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(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has tracked lower in consecutive trading days, sliding almost 430 points or 1.8 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 24,000-point plateau although it may find traction on Friday.

The dollar slipped on Friday after a media report on early signs that a COVID-19 treatment drug was working, as well as optimism about re-opening the world's largest economy, encouraged investors in to riskier currencies.

Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) jumped as much as 6% on Friday after the world's largest contract chipmaker reported a near doubling in first-quarter net profit.

(RTTNews) - The China stock market has finished higher in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had retreated more than 40 points or 1.5 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just beneath the 2,820-point plateau and it may extend its

(RTTNews) - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Plc (RTNTF, RIO, RIO.L, RTPPF) reported that pilbara iron ore shipments for the first-quarter 2020 was 72.9 million tonnes (100% basis), up 5% from the first quarter of 2019, driven by a strong recovery across the network in Ma

Nigeria's finance minister said a debt relief agreement reached this week to help the world's poorest countries deal with the coronavirus pandemic was a welcome first step but that middle-income countries with debt challenges also needed urgent help.

(RTTNews) - Shares of Moderna Inc. (MRNA) are up more than 21 percent in extended trading on Thursday after the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) committed up to $483 million to accelerate the development of the Company's mRNA vaccine candidate mRNA

Mexican Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Thursday that the country might have as many as 55,951 people infected with the fast-spreading novel coronavirus, twice the estimated number reported last week.

China on Thursday urged the World Bank to allow its poorest borrowers to suspend debt payments while they deal with the coronavirus pandemic, saying the world's biggest multilateral development bank should "lead by example."

Gilead Sciences Inc's shares surged 16% in after hours trading on Thursday following a media report detailing encouraging partial data from trials of the U.S. company's experimental drug remdesivir in severe COVID-19 patients.

(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market on Thursday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had spiked almost 450 points or 4.5 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 10,375-point plateau although it's expected to see renewed support on Friday.

(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last six trading days since the end of the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced more than 180 points or 7.5 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just above t

Rio Tinto Ltd on Friday cut full-year forecast for copper production due to coronavirus-related disruptions and missed estimates for quarterly iron ore shipments.

Asian stocks look set to bounce on Friday to recover towards a one-month high as investors, following Wall Street's lead overnight, sought silver linings in a run of data that showed the world is in its worst recession in decades.

As the U.S. economy reels in the grip of COVID-19 and stimulus payments from the government are on their way to citizens, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) said yesterday that it's helping its customers get direct deposits of the funds via MoneyCard. In a press release by CCO Janey Whiteside,

After shedding three executives in short order back in January, fast-food chain Jack in the Box (NASDAQ: JACK) issued a press release today declaring its board of directors has chosen a new CEO, as well. Darin Harris, a 25-year industry veteran, will take up his new duties on Ju

A daughter of famed drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and several Mexican cartels have been doling out aid packages to help cash-strapped residents ride out the coronavirus pandemic.

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(RTTNews) - The Malaysia stock market snapped the two-day winning streak in which it had collected more than 30 points or 2.2 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index remains just above the 1,385-point plateau although it's expected to bounce higher again on Friday.