Asia: Stocks decline as Korean shares fall, investors weigh ECB

Asian stocks fell as investors weighed the outlook for monetary policy in the US and Japan after the European Central Bank downplayed the need for more economic stimulus. South Korean shares dropped amid concern North...

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Hot stock: Ezra falls 3.4% amid high volumes, attracts SGX query

SHARES of Ezra Holdings fell 3.4 per cent to 5.6 Singapore cents in Friday early morning trade, as trading volumes of the counter surged.Some 158.3 million shares of the offshore support provider had changed hands as...

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Singapore shares open 0.82% lower on Friday

SINGAPORE stocks opened 0.82 per cent lower on Friday, with the Straits Times Index losing 23.78 points to 2,870.7 as at 9.05am.About 105.1 million shares worth S$74.8 million in total changed hands. Losers outnumbered...

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Malaysia: Shares open lower on Wednesday

MALAYSIA share prices opened lower on Wednesday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 9.420 points to 1,680.350.Volume was 40.024 million lots worth RM39.73 million.Gainers outnumbered losers...

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Seoul: Won, stocks rise as Federal Reserve's Sept rate hike seems unlikely

The South Korean won and shares rose to their strongest in over two weeks early on Monday as weaker than expected US jobs data reduced speculation on an imminent increase in US interest rates.The won was quoted at 1,109.3...

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Hong Kong, Shanghai: Stocks rally at open

Hong Kong shares surged more than one per cent in the first few minutes of trade Monday as a slowdown in US jobs creation last month lowered expectations for an interest rate hike this month.The Hang Seng Index added 1.20...

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South Korea: Stocks near fourth-week low on foreign stock sales

South Korean shares dropped to a four-week intraday low early on Thursday as foreign investors dumped stocks amid uncertainties concerning the US Federal Reserve's next policy decision.The Korea Composite Stock Price...

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Oil prices rise as US dollar retreats from two-week high

Oil futures edged up on Tuesday as the US dollar erased earlier gains, but doubts that producers would be able to agree to an output freeze continued to drag on prices.International Brent crude oil futures were trading...

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Seoul: Stocks rise as Fed worries ease; won recovers

South Korean shares rose early on Tuesday on easing concerns of an interest rate increase in the United States as early as September, with buying from offshore investors and domestic institutions underpinning the market.The...

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Asia: Markets track Wall St up, US jobs in focus

Asian markets rose on Tuesday, with Tokyo recovering from initial losses as expectations of a US interest rate hike and talk of more Japanese monetary easing pushed the yen down against the US dollar.After Monday's sell-off...

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Singapore shares open 0.6% up on Tuesday

SINGAPORE stocks opened 0.6 per cent higher on Tuesday, with the Straits Times Index rising 15.58 points to 2,845.01 as at 9am.The blue-chip index was buoyed by market sentiment recovering from Fed rate hike fears.About...

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Stocks to watch: GL, Ezion, Healthway

THE following companies made material announcements before the opening of Tuesday's market:Property group GL Ltd, the former GuocoLeisure, reported net profit shot up 41 per cent to US$67.6 million from the year-ago period.Liftboat...

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Stocks to watch: SGX, penny stocks, AusGroup, Santak, Mary Chia

SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX): The bourse operator is suspending its minimum trading price (MTP) requirements for mainboard-listed companies as it considers a proposal to add a market capitalisation criterion to the current...

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Stocks to watch: SGX, SATS, Ezra, Lippo Malls

SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX): The Baltic Exchange's board hasunanimously recommended that its shareholders vote in favour of Singapore Exchange's (SGX) proposed acquisition, where the former will be acquired by the local...

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SGX close to allowing exceptions for dual-class share listings

THE Singapore Exchange's Listings Advisory Committee (LAC) is set to lay out ground rules in the coming weeks that will allow for multiple-class share structures, according to sources familiar with the matter.The LAC,...

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SGX trading queries issued to Best World, LionGold, Broadway Industrial

THREE companies - Best World International, LionGold Corp and Broadway Industrial Group - were queried by Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday regarding their trading activities.The query to Best World, for unusual price...

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Stocks to watch: First Sponsor, Mencast, Chiwayland

WITH the quarterly earnings reporting season largely over, all eyes are on the US Federal Reserve chairman's speech this week, which will likely set the tone for the US dollar and in turn oil prices.Some of the stocks...

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SINGAPORE STOCKS MARKET UPDATE BY EPIC RESEARCH

The Straits Times Index (STI) ended 3.91 points or 0.14% lower to 2865.91, taking the year-to-date performance to -0.58%.The top active stocks today were DBS, which gained 0.60%, Singtel, which declined 0.47%, OCBC Bank,...

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Singapore shares open lower as STI eases 0.2% to 2,861.54

SINGAPORE shares opened lower on Monday, with the Straits Times Index (‪#‎STI‬) slipping 0.20 per cent, or 5.86 points, to 2,861.54 as at 9:06am.Gainers outnumbered losers 80 to 65, or about six up for every five down,...

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Google Ventures founder Bill Maris leaves company

Bill Maris, the founder and CEO of Google Ventures, is leaving the company, according to multiple reports. In 2009, Maris created Google Ventures, which rebranded to simply GV last year after the formation of Alphabet Inc.GOOGL, +0.13% It has become Silicon Valley's most powerful corporate venture-funding arm, managing more than $2.4 billion....

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