(RTTNews) - The Thai stock market on Friday snapped the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 20 points or 1.6 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now rests just beneath the 1,260-point plateau although it's predicted to bounce higher again on Monday.
Huawei Technologies has priced Rmb2bn (US$283m) of five-year medium-term notes in China's interbank bond market at 3.09%, within indicative price guidance of 2.8%–3.4%.
Starbucks on Monday said it has entered a strategic partnership with investment firm Sequoia Capital China that will see the two companies make strategic co-investments in China's technology sector.
An investor group that comprises investment firm Mudrick Capital Management LP and Daniel Loeb's hedge fund Third Point LLC plans to challenge a $600 million financing package that Neiman Marcus Group has lined up for its looming bankruptcy, and will push the U.S. department store operator to sell itself, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
(RTTNews) - The Indonesia stock market on Friday handed back the gains from the two-day winning streak in which it had collected more than 90 points or 2 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index now sits just beneath the 4,500-point plateau although it's likely to open higher again
Australia's National Rugby League has criticised two players for an "unacceptable" breach of social distancing rules by having a camping trip in rural New South Wales state.
Profits earned by China's industrial firms in March fell 34.9% from a year earlier to 370.66 billion yuan ($52.43 billion), the statistics bureau said on Monday.
Australian fuel supplier Viva Energy Group on Monday said it will shut down a unit of its Geelong Refinery in Victoria as it seeks to reduce surplus production to cope with a collapse in fuel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic.
V enezuela has received a 150,000-barrel shipment of gasoline from a company owned by shipping magnate Wilmer Ruperti, three people with knowledge of the matter said, as the OPEC nation suffers from the worst fuel shortages in decades.
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market on Friday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 185 points or 0.8 percent. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 23,830-point plateau although it's likely to rebound on Monday.
(RTTNews) - The Australian stock market opened higher on Monday following the positive cues from Wall Street Friday and the steady increase in crude oil prices, but failed to sustain gains after National Australia Bank reported weak earnings results.
(RTTNews) - The China stock market has moved lower in two straight sessions, sinking more than 35 points or 1.2 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just beneath the 2,810-point plateau although it may stop the bleeding on Monday.
The Bank of Japan is expected to expand monetary stimulus on Monday for the second straight month to ease corporate funding strains and finance huge government spending aimed at combating the deepening economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Investors are pinning their hopes for the reopening of the U.S. economy on the potential for wider availability of testing for COVID-19 cases and on drug trials for treatments of the deadly disease but said, until there is concrete progress in these areas, further stock market gains may be limited.
China's March crude oil imports from top supplier Saudi Arabia fell 1.6% from a year earlier, while purchases from No.2 supplier Russia rose 31%, Reuters' calculations based on customs data showed on Sunday.
Chile´s foreign ministry said Sunday it was "astonished" by comments from Argentine President Alberto Fernandez who recently met with Chilean opposition leaders, lambasting its neighbor for "meddling in the internal affairs of Chile."
China reported three new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 26, down from 11 a day earlier, with no new deaths, the country's health authority said on Monday.
(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market on Friday snapped the modest two-day winning streak in which it had gathered almost 80 points or 0.8 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just beneath the 10,350-point plateau although it may move higher again on Monday.