ended higher on Wednesday (Mar 13), tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, even as US inflation data came in slightly higher than expected. The benchmark Straits Times...
Asia: Most markets track Wall Street gains as US data fails to damp rate hopes
ASIAN markets mostly rose in line with Wall Street on Wednesday (Mar 13) as forecast-beating United States inflation data did little to dent expectations that the Federal Reserve will...
Nvidia ETF that delivers double gains sees record flows
ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) bulls are increasingly gravitating towards an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that amps up bets on Nvidia as trading volumes and inflows hit all-time highs. After notching a...
Hong Kong stocks close with big gains
HONG Kong stocks ended sharply higher on Monday (Mar 11) as traders welcomed data showing Chinese inflation picked up last month, in a rare bright spot for the struggling...
