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On Monday shares in Tokyo inched higher, while Shanghai surged as investors awaited the latest Federal Reserve views on rates this week. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.82%, while the Nikkei 225 edged up 0.19...
Recently, Chinese technology startups have been raising cash at a record speed, driving concerns about their possible overvaluation. The latest big deal marks an $800 million-plus round for Shanghai-based Dianping, an online-review site similar to Yelp Inc, says The Wall Street Journal...
On Friday analysts at Goldman Sachs said the euro EURUSD is poised to continue its steep drop against the dollar and is on track to reach parity with the U.S. peer in September...
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), sharp drops in the United States rig count had been the "key driver" of a recent recovery in oil prices, which had seen crude prices increase to $60 (56 euros) per barrel after falling as low as $46 in January...
Russia's central bank has cut its key interest rate by one percentage point to 14%, as concerns over inflation ease...
On Friday, losses in the Information Technology, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors led Australian shares lower. At the close, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.61...
Apple is joining the Dow Jones Industrial Average later in March, taking the world’s biggest company by market value into the most famous share index in the US. The entry demonstrates the increasing dominance of technology firms in the US...
At 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department is due to release federal budget data for February. The Congressional Budget Office forecasts the deficit will narrow slightly to $192 billion in February, down from a deficit of $193.5 billion in January 2014...
The British currency rose off eight-month lows on Thursday, after data showed that the U.K. trade deficit narrowed more-than-expected in January and as sentiment on the greenback weakened ahead of U.S. economic reports due later in the day...