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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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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Singapore shares open 0.4% down on Monday

SINGAPORE stocks opened 0.4 per cent lower on Monday, with the Straits Times Index shedding 10.95 points to 2,846.7 as at 9am.The blue-chip index was dented by indications from Fed officials that a rate hike is on the...

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China, US still in talks on trade pact despite challenges: Chinese commerce official

China and the United States are still in frequent discussion about a bilateral trade pact, despite a challenging global trade environment, a Chinese commerce official said on Thursday.China is keen to maintain open markets...

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Singapore shares open flat on Friday ahead of Fed chief's speech

SINGAPORE shares opened flat on Friday ahead of a speech by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, with the Straits Times Index gaining just 0.08 points to 2,877.01 as at 9.04am.Gainers matched losers 57 to 53 after 37.2...

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Australia, NZ dollars up slightly ahead of Yellen's take on Fed outlook

The Australian and New Zealand dollars were marginally up on Thursday as investors counted down to a much-anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen for more clarify on the outlook for US interest rates.The...

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Seoul: Stocks flat on foreign selling, won edges up

South Korean shares were flat early on Thursday, dampened by foreign investors trimming their portfolios ahead of US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's speech this week that could signal an interest rate hike in September.The...

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Hot stock: Sheng Siong shares fall on profit taking

SHARES of supermarket chain Sheng Siong Group fell on Thursday following profit taking, with the counter climbing in recent weeks after it posted record margins in its latest results.The stock was down 2.5 Singapore cents...

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Singapore shares open 2.24 points higher on Thursday

SINGAPORE share prices opened higher on Thursday, with the Straits Times Index up 2.24 points or 0.08 per cent to 2,871.81 as at 9.04am, despite losses on Wall Street overnight.Top gainers in early-morning trade included...

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Singapore shares close up 19 points

THE Straits Times Index on Wednesday closed up 19.14 points at 2,869.57, as bank counters and some defensive stocks continued to be in play.Some 987.5 million units worth S$838 million changed hands. Gainers exceeded...

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Singapore stocks open 0.1% lower on Wednesday

SINGAPORE stocks opened lower on Wednesday, with the Straits Times Index shedding 0.1 per cent or 2.93 points to 2,847.50 as at 9.04am.Gainers outnumbered losers 80 to 51, or more than three up for every two down, with...

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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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HSBC says investors should look at where companies make their revenue

Equity investors who look at indexes based on revenue rather than domicile will discover an entirely different investment universe, according to HSBC.Global indexes are based on domicile. The MSCI U.K. Index, for example, is composed of companies from the U.K. But as two-thirds of their revenue comes from overseas markets, the index isn't really providing...

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Singaporesharesopen lower on Thursday

SINGAPOREshareprices opened 0.59 per cent lower on Thursday with the Straits Times Index down 17.1 points to 2,858.47 at 9.04am.This followed US markets, which analysts say were hit by profit-taking after US stocks reached...

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Malaysia Airlines Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

The Netherlands on Sunday scrapped plans to send an international armed mission to secure the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17, fearing a deployment risked being dragged into the conflict in east Ukraine.Dutch authorities...

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Malaysia Airlines Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

The chances of Dutch and Australian police reaching the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are not good, and the effort could take days, a senior Australian official said Monday.An unarmed team of Dutch and...

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Malaysia Airlines Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

A senior separatist leader, Aleksander Borodai, handed over two black boxes from an airliner downed over eastern Ukraine to Malaysian experts in the city of Donetsk in the early hours of Tuesday. A room packed with journalists...

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Malaysia Airlines Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

Australia's prime minister voiced deep concern on Monday that Russian-backed rebels remained in control of the crash site of a Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine, saying the site looked more like a "garden clean-up"...

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