Slips
US: Wall Street slips at open after strong run, weak housing starts data
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Friday (Aug 16) after a weak housing starts report dampened sentiment after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq’s six-straight sessions of gains...
Australia’s ASX profit slips as regulator scrutiny drives up costs
AUSTRALIAN stock market operator ASX said annual underlying profit slipped below market expectations due to higher expenses stemming in part from a troubled software upgrade that sparked a regulator...
Yen remains weak, dollar slips as markets await US CPI data
THE yen remained weak for a second straight day on Tuesday (Aug 13) and the US dollar softened against the rest of its peers in calmer trading, as markets...
Walt Disney earnings beat market estimates; profit slips at parks
WALT Disney reported on Wednesday (Aug 7) quarterly earnings that exceeded Wall Street expectations, buoyed by the success of animated Pixar film Inside Out 2, which helped overcome a...
Saudi Aramco’s second-quarter profit slips 3% on lower crude output
OIL giant Saudi Aramco on Tuesday (Aug 6) reported a 3.4 per cent fall in second-quarter profit on lower crude volumes and softer refining margins.
Aramco posted second-quarter net income...
STI slips 0.1% as investors hold their breath for Fed meeting
SINGAPORE stocks closed slightly lower on Tuesday (Jul 30), as investors wait in anticipation of the start of the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting. The Straits Times Index (STI) ended...
Cut-off yield on latest Singapore 1-year T-bill slips to 3.38%
The median yield in the latest auction stands at 3.16%, from 3.4% in the previous auctionTHE cut-off yield on Singapore’s latest one-year Treasury bill (T-bill) is offering a cut-off...
IBM gets lift from software, AI demand as consulting slips
IBM beat analysts’ estimates for second-quarter revenue and raised its annual growth forecast for its software business on Wednesday (Jul 24), riding on higher artificial intelligence (AI) linked spending...
