* Hang Seng index rises 1.9% * China Enterprises index HSCE gains 1.31% * HS Tech Index climbs 2.72%, HSI property up 3.56% Feb 16 (Reuters) – Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Tuesday, marking a bull run on the first day of trading after the Lunar New Year holidays with investors tracking strength in overseas market on optimism over […]
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s central bank has no plans to “permanently reduce” its purchases of exchange-traded funds (ETF), its governor said on Tuesday, signalling that its upcoming policy review won’t lead to a radical change in its asset-buying scheme.FILE PHOTO: Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo, Japan June 20, […]
Read moreA surge in Zip Co shares has prompted a price query from the ASX over the massive increase in trading in the stock, as market observers debate the soaring valuations in the booming buy now, pay later sector. Zip shares gained as much as 14.8 per cent on Tuesday and have now more than doubled since mid-January, as investors pile […]
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was pinned down on Tuesday, as vaccine optimism boosted the British pound to an almost three-year high, while rising oil prices and buoyant expectations for global recovery supported commodity and trade-exposed currencies.U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationIn trade thinned […]
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LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak might have to raise a hefty extra 60 billion pounds ($83 billion) in taxes to pay for the COVID-19 hit to the public finances, but his March 3 budget is too soon for such a move, a think tank said.Slideshow ( 2 images )The non-partisan Institute for Fiscal Studies said uncertainty about […]
Read moreTexas seeing coldest weather in at least three decades Extreme cold weather is bringing arctic air as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean with more. With nearly 3.5 million Texas homes and businesses without electricity Monday afternoon, state officials were looking for answers and one may come from an unexpected source: the auction […]
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico on Monday began the task of vaccinating millions of senior citizens against the coronavirus, with dozens of Mexicans over 60 years old waiting in line for hours because of delays in administering shots.Slideshow ( 5 images )Mexico began vaccinating healthcare workers in late December, and is starting a second phase for the elderly, even as […]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization’s incoming chief on Monday warned against “vaccine nationalism’ that would slow progress in ending the COVID-19 pandemic and could erode economic growth for all countries – rich and poor.Slideshow ( 5 images )Okonjo-Iweala told Reuters her top priority was to ensure the WTO does more to address the pandemic, saying members should accelerate […]
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A former Russian newspaper journalist accused of treason says state investigators have still not told him exactly what his alleged crime was, over six months after his arrest.FILE PHOTO: Ivan Safronov, a former journalist and an aide to the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos who remains in custody on state treason charges, is escorted after a […]
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